Pacho Velez's filmmaking sits at the intersection of ethnography, structuralism, and political documentary. His films, though shot in different countries and using distinct formal strategies, each share a preoccupation with local responses to the broad changes wrought by globalization. 

 

In 2010, Pacho completed his MFA at CalArts.  He now works and teaches between New York and Boston. He is a visiting professor at Bard College, a fellow at the Harvard Film Study Center and an affiliate of the Sensory Ethnography Lab. His new film, MANAKAMANA (co-directed with Stephanie Spray, produced by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel) premiered this summer and won a Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival.  His previous film and theater work have been featured worldwide.