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Xan Aranda is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker who has worked with HBO, Netflix, Amazon, and AppleTV. She recently adapted a bestselling Chilean novel into a drama series for Exile Studios in Mexico City.
Originally from Chicago, Xan Aranda is a Los Angeles-based Emmy nominated filmmaker and showrunner Netflix's My Love, which filmed in six countries. Her work spans a range of film, television, branded content, and more.
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Greater Los Angeles Area. Story-obsessed creator of narrative fiction and nonfiction film and premium TV. Builds international storytelling and production teams across Asia, Europe, the Americas ...
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Directed by Estefanía Contreras and Silvia Castaños Silvia Castaños and Estefanía Contreras are interdisciplinary artists and directors of HUMMINGBIRDS, a collaborative feature-length self-portrait about their friendship and formative experiences coming of age in Laredo, Texas. HUMMINGBIRDS has received support from Ford Foundation/JustFilms, Field...
Directed by Katherine Propper Katherine Propper is an Austin-based writer and director. Her short film BIRDS won a special jury prize at SXSW ’22 and at the International Competition at Clermont-Ferrand ’22. Her short films have screened at a variety of film festivals around the world including at BFI London, Tribeca, Palm Springs, Aspen, and have ...
Directed by Hammad Rizvi Hammad Rizvi is an award-winning writer and director based in Texas. As a Pakistani-American and Third Culture Kid, his films often showcase stories that are as diverse as they are raw. He is best recognized for his films RANI (Hulu, NBCUniversal Short Film Festival), ROAD TO PESHAWAR (Palm Springs Shortfest), and SUNNY SQU...
Directed by Don Swaynos Don Swaynos recently directed the dark comedy DON’T EVER CHANGE. The film was selected as a Vimeo Staff Pick, featured on Short of the Week and Birth.Movies.Death, and is currently distributed by Gunpowder & Sky. Don has also produced several feature films including Berndt Mader & Ben Steinbauer’s comedy doc CHOP & STEELE (T...
Directed by Adriane McCray Adriane McCray is a filmmaker, wandering native Texan and University of Pennsylvania graduate. She is a former Juanita J. Craft artist-in-residence at the South Dallas Cultural Center, in-house resident at The TX Studio, and fellow at BlackStar’s William and Louise Greaves Filmmaker Seminar. Adriane’s work has been recogn...
Directed by LaTasha Taylor Starr & Dr. Ariel Leslie Professor LaTasha Taylor Starr is the Executive Director of ESTe2M Dreamers, a non-profit organization that strives to improve the academic success rate of local youth by providing opportunities for STEM-focused summer camps, tutoring and after-school programs. Her latest project entitled STEM Roo...
Directed by Lucy Kerr Lucy Kerr is a filmmaker and artist working through performance and video based in Houston and upstate New York. She received a dual MFA in Film/Video and Art from California Institute of the Arts on the Lillian Disney Scholarship. Kerr received a B.A in Philosophy and a B.A. in Dance and Choreography from The University of Te...
Directed by Huay-Bing Law & Sam Mohney Huay-Bing Law is a Taiwanese American director and cinematographer born and raised in Houston, TX. His narrative and documentary films often center on marginalized Asian American stories in the south, and have earned an HBO APA Visionary Award, Princess Grace Award, and played in festivals worldwide. Huay curr...
Directed by Andrew Richey Andrew C. Richey has a long career both as a filmmaker and educator. His credits include Fig, directed by Ryan Coogler, a narrative short about human trafficking that was purchased and aired on HBO for two years and the critically-acclaimed documentary CODE BLACK, which was picked up by CBS as a fictional, hour-long drama ...
Directed by PJ Raval Named one of Out Magazine’s ‘OUT 100′, PJ Raval is a queer, first generation Filipinx American filmmaker whose work examines social justice issues through the voices of queer and marginalized subjects. PJ’s body of film work has been distributed widely on platforms such as Netflix, PBS and Showtime and has been supported by the...
Chicago-native Xan Aranda is an award-winning director, producer, and consultant with clients ranging from producers of fiction and documentary film and television to emerging artists, international corporations, record labels, advertising and branding agencies, and festivals.
May 16, 2013 · Aranda’s not only digging into the potentially swampy terrain of family history, she’s confronting her own difficult separation from the church at age twenty. Broaching such heady topics, the film has elicited life-changing events and discoveries not only for its creator but also for its audience.
