ZCastillo Creative | A full-service strategic creative agency.

About Us

Hey There! Welcome to ZCastillo Creative.

ZCastillo Creative is a bold collection of strategic thinkers. We provide a progressive, full-service digital creative agency with a studio in McAllen, Texas.

We live to learn, create, and instigate by helping brand experiences & live music and entertainment events become relevant in culture. We hold a strong passion to creating & producing the best work possible.

People I've Worked With

Paradigm Agency	WME Entertainment	Creative Artists Agency	The Agency Group
Agency of the Performing Arts	Moodswing 360	NUE Agency	AM Only
Circle Talent Agency	Pantheon Agency	ICM	Monterey International
City of McAllen	City of Edinburg	City of Brownsville	City of Pharr
L&F Distributors / Budweiser	Las Palmas Race Park	FCKSHTUP Clothing	NSN Music Festival
Spring Break on the Beach	Kings of LA Entertainment	Fun Fun Fun Fest	Third String Productions
Roosevelts at 7	Red Mango Sharyland	Monikapolitan.com	Volta Discotheque
Coyote Arms Defense	Melba's Dance Studio	Geo's Live Music Venue	First Presbyterian Church
Pharr Events Center	Fantich Media	Ruby J Farms, LLC	Sharyland ISD
Eddie Montalvo, School Board	Mr. Electric RGV	Nite Time Decor RGV	Four Paws Animal Hospital
Mooncussers	Chase Training	Magazine X	Pulp & Soda Magazine

Works

A small collection of items I've designed ranging from posters, web, programs and magazine spreads using Adobe CS.

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Video

Client: L&F Distributors, Budweiser
Executive Producer: Zar Castillo
Director: Manuel Rodriguez
Production Company/Post: CAB Films, Edwin Mendoza and Albert Mancha

Client: Dr. Pablo Tagle, III Chiropractic Wellness Center
Executive Producer: Zar Castillo
Director: Manuel Rodriguez
Production Company/Post: CAB Films, Edwin Mendoza and Albert Mancha

Client: Coyote Arms Defense
Executive Producer: Zar Castillo
Director: Manuel Rodriguez
Production Company/Post: CAB Films, Edwin Mendoza and Albert Mancha

"EVOLVE" is an event/party recap video produced for DGE Concerts. Shot entirely with Canon DSLRs and edited in Adobe Premiere.

A very short film I produced and edited in a two-day period with my dog, Cookie, a year-and-a-half old miniature Poodle who despite her size is nothing short of a fun adventure.

The thrilling end of the historic Sharyland Rattler soccer team on their trip to Georgetown, Texas for the 2012 Texas Class 5A Championship Game on Saturday, April 21, 2012. The Rattlers captured a 3-2 shootout victory over Katy Morton Ranch at Birkelbach Field in the UIL State Tournament after trailing 2-1 in regulation and 2-0 in the shootout. The Sharyland Rattlers ended their historic season at 31-3, returning to the Rio Grande Valley as State Soccer Champions for the first time in Sharyland school history.

Produced, Shot and Edited by: Zar Castillo and Manny Rodriguez
Music: "Hand In Mine" by Explosions in the Sky

Photography

A brief collection of some of my photography. I've been an avid shooter for over a decade specializing in concert, event and sports photography.

Never Say Never Music Festival

Co-Founder / Festival Director / Talent Buyer

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Starting from 2008 along with one partner we placed our passion for music on the forefront of South Texas and produced our own incredibly diverse, multi-stage music festival in Mission, Texas appropriately named "Never Say Never (NSN) Music Festival." Now proceeding into its fifth year, NSN Festival provides an outstanding amount of live entertainment to the masses in our secondary market of South Texas. Previous headliners include Skrillex, Wiz Khalifa and LMFAO, among hundreds of national, international and regional touring acts across all genres of music. I lead and coordinate all talent buying and artist negotiation, on-site management, oversight of entire festival budget, artist contracts and riders, effective marketing campaigns, expense reports, staffing and volunteers, logistics, vendors, sponsorships, advance production, among countless of preparation to produce a successful event for the ultimate music lover experience.

VIDEO: 2012 Highlight video produced by Light & Noise

VIDEO: Official :30 second TV spot produced by Fantich Media

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Features

	BUZZNET February 2011 NSN Festival feature & exclusive interview with Buzznet.com
	Pulp & Soda Magazine January 2010 Profile, "Forward Thinker: DGE Concerts"
	Festiva Entertainment Magazine March 2012 Interview, "Never Say Never Festival 4"
	ClearChannel and Entravision Radio 2009-2012 Featured live on-air interviews through various regional stations: KVLY, KFRQ, KHKZ, KBFM
	The Monitor Newspaper May 2012 Pharr Events Center celebrates 1st Anniversary
	Festiva Entertainment Magazine December 2010 "The State of the Music Industry" alongside MuteMath's Roy Mitchell Cardenas
	Ouch My Ego Webzine March 2011 "Putting South Texas on the Music Map"
	The Monitor Newspaper March 2009 "For one day, Mission becomes indie rock capital of world"
	Festiva Entertainment Magazine March 2009 "Battle of Spring Break at SPI"
	Festiva Entertainment Magazine April 2008 "Valley's Music Movers and Shakers"