Xochitl Dorsey Biography

Fast Facts

• For her television documentary "The New America," she was nominated for a 2011 Imagen Award
• Won the Directors Guild of America Award for best short film in the Latino category
• Her film "Tears & Tortillas" won her the Mercury Latino Lens Short Film Challenge
• Served as a fellow of the CPB/PBS Producers Academy
• Was a fellow of the CPB/National Minority Consortia
• Was a fellow of the Tribeca Film Festival All Access Program
• Earned her MFA in Film Directing and Production at UCLA
• Graduated from NYU with an M․A․ in Latin American Studies
• An independent director, writer and producer, her work has appeared on PBS, BBC, NPR, Showtime, MSNBC and mun2
• Is bilingual, being fluent in both the English and Spanish languages