MEET THE OMARVELOUS TEAM
MARIANTHY TROUPOS MENDEZ
Marianthy grew up outside of Washington D.C. and went to school for Communications Media at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) outside of Pittsburgh. Since graduating she has worked for Disney Event Group specializing in video engineering and operating production for corporate events, in-house events, and conferences on Disney property.
Marianthy was also a videographer for Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings. She later transferred to ESPN in Bristol, CT for several years as an Operations Technician and then became a Technical Director. Marianthy decided to leave production full-time and move back to Orlando to teach at Full Sail University in the Entertainment Business Program. She also continued to freelance on the side as a Technical Director at the Golf Channel.
OMAR MENDEZ
Omar was born in Jersey, but grew up in many states such as Hawaii, Kentucky, Tennessee because his father was in the Army. He has lived most of his life here in Orlando. He went to Valencia College for Film and has worked on many national commercials for companies like the Hard Rock, Atlantis, Disney, Universal, and The Wyndham Rewards Wizard.
He has even worked on films including The Infiltrator, The Florida Project, and Father Figures, along with TV shows such as The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Netflix's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and My Family Got GUTS. Omar continues to freelance, but also works at Full Sail University teaching in the Show Production Program.
FUN FACTS
Where did the name Omarvelous come from?
Well, my husband’s name is Omar. He and I had met playing in a social kickball league back at the beginning of 2013. The back of his jersey said “Omarvelous” and I thought this would be a fun name to create as our company!
Why did you start this business?
I discovered Slow Motion Video Booths a couple of years ago when Omar showed me a friend of his had done one at a convention. I thought, "How fun is that?!" and added this into my lecture for the class.
When Omar and I had talked about getting married, we knew this was something we wanted at our own wedding. It was different and fun! I Googled "Slow Motion Video Booth Maryland" and none one other than Stan Pe Films popped up. We thoroughly liked what we saw and knew immediately he was our person.
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In the meantime, I was curious if anyone in Orlando had a Slow Motion Video Booth. When I was doing some research, only one company kept popping up and I thought, "Man, this would be really silly if we didn't take advantage of this. We have one of the largest convention centers in the country and we are one of the top locations for weddings."
I chatted with Omar about it and encouraged him that this could be something fun to do on the side together. He eventually agreed and the rest is history!