Gianfranco Fernández-Ruiz
Directing
Biography
Gianfranco Fernández-Ruiz is an award winning writer and director. His short film WHEN BIG PEOPLE LIE had its World Premiere at the 51st Telluride Film Festival. More recently, Gianfranco won Best New Filmmaker of the year with NewFilmmakers LA for their 12th Annual Awards. Other awards include the Latino Film Institute’s Inclusion Fellowship, Quarterfinalist of the Nicholl Fellowship, qualified for the 96th Academy Awards and finalist for the HBO Short Film Award. Gianfranco earned a Masters from the AFI Conservatory in Directing. His shorts have played at over 50 film festivals globally, and placed at a dozen other notable competitions.
Known For
A teenager's search for his absent father through basketball collides with his reality and he must decide what legacy means and how it defines him.
Jerome
A woman suffering silently decides to wage war on the miracle in her backyard.
Granada
A mother seeks to protect her daughter from the stain that curses her family’s women.
Mancha
Eight-year-old Elvis’ world begins to sink when his mother marries an immigrant stranger for money.
When Big People Lie
A series of alien museums begin to show all over the world, two men bound by fate try to stop their influence.
Anemoia, or Scenes from the Future
On the first day shooting a popular Tex-Mex food commercial, a Puerto Rican actress strives to meet the demands of culturally demeaning creators for her first big role. The more the stereotypes converge on her beliefs, the more she feels trapped in a character she’s unsure she can escape.
Saborrrr!
A young boxer’s traumatic upbringing forces him to face his greatest foe in the ring: himself.