Ricky de Laveaga was born an artist, started making movies in high school, and never looked back. He majored in film at UT Austin, concentrating on documentary editing and ethnographic film. Between shooting and editing commercials, television, and feature films, he collaborated with ad agencies producing and documenting audiovisual experiences and installations. For the past decade, he has been working as a digital media consultant, specializing in video and web design/development, as he continues to pursue cinematic projects, lately focusing on animated shorts under the banner of his up-and-coming studio, Famebot.