Diego Riley is a Cuban-American director and producer raised between Latin America, the South Pacific, and the Southwestern Rockies. With a deep love for the natural world and a fascination with human-impact systems, he focuses on uncovering the emotional core of a story and bringing it to life through an immersive visual style.

Since graduating USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, Diego has directed projects as wide-ranging as major label music videos with artists such as Ava Max, Iggy Pop, and Sophie Powers, to California clean-air ballot initiatives, to irreverent comedy sketches, to sustainable fashion promos, to outdoor adventure products, and even United Nations committee campaigns.

In addition to his freelance work, Diego co-founded an LA based production company, Good Intentions Paving Co, whose name serves as a reminder to always turn intention to action (as the saying goes, the road to hell is paved with…)

He is currently in production on his first feature-length documentary in Southern Utah, based around the water crisis on the Colorado River. He is an avid outdoorsman, a native Spanish speaker, and often barefoot.