About Us
Escalante Pictures evolved out of Joe and Sandra Escalante’s experience in film, television, and music beginning in 1996 when they were married while working at CBS and Telemundo, respectively. They both left their network jobs to build, and eventually sell a multi-media enterprise known as the Kung Fu Entertainment Group.
Through Escalante Pictures, Joe has worked as a writer and producer on programs like History’s ANCIENT ALIENS, CURSE OF OAK ISLAND, Discovery I.D.’s TRUE NIGHTMARES, Travel Channel’s IN SEARCH OF MONSTERS, and Oxygen’s BURIED IN THE BACKYARD. Sandra toured as a stylist for Shakira and other artists. She presently works in production design and management.
In 2020, when most production was halted by the pandemic, Escalante Pictures sold a paranormal travel series called MONSTERS ACROSS AMERICA to Fox Nation. The docu-series follows Kacie McDonnell as she travels the U.S. in search of people and places connected to monster sightings. A second season was ordered and aired in 2021, and is now streaming on Fox Nation. In addition to MAA, Escalante Pictures sold another series to Fox Nation, Alien Abductions w/ Abby Hornacek, which premiered in the summer of 2022.
Escalante Pictures, a bilingual company, is currently developing projects across multiple genres in TV, film, and digital.