In 2014, he co-founded independent film company Ave Fenix Pictures,[1] originator of an art house filmmaking style known as "la raza".

[2][3][4] Inspired by La raza cósmica, this technique involves working together with the urban youth in recreating their own stories, regardless of film background.

[7] He also wrote and acted in Ave Fenix Pictures' Arise from Darkness (2018), based on the story of psychic Lázaro Rubén Torres,[2] and Black Ruby (2019), claimed to be the "first feature to be shot on an iPhone 7.

His Jewish heritage traces back to Levite rabbinical families Halevi and Benveniste of the 11th to the 15th century in Barcelona.

[14][17][18] In 2016 Laoutides wrote and starred in Arise from Darkness, an official selection at Film Invasion L.A. based on true events in the early life of psychic Lázaro Rubén Torres, who was declared clinically dead five times .

[26][1] In September 2020, Laoutides was cast along with Jaime Zevallos and Alexander James Rodriguez in the upcoming film "Where Sweet Dreams Die.