Jorge G. Camarena
Directing
Biography
Jorge G. Camarena is a writer and director from Guadalajara, Mexico, where he studied Communication Sciences before earning his MFA as a Directing Fellow at the AFI Conservatory. Recently selected as a BAFTA Newcomers talent. His short film Spaceship earned recognition including a Student Emmy nomination, an ASC Student nomination, the DGA Student Awards grand prize, a student Gotham Award, and Best Short at both Urbanworld and the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival. Jorge’s music video work has received four MTV Video Award nominations and a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Video.
Known For
The Bradbury children discover a mysterious entity slowly replacing the wood and plaster of their home with metal and machinery. Realizing that a cataclysmic event is on the horizon, they plan their own escape while using the opportunity to trap their hated and feared stepfather and be rid of him forever. Based on the Stephen King short story of the same name.
The House on Maple Street
When a Latina transwoman in East LA is on the verge of losing her daughter to child services, she begins to unravel as she is forced to confront her buried traumas and fears.
Spaceship
A film about the moment of change: a blissful moment when we get a chance to see ourselves from the outside in.
Spin
Set in a mountain town in Mexico, the story centers on 11-year-old Cocoi, a curious and impulsive boy deeply attached to his older sister, Xiomara. With their father consumed by rigid traditions and a growing debt burden, Xiomara is Cocoi’s only source of comfort and guidance. But when Cocoi discovers that Xiomara secretly plans to leave the ranch to escape their oppressive life, he becomes desperate to keep her close.