Cine Pobre contributor Alejandro Gonzalez-Caro

Alejandro Gonzalez-Caro
filmmaker
USA
www.facebook.com/Withdrawalsymptomsfilm/
born and raised in San Jose, California by two immigrant parents from Mexico. Alejandro discovered at a young age a passion for storytelling when he participated in a short story competition in his elementary school and won best story in his class. It was not until his teen years did he discover that his calling for storytelling was in the medium of filmmaking. He discovered films from directors such as Martin Scorsese, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Quentin Tarantino and he instantly fell in love with the art of filmmaking . He attended Evergreen Valley Community college where he took several film classes where he created and worked on several class projects. It was not until he transferred to San Francisco State University where his filmmaking blossomed. He made his directorial debut with his senior thesis film Withdrawal Symptoms. After graduation he worked on several independent short films serving many different roles on various film sets. He currently works as a freelance filmmaker and also is developing several .passion projects that are planned to release in the near future

Alejandro Gonzalez-Caro