Craig Abaya

• Name — Craig Abaya • Birthplace — Bernal Heights, San Francisco, California • Occupation — Filmmaker, Musician, Songwriter, Photographer • Website — http: abaya.com

Abaya is a native of San Francisco's Bernal Heights neighborhood. He became involved in music during childhood, taking up the piano at age six, the drums at age eleven, and the guitar at age twelve. He became involved in film and photography at the age of nine. At seventeen, Abaya enrolled at San Francisco State University where he proposed and earned a special major in multimedia, combining studies in film, audio, video, computers and electronics.

Although he became involved in filmmaking at age 9, his true entree into the craft began 3 years later. After selling his rare copy of Famous Funnies #212 and financial support from his parents, Craig bought his first movie camera, which helped him earn him his first screen credit from, then, NBC affiliate, KRON-TV. His footage included the funeral procession of San Francisco Mayor, George Moscone.

Abaya served as Director of Digital Media and Entertainment Departments and instructor at San Francisco State University College of Professional and Global Education from 2000-2015.

• ‘’The Fine Art of Politics” (2009) • ‘’One Bus to Mercy” (2019) • ‘’Fashion Statement” (2022)

• “This Jail I Made” (2018) • ‘’Truth” (2018) • ‘’Will I Walk on Water” (2019) • ‘’Behind Blue Eyes” (2020) • ‘’Laze the Day Away” (2021) • ‘’Q&A” DJ Qbert and Craig Abaya (2021) • ‘’Topsy Turvy” (2022) • ‘’Sex Sells” (2022) • ‘’Living in Analogy” (2022) • ‘’HATE” (2024)

• DJ Qbert “Bloom (Plantoids)” from the album Extraterrestria (2014) - song composition, lead and rhythm guitars, bass guitar

• "Bridge School News" series (2008 -) • "Retrogirl" (2016) • "Retrogirl 2" (2017) • “Ambush” (2017) • "Cortical Visual Impairment" mini series (2020) • "Communication with First Responders During Emergencies and Disasters" (2021)

Directed features • Year — Title — Credits • 2002 — ‘’Bruce Hornsby Live at Villa Montalvo" — Producer/Director • 2003 — "Joan Armatrading: All the Way from America” — Producer/Director • 2006-2020 — ‘’The Stern Grove Festival Videos” (series) — Producer/Director, Camera Operator, Editor, Music Mixer • 2008-2019 — ‘’Bridge School News” (series) — Producer/Director, Editor, Composer • 2015-2016 — ‘’Marissa Anne the Media Fan” — Producer/Director, Writer, Camera Operator, Editor • 2016 — ‘’Retrogirl” — Producer/Director, Writer, Camera Operator, Editor, Composer • 2016 — ‘’If I Had a Twin” — Producer/Director, Writer, Camera Operator, Editor, Composer • 2016 — "Ambush" — Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Line Producer, Editor, Visual Effects, Composer • 2017 — ‘’Retrogirl 2” — Producer/Director, Writer, Camera Operator, Editor, Composer • 2018 — ‘’The Nutcracker” — Director, Camera Operator • 2019 — ‘’Restless Soul” — Producer/Director, Camera Operator, Editor, Composer • 2020 — ‘’Cortical Visual Impairment” (mini series) — Director, Editor • 2020 — ‘’Stern Grove - Best of the Fest" (mini series) — Producer/Director, Camera Operator, Editor • 2020 — "Behind Blue Eyes" — Producer/Director/Editor • 2021 — "Regret" — Producer/Director, Camera Operator, Editor, Composer • 2021 — "Will I Walk on Water" — Producer/Director, Camera Operator, Editor, Composer • 2021 — "Q&A" — Producer/Director, Camera Operator, Editor, Composer • 2021 — "Laze the Day Away" — Producer/Director, Editor, Composer • 2021 — "Communication with First Responders During Emergencies and Disasters" — Editor, Composer • 2022 — "Thank You" — Producer/Director, Camera Operator, Editor • 2022 — "From the Ground Up" — Producer/Director, Writer, Editor • 2023 — "Clearly Through the Mist" — Producer/Director, Editor, Composer • 2024 — "Shout to God with Cries of Gladness" — Producer/Director, Camera Operator, Editor