Gregory Nava

Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Emmy-nominated director and writer. He has two films on the Library of Congress National Registry of American Classics: the Oscar-nominated El Norte, the milestone film about Central American refugees, which critic Roger Ebert called “The Grapes Of Wrath of our time”; and Selena, the story of the slain Texan singer, which was Jennifer Lopez star-making role. He directed and wrote the Oscar-nominated film Mi Familia; he is a writer of the Academy Award-winner Frida; and his television series American Family was nominated for an Emmy and Golden Globe for Best Limited Series. His films have been honored at many international film festivals including Cannes, Sundance, Berlin, San Sebastián, and Telluride. He was a governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; he founded Film Independent, the largest independent film organization; and he has won Life Achievement Awards from the Kennedy Center in Washington, the Alma Awards, the Imagen Foundation, and the Guadalajara International Film Festival.

Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara