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Jorge G Camarena

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Jorge G. Camarena is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. He majored in Communication Sciences before completing a Master of Fine Arts in Directing at the American Film Institute (AFI) Conservatory, where he graduated as a Directing Fellow. Subsequently, he was selected as a BAFTA Newcomer talent.
His short film Spaceship, made as his thesis project, was awarded the Sloan Foundation Production Award and was later acquired for distribution by Focus Features. Additionally, the project was nominated for the Student Emmy Award and the ASC Student Heritage Award, and won the Grand Prix at the DGA Student Film Awards, a Gotham Award, and Best Short Film honors at the Urbanworld Film Festival and LALIFF (Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival).
Camarena has built a solid career directing music videos for artists and bands such as Becky G, Snoop Dogg, Banda MS, Siddhartha, Porter, and Ana Torroja. His musical work has received nominations for the Latin Grammy Awards and MTV Video Music Awards, and has been featured at international festivals. He is currently working on his first narrative feature. 

Other Movies

The Dreamers

Los soñadores
In Paris, American student Matthew meets a brother and sister, with whom he shares a passion for film. When their parents leave for the countryside, he moves in with them and learns that their relationship surpasses the boundaries of ordinary sibling affection. See More

If I Were Fire

Si yo fuese fuego
Two young lovers wander through an abandoned countryside, where reality is distorted and the ruins of a long-gone village give glimpses of the past. The presence of a mysterious horseman transforms the bucolic landscape into a nightmare. See More

Lives on the Border

Vidas en la orilla
Lives on the border portrays the tragic consequences of an unfair sentence delivered by the U.S. criminal justice system. Through several interconnected life stories, we'll discover what Rosa Estela Olvera, a Mexican woman wrongfully convicted in the U.S. (My Life Inside 2007), endures in prison: a psycho-emotional exploration of the loneliness of confinement; and the long and arduous battle to win back her family and obtain justice. See More

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