About Salesman: The Series

During Amadeo‘s freshman year at North East School of the Arts (NESA), he was assigned to make a little short stop motion project. He came up with an idea about a watch salesman who gets evicted, and gets so angry he punches someone that rejects his sale and ends up in jail.
Amadeo decided to write a script with Colby Guillory, a long time friend since sixth grade. He would spend the next two years trying to create a live action version of the short with the help of his childhood best friend Daniel Smith and Kristin Quintanilla who would play many roles on set and would later be Amadeo’s longtime girlfriend. He met James Ybarra on a film set and later casted him to play Vellucci, who would later develop into the character Vincent Vaquero in the newest iteration.
When the “Salesman” short film was finally finished Amadeo and Colby started to develop a sequel titled “Colorblind” which won best short at the 2019 Mission City Film Festival.
In 2020, Amadeo became close friends with James Ybarra. Amadeo, Colby, James and Kristin would make short films together. Amadeo and James were taking a drive around the Westside of San Antonio when Amadeo introduced music made in San Antonio during the 60s known as Chicano soul. This experience gave James the idea to turn the Salesman short films into a series, that properly represents San Antonio, the stories, culture, and people in it with a satirical twist.
The crew would meet every Sunday in Castroville off of James’ property to develop the characters and story. James would be the director, Colby as the head writer, Kristin as the director of Photography, and Daniel as the colorist.
“Salesman: The Series - Pilot” was released on April 14th, 2022 at Alamo City Studios. We had hundreds of attendees, so many that we had to do 4 screenings to make sure everyone who came out saw the episode. Later, we screened the pilot at the 2022 San Antonio Film Festival, where it caught the attention of the SA Current.
We are not just doing this for ourselves, but because we believe that this project is bigger than any of us. It’s raw, different, and new. It’s a testament to San Antonio and her people.