If you’ve been following Making It, a newsletter run by our very own GG Hawkins, you know it's important for filmmakers to build their own ecosystems. To make friends and connections they can work with and not ask for permission to make a movie, but to find ways to get it all done.Well, her newsletter and those ideas led me to speak with filmmaker Pedro Herrera Murcia, someone who is doing all that with international film.I often get so sidetracked with Hollywood that I forget there's a whole world out there making movies. And talking with him was a great reminder.Pedro is a Guatemalan producer, director, and cultural strategist whose career feels like a masterclass in global creative hustle. At just 21, he co-produced Cadejo Blanco, a debut feature that went on to earn both Film Independent Spirit Award and Ariel Award nominations—an almost impossible feat at that age, unless you’re Pedro, who moves through the world with equal parts intention, curiosity, and community-building instinct.Pedro holds an MFA in Production/Directing from UCLA and a degree in Film, Visual Arts, and Entrepreneurship from Francisco Marroquín University, but what really defines his work is the way he shows up: collaboratively, globally, and with a deep belief that cinema is a tool for community.And because he’s someone who doesn’t just talk about cultural exchange—he structures his life around it—he also founded Cine Caribe and Fundación Cine Caribe, both dedicated to empowering filmmakers from the Caribbean and Central America.Let's dive into our conversation. -...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 18 November