Esteban Arango

Esteban Arango
Born
Bogotá, Colombia
OccupationFilm director

Esteban Arango is a Colombian American filmmaker.[1]

Early life and education

Arango was born in Bogotá, Colombia and moved with his family to the United States in 2000. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications from Florida International University.[2]

Career

After graduating college, Arango worked as a creative producer at the Discovery Channel.[2]

Arango's feature-length debut, Blast Beat, adapted from his 2015 short film of the same name, premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.[1][3] That year, he was named one of 10 Directors to Watch by Variety.[4]

Ponyboi, directed by Arango and written by and starring River Gallo, premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.[5]

Filmography

Year Title Notes Ref.
2015 Blast Beat Short film [4]
2020 Blast Beat — [4]
2024 Ponyboi — [5]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2016 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival International Competition Blast Beat Nominated [3]
2020 Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Competition Blast Beat Nominated [1]
Palm Springs International Film Festival Directors to Watch Won[a] [4]
2024 Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Competition Ponyboi Nominated [5]

Notes

  1. ^ One of ten winners.

References

  1. ^ a b c "About". Esteban Arango. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Variety Names Latinx Filmmakers Janicza Bravo and Esteban Arango as Directors to Watch for 2020". Cinema Tropical. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Esteban Arango". Film Independent. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d Harris, LaTesha. "10 Directors to Watch: Esteban Arango Channels Immigrant Experience in 'Blast Beat'". Variety. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  5. ^ a b c Spicer, Lucy. "The Intersex Protagonist in "Ponyboi" Is a Revelation". Sundance. Retrieved 24 May 2024.