Festival in LA
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Film critic |
| Location | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Links | Wishlist |
| Introduction | José Alberto Hermosillo is a respected journalist and filmmaker based in LA, covering film festivals in the city. He graduated as an elementary and middle school teacher and spent eight years teaching in his hometown. He earned an Associate in Arts and a Bachelor's degree in Cinema Production, both from Los Angeles City College. In 1999, he directed the award-winning short film "My Brother/Mi hermano." Later, he directed the shorts "El Artista" and "The Strange Death of Menfisto Niño." He worked as a script consultant on "Tattooed Love," which premiered in Hollywood and earned him his first IMDb credit. He worked as a journalist for "Al Borde Magazine" and "Kiosko News" in Spanish. In 2014, he founded an English-language website, www.festivalinLA.com, which has received 1.8 million views. He was a juror at Voce Spettacolo Film Festival in Matera, Italy; Feratun Fest 2022 in Michoacán, Mexico; and the Celebrity Film Awards in Italy. In 2025, he was a juror for the prestigious "Shorts Mexico" (International Shot Film Festival of Mexico). Mr. Hermosillo plans to direct an original screenplay he wrote, "The Lady's Corsage/El ramo de la novia," a story of angels in Los Angeles. |
| Interests | Movies, shorts, foreign and independent films, documentaries, news, social media, influencers, film directors, art, painting, graphics, and special events.. |
| Favorite movies | Citizen Kane, Memories of a Marriage, Landscape in the Mist, The Traveling Players, The Exterminating Angel, Nazarín, Three Colors: Blue, White, Red, The Double Life of Verónique, Cronos, Parasite, Drive, Dancer in the Dark, The Joy Luck Club, Transit, Mr. Nobody, Anomalisa, Roma, The Shape of Water, The Painted Bird, Transit, Synonyms, Birdman, Léolo, Happy as Lazzaro, Sirāt, The Stranger, The President's Cake. |
| Favorite music | Soundtracks, Classic, Instrumental, Latin, Pop, Mariachi, Vocal. |
| Favorite books | - Never Coming to a Theater Near You: A Celebration of a Certain Kind of Movie by Kenneth Turan.- Rebel Without a Crew by Robert Rodriguez. - Noticias del Imperio de Fernando del Paso, Del amor y otros demonios, Gabriel García Márquez.- La Princesa Del Palacio De Hierro by Gustavo Sainz- The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure For Writers by Christopher Vogler. |