Vintage Youth Productions

Founded in 1992, VINTAGE YOUTH PRODUCTIONS was formed by
Colin Rivera, upon being commissioned to produce a documentary on
Jazz Fusion in Hawai'i for a local TV station. A year later, Colin
created and co-produced the anthology teen-youth series "Local
Style," funded in part by a grant from the Hawai'i Council for
Humanities. Along with co-producer Patrick Kennedy, Colin directed
several episodes and enlisted the talents of future filmmakers Duncan
Graham, Kathleen Man, and Carter Evans, who each directed
episodes. Colin served as DP and LD for numerous projects, winning a
lighting design award for his studio work. He went on to produce two
hourlong, award-winning narratives: "Behaviour, a Commentary;"
which garnered Best Director, Script, Narrative and Second Prize
overall, and "The Adventures of Asian Man and White Boy," which
won best Director, Producer, Editing and Script at NYU's First Run
Festival. Citing burnout, Colin retired in 1996, only recently returning
to the production world in 2003 at the request of long time friend
Steve Mallorca to co-DP Steve's feature film debut "Slow Jam King."
He recently completed the feature comedy "Three to Five & Glassy,"
starring Angela Relucio, which screened at numerous festivals across
the US and won the Silver Lei Award for Filmmaking at the 2009
Honolulu Film Festival. Currently Colin is in post-production for the
new feature drama "the end of something," with an expected
completion date of summer 2010.