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Landon Ramirez

Landon Ramirez

Canadian-American filmmaker and VFX Production Coordinator at Industrial Light & Magic; creator of "Pit," a short film exploring mental health and punk culture.

Jun 7, 2026

2:06
Landon captured the emotions of entering the mosh pit and finding safety in its frenetic energy.
2:53
My name is Landon Ramirez.
2:55
I think my first introduction to punk rock music, and I guess like alternative music, was pretty young.
3:01
I became obsessed with watching Much Music, which is like the Canadian MTV.
3:07
It's funny, the first music video I can remember blowing my mind and really getting me into modern music was for Monkey Ranch by Foo Fighters.
3:14
But because it was Much Music, I was first introduced to a lot more canadian punk and grunge bands like rusty and gob gob was pretty really really fun back in the day and then eventually as a teenager i my family moved to texas and that's when i started really holding myself up and playing guitar and discovering a lot of new music and playing in bands and getting really, really into music.
3:43
And while I played in a variety of bands, including country music and background tracks for hip hop and whatnot, the most fun I had was with my punk bands who were pretty chaotic, really inspired by like noise.

8 MINS LATER

11:37
What was it like working with the dancers, and were they already familiar with going to punk shows or mosh pits? I mean, they

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