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Pacho Velez

Assistant Professor of Screen Studies

Email
velezp@newschool.edu

Office Location
D - 79 Fifth Avenue

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Pacho Velez

Profile

Pacho Velez is a non-fiction filmmaker working at the intersection of ethnography, contemporary art, and political documentary. His most recent feature, The Reagan Show, explores a prolific actor’s defining role: Leader of the Free World. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival before being broadcast on CNN.

His previous feature, Manakamana, won a Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival. It played around the world, including at the Whitney Biennial and the Toronto International Film Festival. 

Pacho received his MFA from CalArts. He has taught filmmaking at Princeton University, Harvard University, Bard College, Parsons the New School, and MassArt. In 2015, he was awarded a Princeton Arts Fellowship. Currently, he is Assistant Professor of Screen Studies at The New School.

 

 

Degrees Held

2010

MFA in Program Film / Video from The California Institute of the Arts

2003

BA in Visual and Environmental Studies from Harvard University

Recent Publications

The Reagan Show (2017) – Director, Writer – (in collaboration with Sierra Pettengill) – 74 min

Tribeca Film Festival Locarno Film Festival

CNN North American Broadcast 

Seattle International Film Festival

 

Mr. Yellow Sweatshirt (2017) - Director, Producer – (in collaboration with Yoni Brook) – 9min

New York Film Festival

Toronto International Film Festival

AFI Fest

 

Dragstrip (2015) - Director, Producer – 4 min

Melbourne International Film Festival

Toronto International Film Festival

New York Film Festival

 

The Reagan Shorts (2015) – Director, Producer – 15 min

Garage Museum of Contemporary Art

Rotterdam International Film Festival

True/False Film Festival

 

Manakamana (2013) – Director, Camera, Editor – (In collaboration with Stephanie Spray) – 118 min

Whitney Biennial

True/False Film Festival

New York Film Festival

Toronto International Film Festival

Locarno Film Festival

 

 

 

 

Current Courses

Future Courses

  • Screen Foundations
    LSCR 2101 - Spring 2027
  • [Screenwriting]
    LSCR 3179 - Spring 2027
  • Creative Production Sound
    LSCR 3405 - Spring 2027

Past Courses

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