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Marisa Arbona-Ruiz
Executive Producer
Director, Writer, Talent

Bilingual: 
English / Spanish

contact: 
240-242-3080


creative. engaging. effective. 


arbonaworks combines carefully crafted content with audio-visual artistry to produce award-winning media and productions that connect and resonate with target audiences in English and Spanish.  Driven by excellence, the arbonaworks creative team has traveled the planet, bringing an insightful, global view to an increasingly interactive world.  We are located in the Washington, DC area.  Se habla español.


script-to-screen media production services & solutions for your branding, show or film needs:

  • Feature Film
  • Documentary
  • News & Information
  • Commercials 
  • Public Service Announcements (PSAs)
  • Promotional Videos
  • Music / Entertainment Videos
  • TV Programming
  • Corporate & Government Video
  • Live Events
  • Non-Profit
  • Public Relations Campaigns
  • Social Marketing Materials
  • Spanish-Language Media
  • National & International Productions and Co-Productions
  • On-Camera and Voice-Over Talent
  • Multi-Camera Shoots
  • Media for Social Change

project sampling

Documentary

Title:  Liberty And Justice for Victims of Modern Day Slavery

Chronicles notorious cases of human trafficking and sex slavery and advances in rehabilitation for victims

Client:  U.S. Department of Justice & ZGS Communications

Role:  Conceptualizing, writing, producing, booking, interviewing, directing, editing, graphics

Location:  Washington, DC

WINNER:  Communicator Award of Distinction

NEW:   Non-Profit 
National Series  

Title:  Enough Is Enough Internet Safety 101  

Role:  Scriptwriting, producing and directing for a 4-part series produced by Mari Bonnemaison, Brooks Moore & Marisa Arbona-Ruiz working under Bonnemaison, Inc.  Executive Produced by Donna Rice Hughes of Enough Is Enough, the groundbreaking documentary series exposes how the internet is used to lure kids and teens into dangerous predatory situations, and provides an entertaining high-tech approach to teaching families how to enable a safe and enjoyable online experience.   

Client:  Enough Is Enough

ACCOLADES:  A preview clip of the series was aired on OPRAH.   

WATCH SERIES CLIPS:
http://www.internetsafety101.org/101_video_clips.htm


 

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Film

Title:  PUDGY: A Bahamian Parable

A live action-comedy-drama with animation

Client:  Internationally renowned Psychiatrist, Dr. David Allen & Bonnemaison, Inc.

Role:  Screenplay, co-producing, assistant directing, casting, promotions and media relations

Location:  Bahamas

FINALIST:  Bahamas International Film Festival, Bahamas;  Sabaoth International Film Festival, Milan Italy

WINNER:  Gold Communicators Award of Exellence

National PSA
Title:  Como Sus Ojos / Like Her Eyes

Role:  Production Coordination for the National Eye Institute, working under production company Accent Media.

WINNER:  CINE Golden Eagle


Web Promotions

Title:  Walden University MBA Visiting Scholars Program

Role: Marisa Arbona-Ruiz wrote and produced promos featuring visiting scholars with Walden University's MBA Program, working under Bonnemaison, Inc.  Edited by Brooks Moore under Bonnemaison.

WATCH:


Commercial
Title:  Canciones Infantiles

Role:  Concept, production, translation from English to Spanish, casting, securing dance instructor, supervising edit

Client:  TIMELIFE International

Broadcast throughout U.S. Latino television markets and Mexico





Live Events 

Title:  National Fallen Firefighters Foundation Memorial Service

The massive, national memorial service honoring the firefighters who lost their lives during the 9-11-2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, and other firefighters around the country.

Client:  National Fallen Firefighters Foundation

Role:  Production of National Memorial Service:  Conceptualizing, planning, production team selection & coordination, celebrity & speaker outreach, booking, stage direction, live multi-camera televised shoot, outdoor jumbotrons, speechwriting, producing & narrating tribute video of the fallen, coordinating police & firefighter battalions, volunteers.   

Location:  Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC


Title:  DARE TO DREAM:  Women of Color Breaking Barriers

Live Forum, Award Ceremony, Film Screening.   

Client:  Women in Film & Video of DC

Role:  Concept development, executive production & speechwriting.  Initiated, co-wrote & secured proclamation signed by DC Mayor Williams declaring Oct 23, 1999 as "Diversity in the Media Day."  

Honorees:  Actress Tantoo Cardinal (Dances With Wolves, Smoke Signals), actress/screenwriter Evelina Fernandez (Iluminarias), producer Debra Martin Chase (Brown House Productions - Disney films.) 
Speakers included:  TV news journalists Renee Poussaint and Maureen Bunyan; Felix Sanchez, National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts; Yoko Arthur, CPB; Tina Treadwell, Disney; Crystal Palmer, DC Film Office. 


Photo credit: Patricia Johnson Photography 

Dare to Dream: DC Mayor's Proclamation