Jaime Villa-Ruiz is a Puerto Rican Director of Photography and Cinematographer. In 2007 he received a Bachelors of Science in Film and Television from Boston University and in 2014 he received his MFA from New York Universitys Tisch School of the Arts Asia. Breaking into the industry as a grip, he worked as a production assistant in independent feature films like The Condemmed, and as assistant for production designers in Puerto Rico for commercial productions including clients like Heineken, AT&T, and Wal-Mart. He has worked as Director of Photography/Cinematographer for short films and TVCs in China, Korea, Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Thailand, and the United States. He has also directed short films in Asia and Puerto Rico. While in Singapore, he acted as Director of Photography/Cinematographer on Nikes Side by Side featuring Neymar, and on a documentary shoot for Earth Observatory of Singapore on location in Nepal. In the fall 2014, he shot a new video for