02 Selected Work
German Abarca came up the long way: PA, AC, camera operator, DP — then the director's chair, where he found the job he was built for. Twenty-plus years later he has directed everything unscripted television makes: two-camera follow docs, ten-plus-camera competition series, dating shows, hidden-camera gags, cooking shows — from shiny floors to a thousand-acre ranch in Wyoming to a yacht off Koh Samui.
Along the way he has worked with Gordon Ramsay, Jimmy Kimmel, Dolly Parton, James Wan, Howie Mandel, Chrissy Teigen, 2 Chainz, Joel McHale, Naomi Judd and Curtis Stone.
Born in Jersey City to Chilean immigrant parents, he started directing at age ten — "borrowing" his dad's Super 8 to shoot Godzilla movies starring his pet lizards. A Television Production degree from Florida International University led to the MTV Latin America studios in South Beach, then MTV's The Real World — and he never looked back.
German is available for directing engagements. Reach out directly — he reads everything.
Or DM @german_directs
