Name Alfredo Villa Role Film director | ||
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Occupation Director, Producer, Screenwriter Awards ALMA Award for Outstanding Director of a Feature Film Nominations Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Director Movies Nothing like the Holidays, Adrift in Manhattan, Fugly!, Yellow, Washington Heights Similar People Robert Teitel, Freddy Rodriguez, Elizabeth Pena, Rick Najera, Manny Perez | ||
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Alfredo De Villa is a film director from Puebla, Mexico. He is best known for directing award winning films such as Adrift in Manhattan, which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007 and Washington Heights, which won a special mention for directing and acting at the Tribeca Film Festival.
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- Filmmaker profiles from sundance channel alfredo de villa
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- Biography
- Awards and nominations
- Personal life
- Director Filmography
- References
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Biography
Alfredo De Villa's two short films, Joe’s Egg and Neto’s Run were both awarded the Best Latino Director Award from the Directors Guild of America in 1995 and 1999. De Villa is the only filmmaker to be awarded this honor twice. De Villa has gone on to direct many acclaimed feature films.
Awards and nominations
San Diego Film Festival
Indianapolis International Film Festival
Los Angeles Film Festival
Tribeca Film Festival
Personal life
De Villa earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Miami and his Master of Fine Arts from the film division of Columbia University, with an emphasis in directing. Alfredo De Villa currently resides in Los Angeles, California.