Edwin Pagan

Edwin Pagán is a New York-based filmmaker, cinematographer, screenwriter and cultural activist with a rare blend of creative and administrative experience, including over 16-years in community organizing, organizational capacity building and initiative-based/event programming, as well as extensive production experience in the documentary and narrative film sectors.

As a filmmaker he has produced such dramatic films as Derek Velez-Partridge’s SANGRE/BLOOD, Andres Nicolini’s RENDEZVOUS, and line-produced Franc Reyes’ BEAUTY. As a Director of Photography (DP) he has lensed LOST LOVE, THE RECKONING, BROTHER (RIPFest #6), FOR THE RECORD: GUAM AND WORLD WAR II (for PBS), OUR WOMEN, OUR STRUGGLE (currently in production), and the reality TV pilot, LATINA CONFESSIONS, among others.

In 2005 he worked as conference programmer for 27th IFP Market & Conference and was responsible for curating all conference panels and speakers. He has also worked at the Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA) as an artist grants coordinator and marketing manager at the Association of Hispanic Arts (AHA).

In 1990 Edwin Pagán co-founded the Latino artist collective, PAX Theatre Community, as a means of expanding community-based arts participation in the South Bronx. He was a recipient of the 2000 BRIO Artist Fellowship Award in screenwriting for ANGELITO NEGRO (The Black Angel), and was awarded the 1998 Lo Mejor de Nuestra Comunidad (the best of our community) recognition by New York State Governor George E. Pataki and the Puerto Rican Heritage Month organizing committee (Comite Noviembre), for his work in the Puerto Rican/Latino community in the region.

He currently serves as a Board member of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) and is president of its New York chapter. He has served on numerous juries, selection and curatorial committees for such arts entities as the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), New York International Latino Film Festival and prestigious Tribeca Institutes’ Tribeca All Access Connects initiative, and frequently speaks on panels related to filmmaking, particularly the expansion and integration of Latino filmmakers into the industry. In addition, he has also curated the NewLatino Filmmakers series at the renowned cinematheque, Anthology Film Archives, for the past four years. He is a representative member of the Media Coalition for Artist of Color.

His latest signature project, BRONX BURNING (as writer/producer/director), is a long-form documentary that chronicles the rise, fall and resurrection of the South Bronx. His production company, Pagan-Images, will produce the film.


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