Biography

Adriana González-Vega is a queer filmmaker born and raised in Puerto Rico. In 2012, she received a BFA in Film from Syracuse University, where she had the opportunity to study at FAMU in the Czech Republic. In 2015, she received her Master’s in Film Directing from American Film Institute Conservatory and was awarded the Time Warner Fellowship.

Her films OCEANFRONT and JUNITO have won multiple awards and have been recognized internationally. JUNITO won Best International Short Film at the Festival Internacional de Cine LGBT de Madrid, as well as Best Director at the Puerto Rico Queer FilmFest. Presently, JUNITO is being used as a vehicle to initiate and encourage discussions between members from the LGBTQ+ community and their allies. Her most recent short film CARPETEO, is a proof-of-concept that explores a sibling dynamic amid political turmoil in 1970’s Puerto Rico. In this film, the protagonist Angela questions her reality, political affiliations, but most importantly her deteriorating relationship with her brother.

In addition to being a filmmaker, González-Vega has been an educator. As part of the Youth Cinema Project, she helped navigate middle school and high school students in underserved communities through the process of filmmaking. Currently, she is working in Post Production for TV shows like HBO’s Winning Time.

Adriana González-Vega is an active filmmaker who continues to spotlight stories of communities who have been marginalized, while revealing the compassion within the audience.