Juan Martinez Vera on Clubhouse

Bio

https://www.spikedfilm.com/

https://www.juanmartinezvera.com/

Juan grew up in a rural Mexican town and at the age of eleven he moved to the U.S. with his family to pursue a college education. Soon movies became his main source of entertainment and also a tool he could use to understand and connect with the American society.

In 2010 Juan graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Political Science and a minor in Film, Television and Digital Media. While at UCLA, Juan directed, wrote, and produced over 35 projects that ranged from soap operas to the college’s award-winning News show.
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Immediately after graduating from UCLA, Juan enrolled at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. In 2014, Juan had the honor to be one of three directors selected by the school to direct an advanced film project. On his last year at USC, Juan received the prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant to write and direct his most recent project, SPARK. This film went on to receive a US Student BAFTA Award nomination in 2016, an award for Best Student Latino Director from the Director's Guild of America, and a national distribution deal from HBO. Most recently, Juan directed, wrote, and produced the film, Spiked.
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Juan’s goal as a filmmaker is to inspire people to use their imagination to transform their reality.