KEN ARQUELIO, of Puerto Rican descent, is a director/screenwriter/actor and producer. After creating, writing and producing a television pilot called DESERT RATS, he was awarded producing fellowships in the fall of 2021 for the PGA Create program and with NALIP (National Association of Latino Independent Producers).

As an actor, he most recently played a starring role in an award-winning short film called A Butterfly Vanishes (2021). The film was directed by his writing and producing partner, Juan Pablo Arias Muñoz, a Chilean filmmaker who was one of the winners of the 2020 HBOAccess directing fellowship. A theatrically trained actor, Ken originated the lead roles in stage productions of Infinite Black Suitcase by EM Lewis and Resurrection of the Ants by Mike Fontana. He also produced and starred in the West Coast debuts of The Dying Gaul and References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot.

Ken is the founding member of VINCERO PICTURES, a production company based in Palm Springs, and is currently writing and developing other television pilots and feature films.  He most recently directed and wrote DISCO BEATS, a short film set in Detroit/1979 about an elderly man who tries to convince a jaded dance instructor to teach him to dance before his 60th wedding anniversary…in one week. The film stars Pepe Serna and is currently in post production.