Espinoza was also a 2nd AD on such films as The Blues Brothers (featuring Henry Gibson and Charles Napier), Yellowbard (featuring Kenneth Mars) and Up the Creek (directed by Robert Butler and featuring James B. Sikking). As a 1st AD, he worked on such films as Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (starring Joel Grey, Patrick Kilpatrick and Kate Mulgrew) and Dr. Giggles (co-written and directed by Manny Coto and starring Larry Drake, Cliff DeYoung, William Dennis Hunt and John Vickery).