About Buckenmeyer Pictures

Buckenmeyer Pictures represents my work as an independent filmmaker. My name is Javier Buckenmeyer, and I didn't make my first short film until I was 42, when I finally sat down and wrote my first story.

Since then, I've made around a dozen short films, most of them with little more than a handful of actors and one or two assistants. I've handled much of the filming myself, along with all the editing. These have been zero-budget productions, made with whatever resources and people were available.

After writing my first couple of stories, I was surprised to realize they were both thrillers. It wasn't a genre I had been particularly drawn to as a moviegoer, so I hadn't expected that to be where my writing would take me.

Since then, I've also made dramas and a couple of science fiction stories, and I don't particularly want to limit myself to one genre. I do enjoy creating suspenseful moments and occasionally scaring the audience, but I'm also drawn to uplifting stories, the kind of films that leave you feeling good when they end.

I'm still relatively early in my journey as a writer, and in many ways I'm still discovering what kinds of stories come out of my head. I'm happy to see where that takes me.