Born and raised in Queens, New York, FRANCISCO ORDOÑEZ graduated with a B.A. in Sociology from the City University of New York.  In May of 2005 he completed his M.F.A. at Columbia University's Film Program, where he was honored as a Film Division Fellow.  Among several other projects, Francisco is also working on a feature screenplay titled WORDISBOND set in the gritty, Latino and Italian-American working-class world of 1980s Queens.  Currently, he is in pre-production on the short film “Cookie” which is loosely based on WORDISBOND, and which will serve as a companion piece-trailer and directing sample for presentation to potential producers and investors of the feature film.

To date, Francisco’s Columbia University Thesis Film, “St. Paul”, has been awarded Best Film at the 2005 HBO New York International Latino Film Festival, the Committee Award at the 2005 Miami Short Film Festival, and the IFP Audience Award at the 2005 Columbia University Film Festival.  His feature screenplay, ASHER, was selected for the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival All Access Program and is in development with Emmy-nominated DP/Producer Cliff Charles with principal photography expected to begin in Fall of 2008.