Writer/Director/Editor Haylar Garcia is a seasoned veteran in the entertainment industry, having literally grown up on the road. As a vocalist/musician/songwriter and hailed lyricist, Haylar began his professional music career at the age of 17 while playing and touring with any one of his three band incarnations.
After five albums and more than a decade of experience on stage, he took a behind-the-scenes position in music production while owning and operating a Denver-area recording studio. As an engineer/producer, he was credited on a slew of CD album projects and demo recordings for nearly every music genre, including Pop, Rap, Rock, Country, Acoustic, and Spoken Word.
Following this experience, Haylar turned his creative efforts toward screenwriting. His writing career was jump-started in 2002 with a break to rewrite a script entitled "Risk" for Agnelli Bloom productions with executive producer Penny Marshall. After this accomplishment, Haylar decided it was time to do exactly what he'd originally intended when he'd begun writing - he decided to direct.
Since then, he has founded Tao Engine Philms, penned seven full-length features, and written and directed multiple short films and music videos, honing his directorial and editorial skills for his most current project, a feature entitled "Narcophonic (The Ballad of Bad Bax)". Haylar's long and experienced past, as well as his uncommon spark for expression and innovation, has now placed him in the role of filmmaker - a place the rest of us think he has belonged for quite some time.
Haylar has currently written, directed, and edited the award-winning feature documentary film "Do it for Johnny", a documentary about indies as they try to bestow their screenplay unto mega-star Johnny Depp. The doc has been accepted to and screened at five major American film festivals, and is currently pending international distribution.
