Coyote Marino
Coyote Marino, Director
Originally from Montana , Coyote received a BA from Colorado College , a MBA from The University of Mississippi and is currently finishing his MFA in Film Production at the University of Southern California . Coyote produced a number of projects during his time at USC, most notably “The Morning Routine,” the 2007 Coca-Cola Refreshing Filmmaker¹s Award Grand Prize Winner, “Just Around The Corner,” a music video for Heineken, and “Digital Troubadours”, a promotional documentary for Cisco Systems. Although, you could say his biggest accomplishment and most influential project was directing Where Life Is, a documentary that follows three severely injured veterans pursuing sport as a means of rehabilitation and readjustment to civilian life.
While filming Where Life Is, it became clear that the greatest impact of sports wasn¹t found in some record-breaking win, but in the everyday accomplishments made possible from leading an active lifestyle: events like being able to change a shirt again, chasing your daughter, or hanging out with fellow Marines. For these former soldiers, sport provides them with something to focus on and look forward to as they find their way back to civilian life. Coyote¹s future plans are to continue to produce and direct documentaries.
Official GIFF Selection: Where life is
