Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon at the Montclair Film Festival 2015

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (born November 6, 1972 in Laredo , Texas ) is an American film director and producer .

Life

Gomez-Rejon was born in Laredo , Texas near the Mexican-US border in 1972 , where he grew up. Gomez-Rejon earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from New York University and received a Master of Fine Arts from the American Film Institute in 1997 , where he started at the Conservatory there in 1995.

During his first professional experience in the film sector, Gomez-Rejon worked as a personal assistant to Martin Scorsese , Nora Ephron , Robert De Niro and Alejandro González Iñárritu . He made his directorial debut in a television series between 2010 and 2012 in eight episodes of Glee . From 2011 to 2014, Gomez-Rejon directed a total of 12 episodes of the American Horror Story television series . In 2014 he made his directorial debut in the feature film Wait until it gets dark . His film Me and Earl and the Girl , which came out in theaters in 2015, won the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature Film at the Sundance Film Festival that same year . Gomez-Rejon is also directing the film Edison . The film, with Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon in the leading roles, is slated for release in US cinemas on December 22, 2017.

Filmography (selection)

As a director

• 2010–2012: Glee (8 episodes)
• 2011–2014: American Horror Story (TV series, 12 episodes)
• 2014: Wait Until It Gets Dark (The Town That Dreaded Sundown)
• 2015: Me and Earl and the Girl (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl)
• 2017: Edison - A Life Full of Light (The Current War)

Awards (selection)

Emmy

• 2014 : Nomination in the category Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special ( American Horror Story , episode Bitchcraft )
• 2014: Nomination in the category Outstanding Miniseries (American Horror Story)

Sundance Film Festival

• 2015 : Award for best feature film with the Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic ( Me and Earl and the girl )
• 2015: Award for best feature film with the audience award - Dramatic (Me and Earl and the girl)

Web links

Commons : Alfonso Gomez-Rejon  - Collection of Images

• Alfonso Gomez-Rejon in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Emma Brown: Alfonso Gomez Rejon's Movie Masterclass In: interviewmagazine.com, May 11, 2015.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Alfonso Gomez-Rejon In: hollywood.com. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
3. ↑ Me and Earl and the Dying Girl. Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic Winner, Audience Award: US Dramatic Winner In: sundance.org. Retrieved December 3, 2015.