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Alfredo De Villa is a film director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

from Puebla, Mexico

Puebla, Mexico

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. He is best known for directing award winning films such as Adrift in Manhattan

Adrift in Manhattan

Adrift in Manhattan is a 2007 film directed by Alfredo De Villa and written by Nat Moss. The film features an ensemble cast, including Heather Graham, Victor Rasuk, Dominic Chianese, Elizabeth Peña, and William Baldwin....

and Washington Heights

Washington Heights

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, which won a special mention for directing and acting at the Tribeca Film Festival

Tribeca Film Festival

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Biography

Alfredo De Villa's two short films, Joe’s Egg and Neto’s Run were both awarded the Best Latino Director Award from the Directors Guild of America

Directors Guild of America

Directors Guild of America is an entertainment labor union which represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry...

in 1995 and 1999. De Villa is the only filmmaker to be awarded this honor twice. De Villa has gone on to direct many acclaimed feature films.

Awards and Nominations

Sundance Film Festival

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Nominated, Grand Jury Prize: Adrift in Manhattan (2007)

San Diego Film Festival

Winner, Best Director: Adrift in Manhattan (2007)

Indianapolis International Film Festival

-Mission & General Information:Founded in 2004, the Indianapolis International Film Festival seeks to create a shared experience by championing films that entertain, challenge and expand perspectives in Indianapolis and beyond...

Winner, Best Narrative Feature: Adrift in Manhattan (2007)

Gotham Awards

The Gotham Awards is an annual ceremony of awards presented to the makers of independent films which takes place in New York City...

Nominated, Open Palm Award: Washington Heights (2003)

Austin Film Festival

The Austin Film Festival was started in 1994 in Austin, Texas and is claimed to be "the first organization of its kind to focus on the writer’s unique creative contribution to the film and television industries"...

Winner, Best Feature Film Washington Heights (2002)

Los Angeles Film Festival

The Los Angeles Film Festival, presented by the Los Angeles Times is an event held annually in June in downtown Los Angeles, California. The Los Angeles Film Festival began as the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival in 1995. The first LAIFF took place over the course of five days in a single...

Winner, Audience Award, Best Feature Film Washington Heights (2002)

Tribeca Film Festival

Winner, Special Mention for Washington Heights (2002)

Personal life

De Villa earned his B.A. from the University of Miami

University of Miami

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and his M.F.A. from the film division of Columbia University

Columbia University

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, with an emphasis in directing. Alfredo De Villa currently resides in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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Director Filmography

Harlistas: An American Journey (2011)
Fugly! (2011)
Nothing Like the Holidays (2008)
Adrift in Manhattan
Adrift in Manhattan
Adrift in Manhattan is a 2007 film directed by Alfredo De Villa and written by Nat Moss. The film features an ensemble cast, including Heather Graham, Victor Rasuk, Dominic Chianese, Elizabeth Peña, and William Baldwin....

(2007)
Yellow (2006 feature film) (2006)
Washington Heights (film)
Washington Heights (film)
Washington Heights is a 2003 Lions Gate film directed by Alfredo De Villa and starring Manny Perez, Tomas Milian, and Danny Hoch. It concerns a young comic book artist and his struggle to deal with his father's paralysis following a robbery of his shop in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New...

(2002)
Neto's Run (1998)
Joe's Egg (1995)

External links

Sundance Profiles, Alfredo De Villa

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