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Dylan Verrechia is a French-Danish-American filmmaker. A graduate of New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...

's Tisch School of the Arts
Tisch School of the Arts
Tisch School of the Arts is one of the 15 schools that make up New York University ....

, Verrechia's works have screened at over 50 film festivals around the world, including the Atlanta Film Festival
Atlanta Film Festival
The Atlanta Film Festival is an Academy Award qualifying, international film festival held in Atlanta, Georgia. Started in 1976 and occurring every April, the festival shows a diverse range of independent films, including genre films such as horror and sci-fi...

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Tierra Madre
Tierra Madre
Tierra Madre is a 2010 film made in Tecate and Tijuana, Mexico. It was directed by Dylan Verrechia, and co-written by Aidee Gonzalez based on her real life, with original music by Nortec Collective and Paco Mendoza....

 won in 2010 the Jury Award for Best Feature Film at the Reeling Chicago Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival http://reelingfilmfestival.org/, the Jury Award for Honorary Feature Film at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Moreliahttp://www.variety.com/article/VR1118026221?refCatId=13, the Diversity Award for Best Feature Film at the Barcelona International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival http://www.barcelonafilmfestival.org/2010/es/index.htm, the Outstanding Achievement in Foreign Feature Award at the Williamsburg International Film Festival http://willifest.com/awardslist.html, the Cinesul Award for Best Feature Film at the Cinesul Ibero-Americano Film Festival, the Golden Palm at the Mexico International Film Festival, the Honorary Mention Prize at the New Jersey Film Festival
New Jersey Film Festival
The New Jersey Film Festival is New Jersey's largest continuing public film series devoted to "experimental, offbeat and influential cinema". It is held in New Brunswick, New Jersey.-History:...

, and the Silver Lei for Excellence in Filmmaking at the Honolulu International Film Festival.

Kids of the Majestic
Kids of the Majestic
Kids of the Majestic is a 2009 documentary film made in Bangalore, India. It was directed by Dylan Verrechia, and co-produced by Suhas Radhakrishna that follows a group of orphans in the Majestic railway station of Bangalore....

 won the Artivist Award for Best Feature in Children's Advocacy Category at the 2010 Artivist Film Festival & Awards
Artivist Film Festival & Awards
The Artivist Film Festival & Awards is an international film festival and awards ceremony dedicated to recognizing activist efforts of filmmakers, specifically in the areas of human rights, child advocacy, environmental preservation, and animal rights....

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/11/prweb4722954.htm, and the Directing and Writing Insight Awards of Recognition at the National Association of Film and Digital Media Artists http://www.insightawards.com/winners20009.htm.

Tijuana Makes Me Happy
Tijuana Makes Me Happy
Tijuana Makes Me Happy is a 2006 film made in Tijuana, Mexico. It was directed by Dylan Verrechia, and co-written by James Lefkowitz, with original music by Nortec Collective...

 won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature at the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival
Slamdance Film Festival
As a year-round organization, Slamdance serves as a showcase for the discovery of new and emerging talent in the film industry; it is also the only major film festival fully programmed by filmmakers. Slamdance counts among its alumni many notable writers and directors who first gained notice at the...

, and the Indie Max Award at the San Antonio Film Festivalhttp://www.safilm.com/2007/events.html.

The Laughter of God won the World Tour Award for Best Actor and Best Cinematography at the 2003 IFCT Film Festival.

He is also the co-founder of Troopers Films (Arakimentari
Arakimentari
Arakimentari is a 2004 USA film directed by Travis Klose. It is a documentary film about acclaimed and controversial Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki. The film looks at Araki's personal life as well as his art.-Cast:* Nobuyoshi Araki ... Himself...

 by Travis Klose, 2004 Brooklyn International Film Festival
Brooklyn International Film Festival
The Brooklyn Film Festival ', prior to 2011 called the Brooklyn International Film Festival ' is an independent film festival held every June in Brooklyn, New York...

 Winner, and 25th Frame (Picture Me by Sara Ziff
Sara Ziff
Sara Ziff is an American filmmaker and fashion model. With her co-director Ole Schell, Ziff chronicled her modeling journey in the award-winning documentary Picture Me. The documentary gives an inside look into the modeling industry, showing the highs and lows of a seemingly glamorous business,...

, 2009 Milan International Film Festival Winner, and location scout on the Mexican border of Sangre de mi sangre by Christopher Zalla, 2007 Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...

 Winner). Verrechia is based in New York and works as a director of photography on features, commercials and music videos. Credits include: Anthrax War
Anthrax War
Anthrax War is a 2009 documentary film about the 2001 anthrax attacks that premiered at the 9/11 Film Festival at the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland, California with filmmaker Eric Nadler in person....

 by Bob Coen, Nortec Collective
Nortec Collective
Nortec Collective is a musical ensemble formed by various individual one or two man production projects. The group came together in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. Their sound genre mixes electronica with musical elements and instrumentation of Tambora and Norteño music, resulting in the nortec ...

, DJ Vadim
DJ Vadim
DJ Vadim is a prolific DJ and producer, born in Leningrad, USSR , raised in London and currently residing in both New York and Berlin, whose music combines hip hop, soul, reggae and electronica...

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