Armando Ibarra

 Armando Ibarra is a certified public accountant, or CPA for short. He is also the president of the San Diego firm, Ibarra, Carrillo + Soto. Accounting is all he has ever done because since the age of 18, he went to work for his father's firm part time while also going to school part time. It's basically been the only job he's ever had. Armando went onto receiving his degree and CPA license, as well as being made partner at the aforementioned Ibarra, Carrillo + Soto firm. He is the majority shareholder and manager of this mid-sized firm that serves the San Diego, California market.

Connection to The Amazing Brutus
He is the writer and creator of the animated movie The Amazing Brutus, but he doesn’t consider himself very creative, but does consider himself a nerdy and an avid reader. Armando is also a huge fan of Hollywood, whose industry has always interested him but he never really thought he had any talent (i.e. singing, acting or anything like that). But reading so much and watching so many movies and watching so much TV, it kind of kept feeding his interest that led to an informal training.

The story of The Amazing Brutus came to Armando in a series of dreams about a year ago in 2019 within the course of a week. Every night he would have the dream about this  lion performing in the circus sometime in the 1940’s in California. Eventually, Brutus gets separated from his owner and trainer with whom he grew up with. It is a story about a lion that escapes the circus to reunite with his family. It’s also about the importance of friendships, trust and love. All while touching on the importance of caring for the environment and endangered species which are hot topics these days. It is wrapped up in a story that’s full of action and adventure with some really memorable characters that Armando hopes will capture the audience’s hearts.

The inspiration to sit down and write the story really came from his family, more specifically his kids inspired him. His daughter Liz, the eldest of his three children always wrote, even as a young child, she kept a diary, wrote poetry and short stories. His middle child Erik studied filmmaking in New York and is currently working in Hollywood. His youngest son Christian Ibarra studied acting at the New York Film Academy and is currently trying to make it into show business. His wife Ruby was also a big inspiration, since she spends a lot of her free time volunteering in various animal shelters and working with animal rescue organizations. In short, his whole family played a key part in getting him to write down this idea he had. Admitedly, writing and finishing the screenplay was really an emotional rollercoaster for Armando because it was something he has never done before. He believes this aforementioned emotion really comes out in the story, and helps to tell the story of a family and friendships that he hopes once again will resonate with the audience.