After directing two episodes from Queen Sugar 's second season, she directed an episode of Shooter. It was later acquired by DuVernay’s ARRAY two years later, which is how she connected with the famed director. Photo Credit: Mike Coppola for Getty ImagesĪmanda Marsalis’ directorial debut Echo Park premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2014. The drama series kickstarted her directing career, and since then she's worked on Greenleaf, 13 Reasons Why, Gentefied, Cherish the Day, Bel-Air and more. Fast forward to 2017, Guerrero directed her first television episode, which was during Queen Sugar's second season. San Francisco Bay Area native Aurora Guerrero premiered her debut film Mosquita Y Mari in 2012 at the Sundance Film Festival. Photo Credit: Robin L Marshall for Getty Images Her filmography includes Grey's Anatomy, You, Survivor's Remorse, The Morning Show, Power, Claws and more.Ĭurrent Projects: Dawn, The Old Guard 2 Aurora Guerrero

Though she was a Tribeca Film Festival Fellow (and a fellow for other prestigious film institutions), she credits Queen Sugar with planting her in the TV directing universe after she'd spent a decade shadowing directors. Photo Credit: Emma McIntyre for Getty ImagesīAFTA member and New York City-bred director Victoria Mahoney utilized Sundance's Directors and Screenwriters Institute Lab to develop her debut feature film Yelling to the Sky. During the span of her career Cardoso, who received her master’s in film and television from UCLA, has received 40 awards.Ĭurrent Projects: Harlan Coben’s Shelter Victoria Mahoney The movie is also the first Latina-directed film in the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry.

Photo Credit: Paul Archuleta for FilmMagicĭirector, producer, and writer Patricia Cardoso was the first Latinx woman to receive a Sundance Audience Award, when her feature film Real Woman Have Curves taking home the award in 2002. In total, she has 37 directing credits.Ĭurrent Projects: Manifest, The Rookie: Feds, American Gigolo, Umbrella Academy Patricia Cardoso Aside from directing four episodes of Queen Sugar, she's also directed episodes of Lovecraft Country, Bridgerton, Dear White People, Claws and more. Her feature film The Watermelon Woman, which she starred in, wrote, and directed, centers on a Black lesbian. Her work explores the dichotomies of race, sexuality, and gender. Photo Credit: Jason LaVeris for FilmMagicīorn in Liberia, Cheryl Dunye is an award-winning filmmaker, director, and producer.

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