Eduardo Shlomo Velázquez is a Dominican-American director, screenwriter, painter, and producer. Velázquez's films and visual work depict the life of the Caribbean diaspora in North America, cultivating an audience for alternative Latin American cinema worldwide. He began his career as a painter and performance artist before directing arthouse feature films. He first received international acclaim in 2015 for his short film directorial debut, GUAO, which won the Audience Award in the Artists Forum: Festival of the Moving Image in New York City. His second film, About Colonia (2019), was nominated for Best Film, Best Director, and won Best Actress at Queens World Film Festival. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

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