Guillermo G贸mez 脕lvarez
Directing
馃巶 1973-01-01
Guillermo G贸mez 脕lvarez was born in Veracruz, Mexico in 1973 and was raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico since he was three years old. G贸mez 脕lvarez is an alumnus from the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus where he obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Arts (1996), majoring in Latin American Studies, and also a Master's Degree in Arts (2005), majoring in Audiovisual Production. In 2007, he completed a Master's Degree in Creative Documentary at Universitat Aut贸noma de Barcelona. He is a fiction and documentary filmmaker, a music video director, as well as a musician and photographer. His first full-length documentary was La escena [The Scene] (2005), on Puerto Rico's punk subculture, which was part of G贸mez 脕lvarez Master's thesis project. La rosa de Mar铆a [Mary鈥檚 Rose] (2007) was also part of a thesis project at Universtiat Aut贸noma de Barcelona and aired on Televisi贸 de Catalunya (TVC) in 2007. Aquel reba帽o azul [The Blue Flock] won the Accolade Film Award in 2009. This film was commissioned by the Puerto Rico Civil Rights Commission and it explores the history of police brutality in Puerto Rico. Una Identidad en Absurdo Vol. 1聽is his latest work, released in April 2011. Leaning towards an experimental concept, this documentary explores deconstructing Puerto Rican identity through music.
