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Demetrius Navarro
Born1970
Los Angeles, California
Occupation(s)Actor, director
Years active1988-present

Demetrius Navarro is an actor, writer and director as well as the CEO of D Street Films.

Career

Actor

His first professional acting job was for Luis Valdez’s theater company, El Teatro Campesino. Navarro made his film debut in Friday. He then played lead roles in 187, opposite Samuel L. Jackson, Soldier Boyz, The Yard Sale and Runaways. He spent 11 seasons on ER as Morales, while, at the same time, starring on Telemundo’s sitcom Los Beltran.

He has also had guest starring roles on The O.C., CSI Miami, and NYPD Blue.

Writer and Director

Navarro has written and directed four movies: American Lowrider, Anything is Possible, American Justice (which he co-write with Jerry Bryant and Tommy Lister), and Gone Hollywood.

He also directed Lean like a Cholo, Put Your Locs On and Silent No More.

Producer

He produced Runaways, which was nominated for several awards, including the Los Angeles FirstGlance Film Festival for Best Feature in 2004, the Philadelphia FirstGlance Film Festival for Best Feature in 2005 and the Indie Gathering Film Festival for Best Feature in 2006.

Next, he produced and starred in Purple Heart..

He co-produced The Yard Sale, which won Best Picture at the San Diego Latino Film Festival, and The Little Match Makers, which won Best Picture at the San Diego Indie Fest in 2011.

Awards

He was nominated for an ALMA Award in the Best Supporting Actor category in 2002. As part of the ensemble cast of ER, he won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

Navarro is a 2014 Africa NAFCA nominate for Best Director in a Foreign Film. Two of his films, Silent No More and Anything is Possible, are nominees for Best Foreign Film.

Current projects

Navarro is the CEO of D Street Films.

References

  1. ^ "D Street Films Team". Archived from the original on 2014-05-18. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  2. ^ "Demetrius Navarro - Lean Like a Cholo Movie Interview".
  3. "The Santa Fe Reporter September 29, 1993".
  4. Rotten Tomatoes. "Yard Sale". Archived from the original on 2014-05-18.
  5. "Anything is Possible". Archived from the original on 2014-05-18.
  6. "Anything is Possible Official Website". Archived from the original on 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  7. "Ethan Bortnick Official Homepage".
  8. "( HHSE ) American Justice Leads off Six-Picture Venture Between Hannover House and Paseo Miramar Studios".
  9. "Photography by Luke Hartley".
  10. "Los Angeles FirstGlance Film Festival 2004".
  11. "Philadelphia FirstGlance Film Festival 2005".
  12. "Runaways".
  13. LatinoLA. "ALMA Award Nominees Announced". Archived from the original on 2014-05-18.
  14. ^ "Nominees". Archived from the original on 2014-08-14.
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