Kevin Tostado

Kevin Tostado

Film Producer & Director

Greater San Diego Area

Current
  • Associate Producer at Imageworks
  • Producer/President at Tostie Productions
Past
  • Associate Producer at CEO Intern
  • Camera Operator at Groovy Like a Movie
  • Camera Production Asst at Gone Fission
  • Student at Olin College
  • Registration Supervisor at BOMA International
Education
  • Olin College
  • Patrick Henry High School
Connections
184 connections
Industry
Motion Pictures and Film
Websites

Kevin Tostado’s Summary

Kevin is the founder of Tostie Productions, a high definition film and video production company based in San Diego, California. He was a member of the inaugural class at Olin College of Engineering in Needham, Massachusetts. While in his senior year of college, he co-wrote and directed a full-length independent feature, Yellow Lights. This movie took home awards for “Best Feature” and “Best Cinematography” from Indie Fest USA 2007 as well as Telly and DV Awards. Kevin also was a producer for "The Olin Experience", a documentary short about student life at Olin College from a students' perspective which Olin College still regularly shows to prospective students. Recently, Kevin has worked as a camera operator, director of photography, and assistant director on music videos, promos for NBC's Heroes, police training videos, webisodes for AT&T featuring paralympic athlete April Holmes, Disney Channel commercials, independent short films, and telenovelas for My Network TV.

Kevin is currently producing/directing a documentary about the game of MONOPOLY and the people who play it around the world, titled "Under the Boardwalk." You can find out more about the film and watch a teaser trailer at MonopolyDocumentary.com

Kevin’s demo reel can be found at TostieProductions.com/demoreel.htm.

Kevin Tostado’s Specialties:

Owner/Operator of a Pansonic HVX-200
P2 & Firestore Workflows


Kevin Tostado’s Experience

  • Associate Producer

    Imageworks

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

    March 2007Present (2 years 9 months)

  • Producer/President

    Tostie Productions

    (Motion Pictures and Film industry)

    2001Present (8 years )

  • Associate Producer

    CEO Intern

    (Motion Pictures and Film industry)

    20082008 (less than a year)

  • Camera Operator

    Groovy Like a Movie

    (Motion Pictures and Film industry)

    20072008 (1 year )

  • Camera Production Asst

    Gone Fission

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

    July 2006February 2007 (8 months)

    Was a Production Asst for the show "Watch Over Me" and a Camera Production Asst for the show "Saints & Sinners"

  • Student

    Olin College

    (Motion Pictures and Film industry)

    20022006 (4 years )

  • Registration Supervisor

    BOMA International

    (Motion Pictures and Film industry)

    20002006 (6 years )


Kevin Tostado’s Education

  • Olin College

    BS , Electrical & Computer Engineering , 20022006

    Graduated as part of the inaugural class at Olin College.

    Activities and Societies:
    Resident Resource (R2), Council of Olin Represenatives (CORe), Student Activities Committee (SAC), Member of South Charlesboroughshire
  • Patrick Henry High School

    19982002

    Salutatorian, National Hispanic Scholar, AP Scholar with Honor, San Diego Union-Tribune Scholar-Athlete

    Activities and Societies:
    Varsity Football, Students for Social Action, Tutoring for Triumph

Additional Information

Kevin Tostado’s Websites:

Kevin Tostado’s Groups:

MCA-I San Diego Chapter, SCOPE, Franklin W Olin College of Engineering

  •    Media Communications Association-International
  •    Kiwanis Networking Group
  •    Filmmakers
  •    Film TV Professionals
  •    Knights of Columbus (KofC) Networking
  •    Franklin W Olin College Of Engineering
  •    Documentary.org - International Documentary Association
  •    San Diego Video Production Network

Kevin Tostado’s Honors:

Best Feature & Best Cinematography at Indie Fest USA for my movie Yellow Lights, which I directed and co-wrote


Kevin Tostado’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

  • career opportunities
  • consulting offers
  • new ventures
  • job inquiries
  • expertise requests
  • business deals
  • reference requests
  • getting back in touch

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