Natalia Almada | |
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| Born | Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Nationality | Mexican-American |
| Alma mater | Rhode Island School of Design |
| Known for | photographer; filmmaker |
| Style | Documentary |
| Awards | 2009 Sundance Film Festival Directing Award Documentary; 2012 MacArthur Fellows Program |
Natalia Almada is a Mexican-American photographer and filmmaker.[1] Her work as a filmmaker focuses on Mexican history, politics, and culture in insightful and poetic films that push the boundaries of how the documentary form addresses social issues.[2] Her films include "Everything Else (Todo lo demás)" (2016), El Velador (2011),[3] El General (2009),[4] All Water Has a Perfect Memory (2001), and Al Otro Lado (2005), and her work has appeared at numerous national and international venues, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Sundance Film Festival, the Guggenheim Museum, the Munich International Film Festival, and the Cannes Directors' Fortnight.[2] She won the 2009 Sundance Directing Award Documentary for her film El General. She is a 2012 MacArthur Fellow[5] and the first Latina filmmaker to win the award.[6]
- ^ "Altamura Films". www.altamurafilms.com.
- ^ a b "Natalia Almada - MacArthur Foundation". www.macfound.org.
- ^ "Natalia Almada's Borderlands: Life, Death, and Mexico's Drug War". walkerart.org.
- ^ "Watch Online Free: Natalia Almada | El General | POV | PBS". PBS. Archived from the original on December 11, 2016.
- ^ "2012 MacArthur Foundation 'Genius Grant' Winners". 1 October 2012. Associated Press. Archived from the original on October 2, 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
- ^ POV. "Natalia Almada Named a 2012 MacArthur Fellow: The First Latina Filmmaker to Win the Prestigious Grant" (Press release). PR Newswire. Retrieved March 5, 2016.