Patricia Cardoso

Patricia Cardoso

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BiographyPatricia Cardoso is a Colombian and American filmmaker. She is best known for her 2002 film Real Women Have Curves, which centers around the experiences of a young Mexican-American woman navigating the challenges of family, culture, and body image. The film's lasting impact was recognized in 2019, when it was selected by the Library of Congress for inclusion in the National Film Registry "as a cinematic treasure and worthy of preservation as part of America's patrimony". This honor made Cardoso the first Latin woman director to have a film included in the registry.

Cardoso has also achieved several other notable firsts in her career. She was the first Latin woman director to receive a Sundance Audience Award, which she won for Real Women Have Curves. Additionally, she was the first Latin woman director to receive a Student Academy Award, an achievement she earned for her short film The Water Carrier.

In 2017, Cardoso was invited to join the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in the Directors Branch, and in 2021 she was invited to join the British Film Academy.

Cardoso's directing credits extend beyond the big screen, and include work on several popular television shows. In 2018, she was handpicked by acclaimed director Ava DuVernay to direct an episode of her hit series Queen Sugar. Additionally, Cardoso has directed episodes for a variety of other popular shows, including Will Trent, The Society and Tales of the City on Netflix, All Rise, Emergence, Party of Five, and Diary of a Future President. Her directing credits include the pilot for Harlan Coben's Shelter for Amazon Prime.

Cardoso is a graduate of UCLA's film school and a Fulbright scholar; her anthropological approach to directing guides her film and television work.

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