Carlos A.F. Lopez is a multifaceted filmmaker with over a decade of experience in the Seattle underground/DIY scene. His latest film, Dream Creep, premiered in the Midnight Shorts Program at Sundance Film Festival 2024.

His short film Ghosting the Party premiered at Nashville Film Festival 2017 and won a Special Jury Prize. Lopez produced The Procedure, winner of the Special Jury Prize for Best Short Fiction: US at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and Harbor Island, winner of a Special Jury Award in the Independent Pilot Competition at SXSW 2023.

A first-generation Washingtonian born to a Filipino mother and Mexican father, their cultural influence is imbued throughout his work in nuanced ways that subvert what it means to be an artist of color in the independent film community.