Alejandro Gomez Monteverde

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Alejandro Monteverde (born 13 July 1977 in Tampico, Tamaulipas) is a Mexican film director. His first film, Bella took top prize at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival by winning the “Peoples Choice Award”.[1]

The director of the Department of Citizenship gave Monteverde the "American by Choice" award for Bella's positive contribution to Latino art and culture in the U.S.

Monteverde married the American actress Ali Landry in April 2006. [2]

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[edit] Business career

Monteverde co-owns Metanoia Films, a film production company, with partners Sean Wolfington, Leo Severino, Eduardo Verastegui and J. Eustace Wolfington.

[edit] Bella

Monteverde wrote and directed Bella,[3][4][5] a film that took top prize at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival by winning the “People's Choice Award”.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Joe O'Connell. Like Out of a Movie: The legend of Alejandro Gomez Monteverde. Austin Chronicle. Austinchronicle.com. Retrieved on March 10, 2007.
  2. ^ Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna (April 9, 2006). Ali Landry Weds in Mexico. People Magazine. Retrieved on 2007-03-19.
  3. ^ a b Robert W. Welkos (Dec 04, 2007). Bella is a Rallying Point. LATimes.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-06.
  4. ^ Gregg Goldstein (Aug 30, 2007). Roadside takes Bella on US Roadtrip. TheHollywoodReporter.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-06.
  5. ^ Glickman, Aaron. Bella Movie Producer Sean Wolfington. Social Miami. Retrieved on 2007-11-26.

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