Patricio Ginelsa is originally from Daly City, CA, where he started making video movies with his neighborhood at the age of 13. It was John Singleton's 1992 film "Boyz N The Hood" that inspired Patricio to pursue a serious career in filmmaking at the University of Southern California where he graduated with a BA in cinema production. Patricio became the Associate Producer of the award-winning film "the Debut" and assisted in its theatrical self-distribution by driving his car cross-country and back.
He wrote and directed the feature-length video movie "LUMPIA" (2003 Hawaii International Film Festival, 2004 Toronto ReelWorld) which received a rave review from Variety.

Ginelsa wrote and directed 3 Black Eyed Peas music videos: "THE APL SONG" (2004) and...