Evan Gallegos is a Southern California–based filmmaker. The themes he explores in his work include conspiracy, existential thought, grief, ego, and what it truly means to be “good,” pulling most of his ideas from dreams, personal experience, and media. Gallegos’s style comes from a combination of postmodern filmmaking techniques paired with realist writing. His influences include Fellini, Martin Scorsese, Alan Parker, Tim Burton, and Spike Lee. Gallegos has won Best Cinematography twice at RCC’s semi-annual film festival for his short films I Can’t Hear What You Say and Never Take Us Alive, then went on to create the production company Side B, where he oversees each project and creates his own. Through his work, Gallegos aims to make people feel noticed by being vulnerable with his stories, while also crafting his own unique style and honoring the filmmakers before and around him.