Joaquin Salim is a Venezuelan director based in NYC, with over a decade of experience creating, writing, and shaping visual stories for brands, artists, and musicians. His award-winning career has led him to create work for The New York Times, Vans, LVMH, Don Julio, Johnnie Walker, Nestlé, Coca-Cola, and many others. He has also collaborated with Mike Mills, Darren Aronofsky, Stillz, Neil Young, Salma Hayek, Little Simz, and more. His contemporary art practice, rooted in mixed media, typography, collage, and found materials, brings a tactile, graphic, and experimental language to his filmmaking.
ALEROS [POMPEII]
A reflection on Venezuela, a country that has undergone significant changes from a once-free and prosperous nation to one in decay and longing for its former glory.
Written & Directed by: Joaquin Salim
Edited by: José Ostos
Cinematography by: Edwin Corona R.
Produced by: Capitolio
Post-Production: Caffeine Post
SI TE PICA
To every Venezuelan balancing love, pain, hope, and anger in a foreign city or back home. Shot with Venezuelan drummers and dancers barefoot on a rooftop in freezing New York. Raw, unfiltered, relentless.
Directed by: Joaquin Salim
Executive Producer: JV Hernandez-Oramas, Verónica León, Yamel Thompson
Cinematography by: Owen Smith-Clark
Edited by: Joaquin Salim
Produced by: Agüita
Post-Production: Apollo Post
MANOS ARRIBA
This music video tells the story of a corrupt policeman who steals from citizens by abusing his power. In Venezuela, this sad everyday reality is referred to as “Matraqueo.” Shot at 16 fps in Caracas with pickups in New York and Mexico.
Written & Directed by: Joaquin Salim
Edited by: José Ostos
Cinematography by: Edwin Corona R.
Produced by: Capitolio
Post-Production: Caffeine Post
ACCIÓN
A music video built with a raw, kinetic visual language for La Vida Boheme.
Written & Directed by: Joaquin Salim
Edited by: Basil Fauchier
Cinematography by: Basil Fauchier
Produced by: Capitolio
Post-Production: Caffeine Post
SAVE OUR STAGES
A mixed-media film built from donated footage, archival textures, and live performance fragments to support independent music venues during the pandemic. Directed alongside Mariana, with Neil Young performing the voice over.
Directed by: Mariana & Joaquin
Edited by: Jim Helton at Final Cut Studios
Voice Over by: Neil Young
Photography by: Danny Clinch
SFX: Wave Studios
Music: Citizen
Created at: Anomaly
TELL ME
“Tell Me” is about the catharsis of giving up or giving in when you’ve had enough. Sick of fighting for something to change, you surrender. And with that surrender, you become free.
Directed by: Joaquin Salim
Cinematography by: Adam Nunez
Edited by: Joaquin Salim
Produced by: Studio Nunez
Produced by: Capitolio
SUPLENTES
Made during quarantine after COVID-19 stopped the original shoot. Built frame by frame on a scanner with no VFX, no transitions, and no color correction — from hand, to scanner, to timeline.
Written & Directed by: Joaquin Salim
Edited by: Joaquin Salim
Art: Joaquin Salim
SANDWICH
If you think about it, anything in between two things is a sandwich. But the new sandwiches from PB-2 in Caracas are not “any thing.”
Directed by: Joaquin Salim
Produced by: Pavlo Castillo
Produced by: Capitolio
Music: Citizen
