Actor / Director / Filmmaker

Award winning filmmaker and Proud Member of the newly formed Directors Unit at The Actor's Studio led by Academy Award Winner, Estelle Parsons and acclaimed director, Daniel Talbott.  Member: Actor's Studio's PDU, Barefoot Theatre Company, Actor's Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA. 

Francisco has led the Barefoot Theatre Company as Producing Artistic Director / Co-Founder for the past 17 years from Off-Off Broadway to become a critically acclaimed and award winning NYC and LA Ensemble.   Produced the Benefit ROCKAWAY, collaborating with Jesse Eisenberg, Gina Gershon, John Doman, Mickey Sumner, Arjun Gupta, Jose Rivera, Frank Pugliese, Jonathan Marc Sherman and many others at the Cherry Lane Theater.

Most notably onstage, Francisco adapted, directed and acted in the critically acclaimed/sold-out Off-Broadway world premiere of DOG DAY AFTERNOON (Theatre Row Theatres).  He is also known for his leading role in Israel Horovitz's two-act drama SINS OF THE MOTHER (alongside Ethan Hawke, Chris Cooper, Bobby Cannavale, and Michael Stuhlbarg); the sold-out, critically acclaimed GLOUCESTER BLUE written & directed by Horovitz (Gloucester Stage Co., Cherry Lane). 

FILM: Love Simple (HBO Latino Film Festival), Between Something & Nothing (Berlin Film Festival), with Barefoot Studio Pictures, THE GIRL WITH THE JACKET written and directed by Caitlin FitzGerald, award winning FLOATING SUNFLOWERS (also dir.) w/ Anna Chlumsky, Lynn Cohen & Christopher Whalen.  Most recently wrote and directed AS CONSTANT AS THE NORTHERN STAR starring Lynn Cohen, Mateo Solorzano and the Barefoot Theatre Company Ensemble (Post Production & Best Screenplay Semi-Finalist at Hollyshorts Film Festival). 

THEATER: Collaborated on award winning revivals, NY and World Premieres with some of the most prolific companies including: LABYRINTH THEATER COMPANY, RATTLESTICK PLAYWRIGHTS THEATER, FLORIDA STAGE, GLOUCESTER STAGE CO., ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATER, STELLA ADLER THEATER, THEATRE ROW THEATRES.

BFA in Acting: CUNY'S Brooklyn College; Recipient of the Graduate Theater Organization of Brooklyn College, CUNY's Alumnus of the Year Award.  Additional Select Training: LAByrinth Theater Company; Advanced On-Camera Classes with Risa Bramon Garcia; Lyle Kessler's Acting Masterclass.