Gustavo Vazquez, originally from Tijuana and currently residing in San Francisco, is an independent filmmaker who has directed over thirty productions, including documentaries, video installations, and dramas. Gustavo Vazquez’s research interest explores cross-cultural visual studies and video design. Vazquez’s interest in border issues and identity has led to a series of independent and collaborative works. […]
Willie Varela has been making film in the independent, personal tradition since 1971. To date, Mr. Varela has completed 91 films ranging in length from 30 seconds to 104 minutes. In addition, Varela has completed 15 videotapes since 1991. Varela’s image making practice also encompasses photography and visual/text pieces incorporating found imagery, photos, text, and
Urquijo was given the breath of life in the San Fernando Valley but gained the tools to speak of it in the halls of San Francisco State University where he earned a B.A. in cinema production and screenwriting. With a background in theater, music, photography, and creative writing, Urquijo found film and video as the
Charley Trujillo was born in Hanford, California, and was raised in Corcoran until he was 18 years old. His paternal grandparents emigrated from Silao Guanajuato, Mexico, to the United States in 1908. His maternal family has been in Texas before it became part of the U.S. in 1848. His father is a World War II
Ela Troyano is an award-winning Cuban-born Latina director, writer, and producer based in New York. She is currently producing a documentary on the legendary Cuban pop singer La Lupe to be released in 2002. In 1998-1999 Troyano directed the network television series “Reyes y Rey” and “Angeles” produced by Stu Segall Productions for Telemundo /
Jesse Lerner is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and educator based in Los Angeles. His films include T.S.H. (2004), The American Egypt (2001), Magnavoz (2007), and Atomic Sublime (2010). He has curated projects for the Robert Flaherty Seminar, the Centro Fotográfico Manuel Alvarez Bravo in Oaxaca, and the Guggenheim Museums in New York and Bilbao. He
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James Tartan (1931-2010) was a veteran filmmaker who played a pivotal role in documenting Chicano Los Angeles and also training early Chicano filmmakers in the 1970s.
Michael Stone is received an MFA from Columbia University film school. His short films include The Man Who Killed and Ate the Thing He Loved (2003), Dan and Dee Have a Lot in Common (2011), and A Helping Hand, co-directed with Todd Smith (2012). He currently supervises projects, including the Chicano Cinema and Media Art
Ray Santisteban has produced and directed award-winning documentaries that have aired in the U.S. and internationally on public television. He has explored subjects as diverse as a one hour documentary on New York Black Panther leader Dhoruba Bin Wahad – PASSIN’ IT ON (1993 Student Academy Award winner, documentary category, Co-Producer) and explored the roots
Gregorio Rocha has been a documentary film and video maker for the past 15 years, developing a special interest in the history of the Mexico-United States of America vicinity. Ranging from personal to social; from experimental to straightforward, his work has been honored by The Rockefeller Foundation, the Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las