Mexican film director
Juan Pablo González (born August 13, 1984) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter and editor known for his 2018 film Caballerango,[1] and the 2022 Sundance award winner Dos Estaciones. His work primarily focuses on the Los Altos region of Mexico, where he's from.[2]
In 2015 González was named one of the "25 New Faces of Independent Film" by Filmmaker Magazine.[3] The following year, his one-take short Las Nubes premiered at Havana and at the 2017 International Film Festival Rotterdam.[4]
In 2018, his critically acclaimed mid-length documentary Caballerango premiered at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA).[5]
He is currently on the faculty of the film directing program at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).[6] In 2020 he won the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Filmmaking.[7]
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