Arnel served as the Film & Video Host of the official Art Basel at the Miami Beach Convention Center for the 2012 & 2013 shows.
Art Basel in Miami Beach is the largest and most important art convention in the country and the second largest in the world. Record-breaking attendance in 2013 of 75,000+.
Arnel also compiles and curates the annual Event Influencers Hot 100 List, a comprehensive guide to the most important fairs and hottest events going on during Miami Art Week | Art Basel Miami Beach. This has become the most highly-sought after list by top PR agencies, media professionals, celebrity talent, and cultural enthusiasts.
San Pedro was promoted to Executive Producer | Festival Runner of the Outshine Film Festival in both Miami & Ft. Lauderdale, and also for the Oscars(R) Big Night Out Gala. Under San Pedro’s leadership, Outshine was consistently named Biz Bash’s #2 Top Film | Media Event in all of Miami | South Florida, which is a major accomplishment for a target market. The Ft. Lauderdale version jumped up four places in rankings and the Oscars(R) stage show gala was greenlit as an annual show.
As EP, Arnel was in charge of all festival operations and production of 85+ film screenings and 10 special events in multiple venues, simultaneously. He also wrote and produced all of the Awards Show programs and Livestream show and was responsible for siteplans, celebrity talent booking, presenter selection, festival staffing, stage managers, filmmaker hospitality, and managed over 100+ volunteers at each festival. Arnel also presented the Vanguard Award.
Some of his sponsors include: The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Crunch Fitness, The Grand Resort and Spa, La Croix Sparkling Water, ZICO Coconut Water, Trader Joe’s, NY Style Guide, and MMM Live. Some of his talent include stars from WWE Superstars, the Gersh Agency, America’s Next Top Model, a Classic Rock Hall of Fame inductee, and various high-profile elected officials.
San Pedro served as the Executive Producer for Project Runway Season 13 WINNER and Project Runway All Stars Contestant Sean Patrick Kelly’s new men’s swimwear line | Hercules at Miami Swim Week 2019. This involved producing their Planet Fashion runway show, in conjunction with Playboy x Sean John, and activating all pop up markets. The Hercules show was described as “the runaway runway show” of Miami Swim Week 2019.
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San Pedro also produced the Axel Hotel Miami Beach x Outfair men’s swimwear photo shoot.
Arnel served as a Stage Manager for Facebook Fit Small Business Bootcamp and Event Manager for Facebook Community Boost through Rose Gold Collective, a Tier 1 Festival.
Arnel served as the seasonal Director of Event Production at University of Miami in 2018, 2016, & 2015 for all employee health, wellness, and fitness events. San Pedro produced the Team UM villages at the Mercedes Benz Corporate Runs, which resulted in a record-breaking, largest team ever, two years in a row. In 2016, UM finally achieved its long-awaited goal and won the highly-coveted #1 Largest Team award, for the first time ever. According to the post survey, San Pedro’s production team also earned the highest overall event rating of Excellent.
In addition, San Pedro produced the Appreciation & Well-Being Week, and supported the Week of Well Being, Retirement and Long Service Award Recognition Event, and Take Our Children to Work Day. Many of these were open to over 28,000 people combined and took place on all 3 main campuses and in over 16+ satellite locations throughout South Florida.
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Arnel served as the Festival Theater Manager for O Cinema Miami Beach in 2017 and for the Coral Gables Art Cinema in 2016 at the Miami Film Festival, the largest film festival in the city which draws over 70,000 visitors in ten days. San Pedro supervised all front-of-house operations including tech checks, vendors, box office, Q&As, intros, talent, signage, sponsors, red carpet arrivals, logistics, volunteer teams, trailers, posters | one sheets, balloting, scanning, setup | breakdown, seating, and rush sales. MFF was named the #1 Film & Media Event in Miami | South Florida, according to BizBash.
San Pedro led the entire Production Security team and served as an important member of the core production management team that supervised Chairman Diddy’s annual music industry conference. The team produced over 20 televised | streamed events in a timeframe of 5 days. Talent included Ms Lauryn Hill, French Montana, 2 Chainz, Sza, Monica, Queen Latifah, TI, and Cardi B.
San Pedro fulfiiled all security needs for every event and each celebrity talent, which consisted of managing over 200 security and bodyguards, and devising comprehensive safety plans for the Yacht Party, Welcome Ceremony, Awards Gala, Keynotes, & Pool Party.
San Pedro played a significant role in all music and celebrity talent movement and staged the celebrity arrivals for Diddy, 2 Chainz, and Monica.
San Pedro was selected for the Miami Media & Influencers Dinner sponsored by Russian Standard and Syndicate Media. Other notable guests included representatives from Broken Shaker, Haute Living, LDV Hospitality, SLS Hotel, Societe Perrier, Soho Beach House, and Urban Daddy.
In addition, while living in CA, San Pedro was selected for the Red Book, a national creative influencer program, curated by The FADER and Cornerstone Agency. Those featured in the Red Book were the first honorees of their current Strategic Product Seeding program whose mission is to leverage its relationships with influential members of the music, fashion, and entertainment industry, and connect them with various brands in organic ways. It was The FADER’s version of the coolest movers and shakers in the country and those featured are often regarded as original “Influencers.”
Arnel was the Sr. VP of Theatrical Distribution & PR at 7th Art Releasing in LA, where he managed the theatrical distribution and awards campaign strategy for the entire acquisitions library of an Academy Award-winning independent documentary distribution company.
JONESTOWN: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF PEOPLE'S TEMPLE [PBS American Experience version]
-Winner | IDA/ABC News VideoSource Award: IDA Awards
-Shortlist | Best Documentary: 79th Annual Academy Awards®
-Nominee | Best Documentary: 59th Primetime Emmy Awards®
-Nominee | Best Documentary: IFP Gotham Awards
-Nominee | Best Documentary: IPA Satellite Awards
In addition, WORKINGMAN’S DEATH was nominated for:
-Nominee | DGA DOCUMENTARY AWARD: DGA Honors Awards
-Nominee | BEST DOCUMENTARY: IDA Awards
San Pedro was the Co-Producer of Bomb It and co-managed the documentary film's run from production and post through international festival, theatrical distribution, and merchandising. The film went on to home entertainment release and earned recogniton as an LA Favorite on Netflix. A sequel was released in 2010.
Selected for Tribeca Film Festival 2007 | World Documentary Competition
San Pedro started his career working at MTV | VH1 in NYC as an Associate Producer, Segment Producer, Researcher, Post Production Coordinator for many live multi-camera and video-based remote shows. Some highlights include Fashionably Loud, Spring Break, Snowed In, TRL Superstars: Launch of the MTV Beachhouse, Play a Million, Pay a Million, Beatmix, VH1’s The Afterparty, Sebastian Bach’s Forever Wild, Victoria’s Secret Most Fashionable Videos, Countdown to the MTV Video Music Awards, and 100 Greatest Pop Songs.
San Pedro also won the MTV Film Festival for a documentary profile short that he directed, wrote, produced, and edited.
In LA, Arnel served as the International Channels Manager (Interim) and Post Production Fixer for Animax Germany, AXN Germany, AXN Israel, AXN Italy, and SET Latin America, where he worked closely with the Technicolor and Ascent Media vendors.
San Pedro managed the production and logistics of many high-profile award shows and carpet events including the DGA Honors Awards, Tribeca Film Festival, Children's Defense Fund Benefit | Beat the Odds Awards, Macy's Passport Fashion Show, and the IFP Gotham Awards.
Arnel was the Emergency Relief Operations Manager and lead team member of Staff Squad, an event agency that successfully implemented production operations for debris removal in Miami Beach, following Hurricane Irma in 2017. This consisted of managing over 75 staff monitors and over 25 national truck crews. MB became the most productive city in the entire state of Florida, with 155,000 cubic yards of debris removed, and became a model city for the rest of the state to emulate.
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San Pedro orchestrated the production, operations, and logistics of many large city-sanctioned festivals which entailed supervising over 20+ events simultaneously in 15+ venues.
San Pedro was promoted to the Director of Bar Production for the Aqua Girl Festival and also the Director of Production Operations for the Winter Party Festival, where he was also selected for the Executive Committee and Festival Management team. AG & WPF are two of the largest community festivals in the world.
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