Gerardo del Valle is a filmmaker from Guatemala who started his career as a video journalist at the investigative online newspaper Plaza Pública. He’s worked on long-form documentaries, short form videos and web-based projects, collaborating with VICE, Univision, BBC, NBC and Agencia EFE. Over the last couple of years, he has been developing and directing a documentary on trauma and the undocumented journey from Central America to the United States. His work has been supported by the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program and the International Documentary Association. He is also a Firelight Documentary Lab fellow and an SFFilm Foundation New America fellow. He is an alum of the International Center of Photography, the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism and Universidad Rafael Landívar.
Gerardo del Valle
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