A B O U T
Tyler Pina is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and owner of Neon Flamingo Films. At the age of 20, he directed his first internationally distributed feature-length film. His last film 88 Cents — now streaming on Amazon Prime — played at Cannes in 2018. It also screened across the world at over 70 international film festivals, winning 67 awards, including 16 for Best Director, 7 for Best Screenplay, and 17 for Best Short Film.
Tyler has worked as a director and producer for global media outlets Vox Media, Recode, and The Verge. He’s won multiple Telly and CINDY Awards for his commercial, music video, and documentary projects. Additionally, he has worked as a trailer editor on countless international award-winning movie and video game marketing campaigns such as The Walking Dead, Tomb Raider, Magic the Gathering, Gotti, 5B, Two Distant Strangers, The Healer, and Just Cause.
Tyler has worked with numerous Fortune 500 Companies including Google, Sephora, Apple, Square Enix, Goodyear, Bazooka, SEGA, Dolby Laboratories, Girl Scouts of America, and Verizon. Furthermore, he has collaborated on projects with Grammy and Oscar Award-Winning artists Jackson Browne, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Whoopi Goldberg.
In 2018, Tyler received his first Emmy Nomination and Emmy Award in the Technology category as a series director for the show Next Level.
AWARDS
2018 Emmy Award – Technology (Nomination)
2017 Telly Award – Short Form / Social General-Culture & Lifestyle
2017 Telly Award, Directing – Commercials / Marketing
2016 Kent State University Fast-Track Alumni Award
2015 Gold Cindy Award, Directing
2015 Gold Cindy Award, Editing
2015 Gold Cindy Award – Music Video
2015 1st Place, Music Video – BEA Festival of Media Arts
2014 Telly Award – Music Video
2014 Digital Media Achievement Award
