Patricia Cardoso
| Patricia Cardoso | |
|---|---|
| Born | Bogota, Colombia |
| Alma mater |
University of California, Los Angeles University of the Andes (Colombia) |
| Occupation |
Film director Screenwriter Professor |
Patricia Cardoso is a Colombian-American film director and professor. She was born and raised in Bogota, Colombia until her family immigrated to the United States of America in 1987. While in Colombia, she earned degrees in archaeology and anthropology and then came to California to study film. She has directed, produced, and written various films and television programs. Currently, Cardoso works as an adjunct faculty member at University of California Los Angeles School of Theater, Film, and Television.
Cardoso was born in Colombia to two architects where she then spent a large majority of her life until she and her family immigrated to the United States of America. In Colombia, she earned both an archaeology and an anthropology degree from University of the Andes (Colombia). She then worked as a teacher at Universidad Javeriana and later on moved to become the assistant director at the Colombian Institute of Culture. She was the first Colombian to be awarded a Fulbright scholarship for film studies and pursued this degree at the University of California at Los Angeles graduating in 1994.
After receiving her bachelor of arts from the University of the Andes (Colombia) and master of fine arts from the University of California at Los Angeles, Cardoso began as an intern at the Sundance Film Festival and was a research assistant to Oscar-winning documentary filmmakers Terry Sanders and Freida Lee Mock. Her short story, Big Blue Bus, won the Santa Monica Bus 70th year Anniversary Writing Contest. She then began her film directing career with a series of short films, beginning in 1989 with Aisle of Dreams. She followed with The Air Globes (1990), The Water Carrier of Cucunba (1994), and The Kingdom of Heaven (1994). She then later became director of Sundance’s Latin American program for five years and did programming for the Sundance Festival. She directed, produced, and wrote many films and television series throughout this period. Her UCLA student film The Water Carrier of Cucunba won a Student Academy Award as well as two Directors Guild of America awards.
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