Luis "Keru" Ortiz

Visual storyteller working across motion, film and photography.

I bring a filmmaker’s eye, an editor’s instinct and a designer’s imagination to the same frame.

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Campaign and series recognition

Awards recognize the collaborative work; my roles are credited with each project.

D&AD 2026

Glowing Relief

Graphite Pencil · Packaging Design / Labels
Wood Pencil · Pharma / Innovation

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Cannes Lions

Glowing Relief

Silver Lion · 2025 ↗
Bronze Lion · 2026 ↗

Categories

2025: Pharma / Direct to Consumer Brand Experience & Activation.
2026: Industry Craft / Art Direction Packaging Design.

LIA 2025

Glowing Relief

Grand LIA · Pharma & Medical

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Effie Awards 2025

Summon the King

Latin America · Finalist
Restaurants & Branded Content

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Gold Telly 2022

King Cobras

Social Video / Series: Comedy

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Gran Cúspide 2023

Calles con Nombre de Mujer

Gold · Bien Público
Gold · Uso de Mercadeo Directo

Campaign recognition ↗

Selected work.

Campaigns, stories and work behind the camera.

Current agency work · Culture

Editing &
Motion Design.

Advertising projects created with the team at Culture.

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Campaigns & collaborations

Ideas with a life beyond the frame.

Giving Tuesday · de la Cruz · 2024

Demands for Giving

Case study · Editing & Motion Design

Turning the attention to artists’ backstage requests into support for local nonprofits. A Giving Tuesday campaign rooted in Puerto Rico’s music and media culture.

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Case study
Editing & Motion Design
Published credit
Post Producer
With
Culture Create / de la Cruz Ogilvy
Project & credits at LBB
Burger King · de la Cruz · 2024

Summon the King

Case study · Editing & Motion Design

A Halloween ghost story became a haunted restaurant experience in Puerto Rico, created with This Paranormal Life.

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Case study
Editing & Motion Design
Client
Burger King
Agency
de la Cruz
Year
2024
Official case study at de la Cruz
Garage Isla Verde · Sajo//McCann · 2023

Calles con Nombre de Mujer

Campaign team

A campaign for greater recognition of Puerto Rican women through the names of our streets.

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Credit
Named campaign-team member, Sajo//McCann
Client
Garage Isla Verde

Metro credits me as a campaign-team member without specifying an individual production role. The awards recognize the campaign.

Image: the campaign team at the Cúspide awards, published by Metro.

Campaign story & team credits at Metro
Archive · AAP Puerto Rico · 2021

Nacimiento PR

Editor

A campaign film for the Asociación de Agencias de Publicidad de Puerto Rico, created with Sajo//McCann.

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My role
Editor
Agency
Sajo//McCann
Project & credits at LatinSpots
L’Oréal · Sajo//McCann · 2022

L’Oréal Transformation

Producer / Videographer

A network of salons in Puerto Rico trained to support the trans community through hair, image and self-expression.

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My role
Producer / Videographer
Client
L’Oréal Professional Products
Agency
Sajo//McCann Puerto Rico
Direction
Green Room — Sajo//McCann In-house Production

Adlatina lists my role as producer/videographer.

Film & full credits at Adlatina
Campaign recognition

These honors recognize the collaborative campaign.

Cúspide 2022 ↗
Gold · Imagen / Puerto Rico
Silver · Promo & Activation / Activación en exterior
Bronze · Effectiveness / Categorías especiales

SME Digital Awards 2023 ↗
Bronze · Social Responsibility

SME Excellence in Marketing 2022 ↗
Finalist · Cause-Marketing & Community Outreach

Film & television

Conversations and comedy.

Línea Directa · Sep 26, 2026

Línea Directa

Production · Camera · Location audio · Selected graphics

La crisis de Medicaid en Puerto Rico: ¿Por qué el límite del 76%?

A Washington, D.C. conversation about healthcare funding in Puerto Rico, published as an episode of Línea Directa.

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My role
Production · Camera · Location audio · Selected graphics
Final edit
TeleOnce / Channel 11, Puerto Rico
Published by
Leonardo Ivan Valentin
View original episode on YouTube

About

Behind the work.

For the past four years, I’ve worked full-time at Culture. Alongside the agency team and our sister agency, de la Cruz, I help shape the case studies and campaigns collected here.

Professional background
Areas of practice
Motion design

Animation & advertising

Post-production

Editing & finishing

Image-making

Cinematography & photography

Creative development

Tools & apps

Screening room