Kacho López Mari (born May 16, 1975) is a Puerto Rican filmmaker and co-founder of production company Filmes Zapatero. He is a 7-time nominee and two time

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winner for his music videos “ Ojos Color Sol” ( Calle 13) (featuring actors

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and María Valverde) and “ Loco de Amor” (

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). His second collaboration with

titled

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(coincidentally Latin music's first visual album), got López Mari his 6th

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nomination and his 4th for Best Music Video, Long Form. His music video/documentary " El Apagón - Aquí vive gente" for

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was nominated at The Shots Awards of the Americas 2023 in the video of the year category and was shortlisted at Cannes Lions 70 in Cannes, France in 2023. The video was also nominated at the VMAs 2023 in the Video for good category. In August 2023 Premios Rolling Stone en Español nominated "Canción Desaparecida" by

, music video López Mari directed, in the Videoclip del Año category. In 2025 Kacho directed the music video for

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(

), the first Salsa song to reach #1 in

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's global charts.

Career

Kacho López Mari started his career in the field of graphic design. After transitioning into film, in the now-defunct production company Paradiso Films, López Mari founded Filmes Zapatero with his partner, award-winning producer Tristana Robles in 2011. He got his start directing music videos for Reggaeton/Underground artists like

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and

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, directing the videos for the singles " Abayarde" and "

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" respectively. Throughout his career, López Mari has directed music videos for

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, Aventura,

, Calle 13,

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and

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among many others.

Filmography

Music videos

Accolades

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez Mari, Kacho Living people People from Santurce, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican film directors American music video directors American graphic designers 1975 births