Mario Diaz was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is an Emmy-award winning director, editor, and producer known for his ESPN's 30 For 30 documentaries
Brothers in Exile (2014),
Trojan War (2015), as well as BET's
Death Row Chronicles (2018), A&E's award-winning true crime series
Kids Behind Bars: Life or Parole (2019) and the two-part documentary series
Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution (2022), which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2022. He recently wrote and edited the CNN Films / Max hit
Chowchilla (2023) and just wrapped production on The Chicano Squad, a four-hour limited series for A&E. Mario won an Emmy for directing
Brothers in Exile (2014) and was nominated for producing/editing
Us Against the World (2017).