ALONSO ALVAREZ BARREDA
Born in Mexico City and raised in the town of Tampico, Tamaulipas, Alonso Alvarez-Barreda is an award winning Mexican director/writer whose critically praised short films have been featured in festivals around the world. Alvarez-Barreda shot his first project with a $50 budget. Historia de un Letrero went on to win the highly coveted Best Short Film Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008. His second short, El Descubrimiento (The Finding), follows a father and son who are forced to cope with life after a tragic death. It is considered to be one of the best cinematic expressions against domestic violence. Alvarez-Barreda was selected from hundreds of filmmakers from around the world to be a part of the HBOAccess® Directing Fellowship, which gives emerging directors from underrepresented groups the opportunity to shoot a project for HBO. Later, Alvarez-Barreda was chosen to be a part of the Fox Global Directors Initiative Program which gave him the opportunity to shadow several TV shows including Quarry, Rosewood and Snowfall. He has directed episodes of Snowfall, Party of Five, 9-1-1, The Chi, The Twilight Zone, Coyote and Mayans M.C.Next, Alvarez-Barreda is scheduled to begin production of his first feature film, The Wingwalker, starring Mexican star Omar Chaparro and Academy Award® nominee Adriana Barraza.
