Ahuatl Amaro
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Ahuatl is a queer, Latinx-Indigenous director and writer born and raised in Los Angeles.
His short film "Warehouse" (a workplace comedy about four LGBTQ warehouse workers) was selected by the 2023 San Diego Latino Film Festival, Boston's Wicked Queer, OUTShine Fort Lauderdale, Queer Voices New York City, New Filmmakers Los Angeles, New Orleans Queer Film Night, and TransFest Stockholm among others.
His latest short "Physical Therapy" starring Jason Genao (Netflix's On My Block) has thus far been selected by the 2024 LightReel in Washington DC, Philadelphia Latino Arts and Film Festival, Social Impact Film Festival in Boston, Seville International Film Festival, and Festival Independiente de Cine LGBTQ+ in Mexico City.
His upcoming comedy sports film "Mean Goals," about a gay Latinx that joins an LGBTQ soccer team to bond with his dying father, will premiere in the heels of the 2026 FIFA World Cup hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico, and the 2028 Olympic Games hosted by the city of Los Angeles.
He graduated with an MFA in Screenwriting from the AFI Conservatory, earned a Certificate in Television Writing at UCLA, and studied English and Theater at Georgetown University.
His short film "Warehouse" (a workplace comedy about four LGBTQ warehouse workers) was selected by the 2023 San Diego Latino Film Festival, Boston's Wicked Queer, OUTShine Fort Lauderdale, Queer Voices New York City, New Filmmakers Los Angeles, New Orleans Queer Film Night, and TransFest Stockholm among others.
His latest short "Physical Therapy" starring Jason Genao (Netflix's On My Block) has thus far been selected by the 2024 LightReel in Washington DC, Philadelphia Latino Arts and Film Festival, Social Impact Film Festival in Boston, Seville International Film Festival, and Festival Independiente de Cine LGBTQ+ in Mexico City.
His upcoming comedy sports film "Mean Goals," about a gay Latinx that joins an LGBTQ soccer team to bond with his dying father, will premiere in the heels of the 2026 FIFA World Cup hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico, and the 2028 Olympic Games hosted by the city of Los Angeles.
He graduated with an MFA in Screenwriting from the AFI Conservatory, earned a Certificate in Television Writing at UCLA, and studied English and Theater at Georgetown University.