EAST OF EDEN
Starring Penn Badgley (Gossip Girl, Easy A) this comedic adaptation of John Steinbeck's American classic was featured on Movieline, Jezebel, Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, Crushable, Vulture, Just Jared, Videogum, front page of Funny Or Die, The Hairpin.

CHINESE DREAM CHINESE DREAM was short-listed for the Academy Awards in 2005. The film has played in over 50 film festivals worldwide and was honored with four Best Narrative Short awards including the prestigious Golden Gate award at the San Francisco International Film Festival.


STUNTED: WEB SERIES STUNTED was commissioned by BBE in 2010. Created by brothers Philip and Victor Quinaz it tells the story of Phil Green the Stunt Machine and his pursuit to be a professional stunter despite being 6'7" and too tall to stunt double.


ANDREW BIRD AT THE GUGGENHEIM ANDREW BIRD AT THE GUGGENHEIM was commissioned by Andrew himself and is one of the only videos the Guggenheim has generously allowed to be shown outside of the museum. Made for $50 and using one camera the short musical performance highlights what Andrew does best, which is everything.


BEFORE AFTER with Zachary Quinto BEFORE AFTER is the first of two videos made by PERIODS. Films with Zachary Quinto and his production company Before The Door Pictures (Margin Call). This first short ran exclusively of Funny Or Die's mainpage for three weeks.

PERIODS. is a costume comedy film series that lives on the web. Created by Victor Quinaz, Anna Martemucci, and the entire PERIODS. crew. Each short film is improvised and later written in the edit. PERIODS. has fans all over the world and has been featured in the LA Times, Entertainment Weekly, Film Independent, NY Magazine, and yes even High Times (to name a few). And recently ranked #15 out of "50 Funniest Web Series" by Time Out NY. 

PERIODS. Films was founded in 2009 when Victor and a few filmmaker friends decided to freeze their asses off while wearing pilgrim costumes in Prospect Park. That first film, PILGRIMS, went viral two weeks later and was seeded on many “big time” blogs such as Entertainment Weekly’s Pop Watch, Jezebel, and the New York Times.

In 2010 the PERIODS. crew went on to make several more short films including the BEFORE AFTER series featuring Star Trek and Heroes star Zachary Quinto. The videos were done in an exclusive partnership with both Funny Or Die and The Huffington Post. PERIODS. Films was later made a participating partner with YouTube based on quality of work.

In the fall of 2011 PERIODS. wrapped principal photography on their very first feature film BREAKUP AT A WEDDING. The film is  produced by Anonymous Content (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 50 First Dates) and Before The Door Pictures (Margin Call). The film will be release by Oscilloscope Labs on June 18th.

On August 9th, 2012, PERIODS. was honored by the Hollywood Short Film Festival with an opening night gala featuring all of the PERIODS. edited into a feature presentation for the big screen.

Watch PERIODS. here

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Victor's first graphic novel MR. MURDER IS DEAD was published in late 2011 to much acclaim making several Best Of Lists including iFanboy, Comic Snob, CBR, Graphic Policy, and Robot 6.

There's been a murder—Mr. Murder is found dead! Old Gould Kane, long into his retirement as a top cop, looks to be the number-one suspect with a motive so deep and intense even Gould's old partner suspects him. But the truth is Gould's the only cop worth a damn to solve the cryptic case. The clues could lead Gould to a new and perhaps even greater profession in his twilight…as a very bad man. Mr. Murder is Dead is a “who didn't do it" set in the fading world of Golden Age comic strips. A criminal's lament to all things past, present and meaningless.

Written by Victor Quinaz, Art by Brent Schoonover.
Published by Archaia in partnership with Before the Door.

You can follow along in The Spook's further adventures here.

Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Commercial Director, Graphic Novelist, New Mediatician (he coined the phrase and is the only person to actually use it)

This year Victor finished his first feature film, BREAKUP AT A WEDDING, a romantic comedy coming out from Oscilloscope Labs June 18th which he directed and co-wrote (and begrudgingly co-stars in), produced by Anonymous Content (ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND) and Before The Door Pictures (MARGIN CALL). The film was based around the talents and comedy of his successful online film series, PERIODS. Films.

As a Commercial Director and Producer Victor has been part of many productions, documentaries, and Music Videos. His clients range from Absolut Vodka and Malibu Rum to Garofalo Pasta and H&M as well as YSL and Rockstar Games. Victor has also designed and sold numerous online marketing campaigns to clients including the Independent Spirit Awards and BBE.

Victor published his first graphic novel, MR. MURDER IS DEAD, with Archaia Entertainment and Before The Door. The book was listed on several major Top Ten Lists and was well reviewed.

Aside from his online series PERIODS. Films, Victor also created STUNTED for BBE, and was hired by WGBH to write DOT DIVA PRESENTS: KATE AND ALI, a show designed to get young girls excited about careers in computer programming (slightly challenging), and most recently directed DOG C.E.O for Adult Swim and Thing X.

In 2004, Victor completed his first short film, CHINESE DREAM. The film has since played in over 50 international film festivals, was short-listed for the 2005 Academy Awards, and has won Best Short five times, including The San Francisco International Film Festival Golden Gate Award. The film was honored at Los Angeles’ Indie Producers Gala as one of the top three short films of the year. In 2007, CHINESE DREAM was accepted into the archives of Hong Kong University and is now taught as part of their curriculum. CHINESE DREAM can be seen on PBS at all hours of the morning.

In 2005, he was awarded a spot at The Screenwriters Colony in Nantucket for his script THE SWEET WATER.

Victor Quinaz was born and raised in Miami, Florida.

And most of all, he loves a great story.