Tyler Ocasio Holmes is a Los Angeles based film maker, photographer, and videographer.
After graduating from Columbia University, I worked on Wall Street with the expectation of going to law school. I wasn’t passionate about the work and it showed. As a result, I ended up losing my job. A friend of mine encouraged me to pick up a camera for the first time in 2020 and my journey within the art world began. Along the way, I worked in politics, did activism work, became a teacher for both elementary and high-school students, started and grew my photography and videography business, and got accepted to the best film school in the country with the intentions of breaking into Hollywood. I can honestly say it feels like I have lived a full life. The best part about it all is that my life is just getting started.
Moving from Southern VA and living in NYC for the past 8 years has changed me to the core. I have met people who have given me a different perspective on life and gained friends who are more like family. It was a bittersweet moment to leave NYC, but I can’t grow unless I put myself in challenging and uncomfortable situations. So now I reside in LA, attending USC Film School as a writer/director, and continuing to grow my photography and videography business. Everything I do is at the highest level. Why? Because I can honestly say I am passionate about what I do — telling a story through the lens of a camera with a creative voice that I have developed through life experiences and hard work. I hope you see that passion within my work and it inspires you to reach out so we can create something special together.