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Dakota Aesquivel

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When a painter rents a secluded cabin to jump start her creativity, she has sex with a ghost and finds herself part of his plan to bring itself back to life.
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Deadly Crush trailer
Dakota earned his MFA in Screenwriting from UCLA graduate school, selling his first script in his last year of the program. Providing coverage for numerous production companies such as Arnold Kopelson and East-West Film Partners, he later worked as Director of Development for Stan Lee's production company, New Millennium.

His theater background includes writing and directing the critically acclaimed play "Longshots." Also a music producer with his own studio, he has toured and globally released three albums with two rock bands. He made his directorial debut with his feature film Janked at the Festival de Cannes on May of 2012.
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    Janked (2011)
    Janked
    4.2
    • Producer
    • 2011
    Deadly Crush (2018)
    Deadly Crush
    3.6
    • Producer
    • 2018
    RED poster artwork by Erin Wong.
    Red
    5.6
    Short
    • Producer
    • 2009
    Gilded Cage
    • Producer

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      Producer



      • Deadly Crush (2018)
        Deadly Crush
        3.6
        • executive producer
        • 2018
      • Janked (2011)
        Janked
        4.2
        • executive producer
        • producer
        • 2011
      • RED poster artwork by Erin Wong.
        Red
        5.6
        Short
        • executive producer
        • 2009
      • Gilded Cage
        • executive producer

      Writer



      • Deadly Crush (2018)
        Deadly Crush
        3.6
        • Writer
        • 2018
      • Janked (2011)
        Janked
        4.2
        • story
        • writer
        • 2011
      • RED poster artwork by Erin Wong.
        Red
        5.6
        Short
        • Writer
        • 2009

      Actor



      • Deadly Crush (2018)
        Deadly Crush
        3.6
        • Kit
        • 2018
      • Janked (2011)
        Janked
        4.2
        • Teabag Tony
        • 2011
      • Gilded Cage
        • Tango

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      Deadly Crush trailer
      Demo Reel 1:24
      Deadly Crush trailer
      Janked
      Demo Reel 1:41
      Janked
      Janked
      Demo Reel 1:41
      Janked

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        • Tara Scroggins Aesquivel(1 child)

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        Virgilio "Dakota" Aesquivel, Jr., was raised in wealthy Orange County by his physician mother and entrepreneur father.

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