Edgar Garcia

Edgar Garcia

actor, director, producer

Edgar Garcia was born on Dec 09, 1974 in Puerto Rico. Edgar Garcia's big-screen debut came with Long Lost Love directed by Yuri Biersach in 2001, strarring Roy. Edgar Garcia is known for The Gust directed by Edgar Garcia, Héctor Enrique Rodríguez stars as Ráfaga and Jafet Ortiz as Sheili. The most recent award Edgar Garcia achieved is International Shorts Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia. The upcoming new movie Edgar Garcia plays is The Gust which will be released on Mar 15, 2020.

Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Edgar is a UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television alumni. During his years as an actor, Edgar has worked with several theater companies across the USA, including LATEA in NY and the Denver Center Theater Company. He has written and directed a couple of television series in PR, premiered several spanish language versions of well-known theater pieces and most recently directed the awaited revival of the classic Latin American musical La Verdadera Historia de Pedro Navaja, as well as the first bilingual version of Lisa Loomer's Living Out (Casa Ajena). As a writer, in 2016 Edgar received the IBEREX, a Spain Education and Culture Ministry Grant to become part of the Einstein created Residencia de Estudiantes in Madrid and worked with IBERMEDIA to develop a full-length script (Lovely) about political corruption and human trafficking in the Caribbean. Edgar's short film "La Ráfaga (The Gust) is now being presented in several film festivals around the world, including Roze Filmdagen, Outshine, Reeling Chicago, Rincón International Film Festival and Dances with Films in Los Angeles.

  • Birthday

    Dec 09, 1974
  • Place of Birth

    Guayama, Puerto Rico

Known For

Awards

1 wins & 0 nominations

International Shorts Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia
2020
Best Director
Winner - Best Director

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