Carlos Avila
In 1993 Avila wrote, produced and directed the American Playhouse drama, La Carpa. Set in rural Southern California in 1938, the story follows a day in the life of a carpa, or tent theater, as it prepares to entertain Chicano laborers and their families.
In 1997 Avila created a critically acclaimed television series called Foto-Novelas, the four half-hour dramas were inspired by the Mexican and Latin-American pulp novel and comic book tradition. Avila wrote, directed and produced the highly acclaimed series.
Avila participated as a Directing Fellow at the Sundance Directors Laboratory and also received an Intercultural Media Fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation. Avila has also directed for Spanish-language television.
A graduate of the UCLA's School of Film and Television, Carlos grew up in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Echo Park, for which his production company, Echo Park Filmworks, is named.
Carlos Avila Facts
Occupation | Director |
Selected Filmography
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