Eduardo Barraza is a Mexican

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 and television

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

 director

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

. He has a degree in mass media from Itesm. He and his wife, Beny Treviño, founded the Film Chihuahua Studios.

He is the first Mexican writer to be a runner up in the Screenwriting Contest at the Beverly Hills Film Festival

Beverly Hills Film Festival

The Beverly Hills Film Festival is a film festival in the United States founded by award-winning independent filmmaker Nino Simone in 2001. The festival debuted in 2001, and has shown regular growth each year...

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Personal life

Eduardo Barraza was born in Chihuahua, Chihuahua

Chihuahua, Chihuahua

The city of Chihuahua is the state capital of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It has a population of about 825,327. The predominant activity is industry, including domestic heavy, light industries, consumer goods production, and to a smaller extent maquiladoras.-History:It has been said that the...

, and has lived there since 1980 with his family in Agua Prieta, Sonora, a small border town close to the U.S. city of Douglas, Arizona

Douglas, Arizona

Douglas is a city in Cochise County, Arizona, United States. Douglas has a border crossing with Mexico and a history of mining.The population was 14,312 at the 2000 census...

. Eduardo Barraza is a devout Catholic and promotes the "Faith, Hope, and Charity" content in the Mass Media Productions. He is a professor in the La Salle University of Chihuahua.

Career

He was one of three Mexicans that participated in the Festival de Cannes in the Producers Network 2008.

In 1996, Barraza moved to Chihuahua to study law, then in 1997 moved to Monterrey, Nuevo León, to begin a B.A. in communications.

His two most recognizable films are Un Diluvio and La Sombra del Sahuaro

He currently works for Film Chihuahua as a Film instructor.

Awards and nominations

2008 Beverly Hills Film Festival

Beverly Hills Film Festival

The Beverly Hills Film Festival is a film festival in the United States founded by award-winning independent filmmaker Nino Simone in 2001. The festival debuted in 2001, and has shown regular growth each year...

• Best Screenplay for Arcangel

2007 Chihuahua International Film Festival

• Best Screenplay for Hijo del Maiz

2006 Mexican Writers Society Awards

• Best Screenplay for Arcangel

2005 Monterrey International Film Festival

• Special Night for La Sombra del Sahuaro

2004 Orange County Latino Film Festival

Orange County Latino Film Festival

The first Orange County Latino Film Festival was held in Historic Downtown Santa Ana in late 2004. Another festival was again held there in 2005 and experienced a larger turnout than the inaugural year....

• Nominated for La Sombra del Sahuaro

2003 Founding Art and Culture Counsel of Nuevo Leon Contest

• Winner for Un Diluvio

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