Juan Escobedo is an award-winning actor, director and photographer who
was born and raised in San Diego, California, US.In 2007 Escobedo
portrayed and directed a troubled war veteran in the short film Soy
Soldado de Irak. The film generated numerous awards including the
Swiss Cultural Program's Best Film Award at the Cannes Film Festival
(2008), and the Cinema of Conscience Award from the Sonoma Valley Film
Festival (2008). It was most recently nominated for the prestigious
Imagen Award (2009), which honors positive portrayals of Latinos in
film and television. His other directorial work include Ruby, a film
for Current TV. In 2018, Escobedo's other film Marisol, a short film
that deals with the horrors of domestic violence and child abuse won
the Best Dramatic Short at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film
Festival and Best Actress Awards for both leading Actresses at the
Women's Independent Film Festival and the Playhouse West Film
Festival. Marisol script was also inducted into the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) Margaret Herrick Library permanent
collection made available to researchers.The Los Angeles Department of
Cultural Affairs (DCA) started publishing Juan Escobedo's photography
in 2012 as part of the City of Los Angeles Heritage Month Celebrations
which dates back to 1949 when Mayor Fletcher Bowron issued a
proclamation to recognize African American Heritage Month. Over time,
the city has elected to celebrate various heritage months consistent
with federally designated monthly observances. Many cities celebrate
residents’ cultural heritage during these federally designated
monthly observances.Trash and Tears is a series of photographs
Escobedo started in 2016 in which he photographs actors and models
with trash around the city. It attempts to explore the issues of
hoarding, mental health, income, graffiti and drug addiction through
trash between non and homeless population. It's also a commentary on
the carelessness of people refusing pick up their own trash or
recycle. Therefore, accumulating in pockets throughout the city
putting additional economic and men power burden on the City of Los
Angeles. Oftentimes the photos are taken soon after homelessness
encampments are dismantled, leaving personal and treasured belongings
behind by homeless which others see as trash.
was born and raised in San Diego, California, US.In 2007 Escobedo
portrayed and directed a troubled war veteran in the short film Soy
Soldado de Irak. The film generated numerous awards including the
Swiss Cultural Program's Best Film Award at the Cannes Film Festival
(2008), and the Cinema of Conscience Award from the Sonoma Valley Film
Festival (2008). It was most recently nominated for the prestigious
Imagen Award (2009), which honors positive portrayals of Latinos in
film and television. His other directorial work include Ruby, a film
for Current TV. In 2018, Escobedo's other film Marisol, a short film
that deals with the horrors of domestic violence and child abuse won
the Best Dramatic Short at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film
Festival and Best Actress Awards for both leading Actresses at the
Women's Independent Film Festival and the Playhouse West Film
Festival. Marisol script was also inducted into the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) Margaret Herrick Library permanent
collection made available to researchers.The Los Angeles Department of
Cultural Affairs (DCA) started publishing Juan Escobedo's photography
in 2012 as part of the City of Los Angeles Heritage Month Celebrations
which dates back to 1949 when Mayor Fletcher Bowron issued a
proclamation to recognize African American Heritage Month. Over time,
the city has elected to celebrate various heritage months consistent
with federally designated monthly observances. Many cities celebrate
residents’ cultural heritage during these federally designated
monthly observances.Trash and Tears is a series of photographs
Escobedo started in 2016 in which he photographs actors and models
with trash around the city. It attempts to explore the issues of
hoarding, mental health, income, graffiti and drug addiction through
trash between non and homeless population. It's also a commentary on
the carelessness of people refusing pick up their own trash or
recycle. Therefore, accumulating in pockets throughout the city
putting additional economic and men power burden on the City of Los
Angeles. Oftentimes the photos are taken soon after homelessness
encampments are dismantled, leaving personal and treasured belongings
behind by homeless which others see as trash.
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