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Roberto Gudiño, Producer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor

Roberto Gudiño was born and raised in the small border town of Douglas, Arizona where his love of filmmaking first surfaced and grew.  He is a recent graduate of the University of Arizona (UA) where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in media arts.  His documentary about a coffee cooperative that helps alleviate illegal immigration, “Just Coffee,” helped garner Gudiño the UA Centennial Achievement Award and has gone on to screen in numerous national and international festivals.  Gudiño is now pursuing a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in production/cinematography at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Roberto Gudiño viene del pueblo fronterizo de Douglas, Arizona frontera con Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico.  Gudiño recientemente se recibió de la Universidad de Arizona (UA) titulado con un Bachillerato en las Bellas Artes (BFA).  Su documental de una cooperativa de café que redice la cifra de inmigrantes indocumentados, “Café Justo,” le ayudo al Sr. Gudiño recibir el premio UA Centennial Achievement Award y su película a sido mostrada al nivel nacional e internacional.  Gudiño va en busca de una Maestría en las Bellas Artes (MFA) en producción/cinematografia en la Universidad de California en Los Angeles.

Roberto Gudiño

 

Director Filmography (selected works)

Below the Fold:  The Pulitzer That Defined Latino Journalism, documentary (2007)
Producer, Director, Editor, Cinematographer
  • El Primer Festival de Cine Chicano en Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
  • Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival, Los Angeles, California
  • Independent Feature Project (IFP), official selection, Tucson, Arizona
  • I Dream in Widescreen screening, Tucson, Arizona

Just Coffee, documentary (2006)
Producer, Director, Co-editor, Cinematographer
  • Sin Fronteras Film Festival, official selection, Alburquerque, New Mexico
  • Puro MexicanoFilm Festival, official selection, Tucson, Arizona
  • Reel InspirationFilm Festival, official selection, Tucson, Arizona
  • Peoria Film Festival, official selection, Peoria, Arizona
  • Fade Inscreening, University of Arizona, Tucson

Toy Soldier, fiction film (2006)
Producer, Writer, Editor, Cinematographer
  • Arizona International Film Festival, official selection, Tucson, Arizona
  • Fade In screening, University of Arizona, Tucson

Share This, fiction film (2005)
Producer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor
  • Damah Film Festival, official selection, Culver City, California
  • No Festival Required, official selection, Phoenix, Arizona
  • Cinema 86 screening, Tucson, Arizona

Contact Roberto Gudiño:
rgudino@ucla.edu
Tel: (520) 370-0677

Mailing Address:

945 Weyburn Terrace #405
Los Angeles, California 90024


 
Student Fellows

2005-2006 Consuelo Aguilar and Elizabeth Soltero
2006-2007 Roberto Gudiño
2008 Reviewing Nomations for Future Student Fellow (contact MDPI for nomination forms)

Other Staff

Julie Blanco, Assistant
Carla Turco, Graphic Designer

 

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