AWARDS / HONORS / SPECIAL SCREENINGS
WINNER, Best Short Film, L.A. Shorts International Film Festival
- THE KILL FLOOR
WINNER, Audience Award, San Diego Latino International Film Festival
- THE KILL FLOOR
WINNER, Best Short Film, Workers Unite Film Festival (New York)
- THE KILL FLOOR
WINNER, Civil Rights Award, Georgia Latino International Film Festival
- THE KILL FLOOR
WINNER, Audience Award & Best in Show Award, LOMA Film Festival
- THE KILL FLOOR
WINNER, Remi Award / Best Short Film (Dramatic), WorldFest Houston
- THE KILL FLOOR
NOMINEE, Best Short Film, Imagen Awards
- THE KILL FLOOR
SPECIAL SCREENING, aTVfest (Atlanta)
- GRIMM: ‘STAR-CROSSED’
PERMANENT COLLECTION, Paley Center for Media.
FOTO-NOVELAS is added to Paley Center's Permanent Collection Archive.
PARTICIPANT, United States Library of Congress Archival Program
- FOTO-NOVELAS, FOTO-NOVELAS 2, TALES OF MASKED MEN and THE KILL FLOOR
WINNER, Best Documentary Film, 35th Annual CineFestival (San Antonio)
- TALES OF MASKED MEN
NOMINEE, Best Documentary Film, Imagen Awards
- TALES OF MASKED MEN
PARTICIPANT, ABC / DGA Directing Fellowship, ABC Television Network
PARTICIPANT, Sony Diverse Directors Program, Sony Television
PARTICIPANT, CBS Directing Initiative, CBS Television Network
NOMINEE, Humanitas Award / Writers Guild of America
- FOTO-NOVELAS: ‘THE FIX’
WINNER, Best Short Film, Dallas Latino Film Festival
- FOTO-NOVELAS: ‘IN THE MIRROR’
WINNER, Best Director, American Latino Media Arts (ALMA) Awards
- PRICE OF GLORY
WINNER, Outstanding Latino Cast, American Latino Media Arts (ALMA) Awards
- FOTO-NOVELAS
SPECIAL SCREENING, Closing Night Film, Santa Barbara Film Festival
- PRICE OF GLORY
PARTICIPANT, Sundance Writers and Directors Lab
- PRICE OF GLORY
WINNER, Best Short Film, Film Festival of International Cinema Students (Tokyo, Japan)
- DISTANT WATER
AWARDEE, Rockefeller Media Arts Fellowship, Rockefeller Foundation