George Reyes(I)
- Actor
- Writer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Born to Colombian immigrants, he attended Harvard University (AB 1994)
and New York University's graduate film program (MFA 2000). He received
the Stride Rite and Echoing Green Post-Graduate Public Service
Fellowships in 1995 and 1996 which he used to help fund his tenure as
director of the Cambridge, Massachusetts based Teen Media Program at
the Community Art Center where he and a group of his students founded
the "Do it Your Damn Self!! National Youth Video and Film Festival" in
1996. He directed, shot, produced and edited numerous short films while
at Harvard and NYU that have been shown and have won awards in a
variety of venues both nationally and internationally. He worked as
director of International Progams at the New York Film Academy in 2001
and later was invited to be a visiting professor in the Communications
Dept. at the Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City Campus. After a
semester he was invited to become a full-time faculty member where he
currecntly teaches a variety of film and video related courses at the
Mexico City, Mexico State and Querétaro Campuses. While at the Tec he
has overseen over 100 student documentary and fiction projects shot in
both film and video. Most recently, one project from his film
production class was shown at the Sundance, Morelia, and
Clermont-Ferrand Film Festivals.