Bio 

is an award winning documentary filmmaker whose work has aired nationally and internationally on public television.  His work gravitates toward political subjects and artist profiles, addressing the themes of justice, memory and personal transformation .

A graduate of NYU’s film and TV production program, his documentaries include Voices From Texas (Director, Producer) in 2003, and Visiones: Latino Art And Culture In The U.S. (Senior Producer) of a three hour PBS series nationally broadcast in Oct. 2004.

In 2020, his hour documentary, The First Rainbow Coalition, was broadcast nationally on the PBS series Independent Lens. In late 2020, his short video Vincent Valdez: The Beginning is Near, was part of the  American Masters/Firelight Media web based series: In the Making

Awards garnered include: a 1992 Student Academy Award (information division), a New York Foundation for the Arts Media Fellowship, 1993,  1996 “Ideas In Action” Award from the National Tele-Media Alliance, 1996 “Faculty of the Year” Award from the Chicano Studies Program, UW Madison, 2005 Rockefeller Film and Video Fellowship, a 2008 and 2016 San Antonio Artists Foundation Award, and a 2016 Tobin Award for Artistic Excellence. In 2017 he was awarded a Firelight Media Documentary Fellowship. He lives in San Antonio, Texas.

Biografía

Ray Santisteban es un realizador de documentales galardonado, cuyo trabajo se ha transmitido en la televisión pública a nivel nacional e internacional. Su trabajo gravita hacia temas políticos y perfiles de artistas, abordando temas de justicia, memoria y transformación personal.

Graduado del programa de producción de cine y televisión de la NYU, sus documentales incluyen Voices From Texas (Director, Productor) en 2003 y Visiones: Latino Art and Culture in the U.S. (Productor principal) de una serie de PBS de tres horas transmitida en octubre de 2004 a nivel nacional.

En 2020, su documental de una hora: The First Rainbow Coalition, se transmitió a nivel nacional en la serie Independent Lens de PBS. A fines de 2020, su video corto Vincent Valdez: The Beginning is Near, fue parte de la serie basada en la web American Masters/Firelight Media: In the Making.

Sus premios obtenidos incluyen: Student Academy Award en 1992 (División de información); New York Foundation for the Arts Media Fellowship en 1993; “Ideas in Action” Award en 1996 de la National Tele-Media Alliance; “Faculty of the Year” Award del Chicano Studies Program de la University of Wisconsin-Madison en 1996; el Rockefeller Film and Video Fellowship en 2005; el San Antonio Artists Foundation Award en 2008 y 2016; y en 2016, un Tobin Award for Artistic Excellence. En 2017, fue galardonado con el Firelight Media Documentary Fellowship. Vive en San Antonio, Texas.