About us
We are a team of latino and minority animators who are obsessed with the moving image.
We are an independent studio building something new. We are...
A new generation of storytellers.
Championing Puerto Rican Communities
Chevez Jedai Sanchez founded Cleos Studios LLC to give people of color in NYC a platform to start their careers and to tell their stories. He is inspired by his Grandfather Jose "Tuffy" Sanchez a community leader who was the executive director of the Puerto Rican Waterfront Corp., a nonprofit through which he fought tirelessly to provide employment opportunities and services for young people in Red hook, Brooklyn. He was also an early pioneer of latin music and is credited as Salsa's Gatekeeper.
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Chevez is one of the only Puerto Rican Animation Studio Owners in the world.
You can read his fancy bio here.
What we do
We make anime, cartoons and everything in-between!
Seriously, we've done everything from simple web bumpers, to vintage 22 minute pilots.
We've created anime mini-series, children's book advertisements, and more.
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We are a one-stop-shop for animation production. View our services here.
Building Community -
Our Events
Animation Showcase June 2024
Our June 2024 Animation Showcase was an amazing success; we sold 148 tickets and raised $2.5K for our next original short film,"The Resilient Coquí", all while giving a platform to amazing New York City talent.
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We exhibited production art from various Cleos Studio projects, ate some delicious empanadas, heard from amazing musical guest performers and got a sneak peak into the studio's next original short film.
Train of Thought (2022) - Nitehawk Cinema Premier
Our Studio's debut short film premiered at Nitehawk Cinema to 2 back-to-back sold out shows. We love supporting our New York Theaters and there was no other venue we would have rather chosen for this film. Filmmaker Chevez Sanchez is a Brooklyn native, and grew up going to this theatre. To fill this cinema with folks waiting to see his new picture was a dream come true.
For many artists in the studio this was their first time seeing their work on the big screen...
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