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Luis Miguel Valdez (born June 26, 1940) is an American playwright, screenwriter, film director and actor. Regarded as the father of Chicano film and playwriting, Valdez is best known for his play Zoot Suit, his movie La Bamba, and his creation of El Teatro Campesino.
LUIS VALDEZ (Playwright/Director) is regarded as one of the most important and influential American playwrights living today. His internationally renowned, and Obie award-winning theater company, El Teatro Campesino (The Farm Workers’ Theater) was founded by Luis in 1965 – in the heat of the United Farm Workers (UFW) struggle and the Great ...
Luis Valdez. Director: La Bamba. Acknowledged as the founder of modern Chicano theatre and film, Luis Valdez was born to migrant farm workers Francisco and Armida Valdez and spent his early life traveling with the family, working in the fields himself.
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May 9, 2018 · Luis Valdez: 1940 —: Playwright, Director, Writer, Actor, Teacher. Acknowledged as the "godfather of Chicano theater," Luis Valdez is the founder and artistic director of El Teatro Campesino, which translates to The Farmworkers Theater. Started in 1965, Valdez has led the theater company to international acclaim and numerous awards.
Luis Valdez. Director: La Bamba. Acknowledged as the founder of modern Chicano theatre and film, Luis Valdez was born to migrant farm workers Francisco and Armida Valdez and spent his early life traveling with the family, working in the fields himself.
May 3, 2021 · The actor Lou Diamond Phillips, and the writer-director Luis Valdez look back more than three decades at how the biopic did and didn’t make waves in Hollywood.
Jun 2, 2023 · Eyes defiant, chest out, right hip cocked like a switchblade, Luis Valdez is channeling his inner Jaguar. He’s demonstrating the El Pachuco stance, the provocative hep-cat pose immortalized by...
Sep 26, 2023 · 'La Bamba' director Luis Valdez on origins of 1987 hit and why he left Hollywood after controversial Frida Kahlo film. "Somebody had to do it," says Valdez about being called "the father of...
May 11, 2023 · Luis Valdez, Playwright/Writer/Director and founder of El Teatro Campesino (Photo: Mercury News) Awards, Events, Film. Luis Valdez: The Godfather of Chicano Theater and his impact on Chicano Cinema. Latin Heat , May 11, 2023. Luis Valdez To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at 2nd Annual Mexican-American Film And Television Festival May 21nd.
Sep 9, 2022 · Brought to life by director and writer Luis Valdez, Zoot Suit combines two major events in 1940s Chicano (Mexican-American) history, the Sleepy Lagoon murder, and the Zoot Suit Riots, to highlight the monumental significance these events had on the early Civil Rights Movement, through the eyes of the Chicano experience.
