Frank Velasquez

Frank Velasquez is a writer, director and producer based out of Los Angeles. A graduate from Santa Monica College’s award-winning film program, he recently completed his second short film as writer and director, “Borders”. He has placed in numerous writing competitions in the past year, having won the Mexican American Cultural Education Foundation’s $10k Filmmaker Grant for his film “Borders”. Passionate about diversity in film, he has also partnered with Operation Street Kidz to create a script-producing contest for Mexican American/Chicano writers, having also won a $25k grant from La Plaza de Cultura y Artes to do so.