Kristian Mercado Figueroa

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Kristian Mercado Figueroa (Director, Writer) is a Puerto Rican filmmaker living in Spanish Harlem whose music-driven short film Pa'lante won the SXSW Jury Award 2019. Mercado has directed films for Hasan Minhaj, Billie Eilish, Awkwafina, Bad Bunny, Bob Marley, MF Doom, My Chemical Romance and Adult Swim, among others. He's also directed comedy specials for Hannibal Buress, SL's Sam Jay, and London Hughes for NETFLIX. His episodic series Cheat Sheet with llana Glazer demystified the voting process for its wide audience.

Film	Credit
They Killed Pedro2026 · Director	Director
Fortune Feimster: Crushing It2024 · Director	Director
Taylor Tomlinson: Have It All2024 · Director	Director
If You Were the Last2024 · Director	Director
MELA2023 · Director	Director
Taylor Tomlinson: Look at You2022 · Director	Director
Michael Che: Shame the Devil2021 · Director	Director
Aida Rodriguez: Fighting Words2021 · Director	Director
Phoebe Robinson: Sorry, Harriet Tubman2021 · Director	Director
Ilana Glazer Presents Comedy on Earth: NYC 2020-20212021 · Director	Director
Nuevo Rico2021 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
London Hughes: To Catch A D*ck2020 · Director	Director
Sam Jay: 3 in the Morning2020 · Director	Director
Hannibal Buress: Miami Nights2020 · Director	Director
Colors2020 · Director	Director
PPa'lante2018 · Director	Director