Creative Conversations
A discussion with seasoned cinematographers and directors about the fundamentals of visual storytelling.
Christian Rozier
Writer/ Director
Peridot Films
Christian Rozier began his career as a music video and commercial director, producing broadcast videos for politically engaged artists and content for Hearst Interactive and Geffen Records. His documentary credits include the world-tour music film 'Among The Trees', and the multiple award-winning documentaries 'Racing the Past' (2014) and 'When the Rabbit Got the Gun' (2021).
Christian is the director of the feature film 'Apache Leap' (2022), produced in collaboration with the San Carlos Apache Tribal Reservation community in Eastern Arizona. Apache Leap premiered at the Portland Film Festival and subsequently received numerous awards during its festival tour. The coming-of-age film officially released in Spring of 2023 to audiences worldwide.
Christian Rozier is also an Associate Professor of Film Production in the School of Visual Studies at the University of Missouri.
Andrés Vázquez
Filmmaker
Andrés Vázquez is a writer and director from Los Angeles whose work explores themes of intergenerational memory, spiritual mysticism, and the transformation of diasporic and detribalized narratives into intimate traditions and haunting mythologies. As the seventh son of migrants and a descendant of the Bracero Program and Mexican Repatriation, his storytelling searches for the beauty that can be found in darkness and embraces its ability to help us look deep within ourselves.
He has directed and produced for major brands such as Lululemon, Estrella Jalisco, and Warner Media. He recently collaborated with Futuro to create original episodic content in partnership with Warner Media 150. His work has premiered with Remezcla, NPR Music, NALIP, Urbanworld Film Festival, and won Best Experimental Film for his short The Burning Plain at the Official Latino Film Festival. His script, Despierta, won the Sundance Co//ab “Sound as Storytelling Challenge” presented by the Dolby Institute.
Andrés is currently in post production for his hybrid documentary No Hables (Don’t Speak), and is developing his first feature film.
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This is a free event. Priority for in-person training programs and financial stipends, including opportunities for paid internship placements, is given to active participants, ages 18- 24, in Creative Conversations, as well as young people who are low income, foster youth, homeless, and/or justice involved.
Presented by Venice Art’s Center for Creative Workforce Equity.
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