Director

Gianfranco Fernández-Ruiz

Directing

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Directed movies: 5Directed series: 0All crew credits: 7

TMDB ID: 4078487

Known for: Directing

Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2022 - 2024

Years active: 3

Also known as

Gianfranco Fernandez-Ruiz • Gianfranco Fernández-Ruiz • Gianfranco Fernandez Ruiz

Frequent jobs

Director (4)Second Assistant Director (1)Writer (2)

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Biography

Gianfranco Fernández-Ruiz is an award winning writer and director. His short film WHEN BIG PEOPLE LIE had its World Premiere at the 51st Telluride Film Festival. More recently, Gianfranco won Best New Filmmaker of the year with NewFilmmakers LA for their 12th Annual Awards. Other awards include the Latino Film Institute’s Inclusion Fellowship, Quarterfinalist of the Nicholl Fellowship, qualified for the 96th Academy Awards and finalist for the HBO Short Film Award. Gianfranco earned a Masters from the AFI Conservatory in Directing. His shorts have played at over 50 film festivals globally, and placed at a dozen other notable competitions.