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Bio

🎬 Award Wining Director / Producer / Entrepreneur / Distributor / Hustler / Ninja
🤓 Annenberg Fellow
🌎 www.MurderInTheWoodsMovie.com
🎥 Now Playing in Theatres & On Demand
🖼️ IG: luis.iga
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Murder in the Woods is “Darkly Funny”
- Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times

“Murder in the Woods is a smart, funny, and very effective horror movie that recalls classics of the genre like FRIDAY THE 13TH and SCREAM but has a voice and style all its own.”
- Jim Hemphill, Filmmaker Magazine

Luis Iga Garza is a Mexican award-winning Latinx Director and Producer born in Saltillo Mexico. He is a pioneer in the Latinx inclusion movement with his most recent work, the award-winning Slasher Feature Film "Murder in the Woods," the first All-American Slasher with a full “people of color cast.” The film starts Jose Julian, Catherine Toribio, Jeanette Samano, featuring Danny Trejo and Soledad St. Hilaire.

The film has played in over 120 screens nationwide & 40 screens in the Middle East; playing over 18 weeks in total and is available in all EST/TVOD platforms.

In addition, the film premiered at the renowned Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara en LA (FICG in LA) and has sold out every festival screening to date including the TCL Chinese Theatre twice. The film won the top award at the LA Skins Film Festival and the Denver Xican Indie Film Fest and it has 6 wins and 10 nominations in the festival circuit.

Additionally, Mr. Iga Garza premiered on Amazon Prime a proof of concept short film entitled "Alive" that he Co-wrote, Directed and Produced starring Mexican Star Pepe Gamez.

In Television, Mr. Iga directed over 70 episodes of the news segment "FashionOne’s Fashion News" which reaches an audience of over 420 million households worldwide through cable, satellite and online. He is
also a Co-EP an animated series which is being developed by John Cryer’s production company and has attached Matthew Maiellaro as showrunner.

Mr. Iga Garza received an MFA in Film and Television Production from the renowned School of Cinematic Arts at USC. During his tenure at USC, he received multiple awards including the Annenberg Fellowship, the Montes Scholarship, and the USC LAA Scholarship among others.