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“Expertly directed and edited.”MIXTAPE · ★★★½
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FEB 12, 2026
Eddie Palmieri: Sweet Sweet Sugar documentary announced with director Omar Acosta.
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FEB 14, 2026
Billboard highlights the upcoming Eddie Palmieri documentary.
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THE FADEROCT 09, 2024
How Reggaetón tells the story of the sound that conquered the world.
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Reggaetón
PEACOCK ORIGINAL DIRECTOR / EXECUTIVE PRODUCER VIEW →The sound that conquered the world. Peacock Original docuseries, EP Daddy Yankee.
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Mixtape
PARAMOUNT+ / TRIBECA DIRECTOR / PRODUCER VIEW →Never play by the rules. The mixtape era, from Tribeca to Paramount+.
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Jim Brown
NFL ORIGINALS DIRECTOR / ANIMATION VIEW →The Chief Who Walked The Sea. Four Emmy nominations including Outstanding Design.
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Key Art / Campaign Systems
FILM / SERIES / PLATFORM ART DIRECTION / DESIGN VIEW →Poster art, platform campaigns and physical-media systems.
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Rock Rubber 45s
SABOTEUR PRODUCER / CINEMATOGRAPHY VIEW →Basketball, sneakers and records: the life of Bobbito Garcia. Produced by Omar Acosta.
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Stretch & Bobbito
DOCUMENTARY TITLE DESIGN / MOTION VIEW →Radio That Changed Lives. The show that broke a generation of hip hop artists.
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KLM Airlines: Las Vegas Launch
KLM AIRLINES OUT OF HOME VIEW ↗︎Las Vegas launch campaign across large-format placements.
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BET Hip Hop Awards
BET OOH / CAMPAIGN VIEW ↗︎Large-format campaign design for the awards.
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Este es mi camino
U.S. ARMY CAMPAIGN PLAY ↗︎Este Es Mi Camino. Campaign films for the U.S. Army.
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Hard Knocks
HBO SERIES PLAY ↗︎Hard Knocks: Atlanta Falcons, for HBO.
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History
LENOVO BRAND FILM PLAY ↗︎History. Brand film for Lenovo.
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My Vans
MERCEDES-BENZ CAMPAIGN PLAY ↗︎My Vans. Campaign for the Mercedes-Benz Metris.
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Marco Polo
MERCEDES-BENZ ROAD FILM PLAY ↗︎A Mercedes-Benz road film. Best of Content Marketing winner.
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Players
NFL ORIGINALS DOCUMENTARY VIEW ↗︎Film and content work for the NFL.
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Mixtape Main Titles
PARAMOUNT+ TITLE DESIGN VIEW →Hip-hop history, from Bronx park jams and cassette culture to streaming.
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A Better Tomorrow
WU-TANG CLAN ALBUM ART VIEW ↗︎Wu-Tang's visual mythology carried into a new album era.
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Lowriders
IMAGINE FILM IDENTITY VIEW ↗︎Logo design and art direction for the Imagine Entertainment film.
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Amber Rose
VH1 SHOW PACKAGE PLAY ↗︎Show package design for The Amber Rose Show.
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BET Hip Hop Awards
BET SHOW DESIGN PLAY ↗︎Design package for the BET Hip Hop Awards.
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Biggie Smalls
FREESTYLE DESIGN FILM PLAY ↗︎Biggie Smalls freestyle design piece.
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Cisco × Domino's
CROSS-BRANDING SPOT PLAY ↗︎Cross-branding spot for Cisco and Domino's Pizza.
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Curiosity
DISCOVERY NETWORK ID PLAY ↗︎Network ID for Discovery's Curiosity.
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Ed Sheeran
STORYTELLERS SHOW DESIGN PLAY ↗︎Show design for Ed Sheeran: Storytellers.
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Louis Vuitton
RETAIL IN-STORE PLAY ↗︎In-store screen design for Louis Vuitton.
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Lowriders
IMAGINE ENT. TITLE DESIGN PLAY ↗︎Logo and title design for Lowriders, Imagine Entertainment.
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NFL Fantasy VR
NFL VR EXPERIENCE PLAY ↗︎VR experience design for NFL Fantasy Football.
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NFL Design System
NFL BRAND REDESIGN / TOOLKIT VIEW →One visual language across every NFL Network touchpoint.
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Players_
NFL DESIGN FILM PLAY ↗︎NFL Players design piece.
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Honor 6C
HONOR UNBOXING PLAY ↗︎Honor 6C unboxing experience.
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Streamy Awards
VH1 AWARDS SHOW PLAY ↗︎The Streamy Awards on VH1, presented by Paula Abdul and Frankie Grande.
- 2024 EMMY® AWARDS THE CHIEF WHO WALKED THE SEA 4 NOMINATIONS
- 2024 SOUTH INTERNATIONAL SERIES FESTIVAL REGGAETÓN SPECIAL MENTION
- 2022 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL MIXTAPE OFFICIAL PREMIERE
- 2016 BEST OF CONTENT MARKETING MERCEDES-BENZ WINNER
- 2018 THE NEW YORK TIMES ROCK RUBBER 45s CRITICS' PICK
Omar Acosta is a Puerto Rican director, producer and designer whose work has received multiple Emmy® nominations. Based between New York City and San Juan, with projects across Latin America, his films trace how music carries memory, identity and cultural history—from Reggaetón: The Sound That Conquered the World and Mixtape to Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives. He is currently directing Eddie Palmieri: Sweet Sweet Sugar.
SELECTED CLIENTS / COLLABORATORS
- Paramount+
- U.S. Army
- Peacock
- YouTube
- H&M
- Microsoft
- Louis Vuitton
- NFL
- Universal
- Def Jam
- Xbox
- BET
- KLM Airlines
- Cisco
- Max
- NHL
- Mercedes-Benz
- Wu-Tang Clan
- Warner Bros.
- Lenovo
- Discovery
- Tribeca Films
- Disney
- Showtime
- Formula 1
- Fania
- W Hotels
- Diesel