About yara

Born and raised in East San Jose, California, Yara Estrada Lowe is a young Latina filmmaker. From an extremely early age, she had the passion to work in the entertainment industry, both in front of and behind the camera.

She starred in her first play when she was four. When she was growing up, she and her friends would re-enact and record commercials and television shows, at her direction. After graduating high school, she attended San Jose City College, majoring in Theater Arts. But then in 2008, she decided to just go for it! She moved to Los Angeles and started working consistently as an extra/featured extra. She joined SAG in 2010.

She then started working multiple jobs on film sets behind the scenes including script supervisor, first assistant director, and director of over 100 episodes of an internet soap opera. She also studied her craft at PlayHouse West and other acting studios and was mentored by Robert Carnegie and Jeff Goldblum.

Recently, she has written two new screenplays: one for a feature-length romcom entitled "Epic Love," for which she self-funded, produced, and starred in the two-minute trailer (link here); and another for a holiday film titled "Merrily We Go." Her most recent project, which she wrote, directed and produced, was a feature length erotic thriller / film noir entitled “Demise.” She pulled herself up by her bootstraps to produce and direct the film, with all of the odds against her. “Demise” is being distributed by Gravitas Ventures in North America and was released on streaming platforms including Amazon Prime on February 27th, 2024.

Yara Estrada Lowe is the “new kid in town.”