Gustavo Hernández Pérez
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Born in Caracas, Gustavo majored in Mass Communications at the
Universidad Central of Venezuela. Then he earned a Master's degree on
Film Directing at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles,
California. Gustavo believes in a cinema that simultaneously entertains
and challenges an audience's expectations. "The Mexican dream", a short
film he wrote and directed, has won 13 International Film Festivals in
the U.S., Mexico, Chile, and Spain. Gustavo was honored with the AFI
Franklin J. Schaffner Fellowship Award for Best Director of the Year,
and The Directors Guild of America announced him as Best Latino
Director at The 2003 DGA Student Film Awards. The Mexican Dream also
became National Finalist at The 2003 Student Academy Awards, and was
purchased by HBO and HBO/Cinemax Latin America for a programming
rotation of two years.