DIRECTOR Joel Juarez recently produced and directed his feature film debut GENERATION | LAST, a Sci-Fi Global Warming Thriller. He is shopping THE ADVENTUROUS CHEF, a cooking & extreme-sports adventure show to the networks with Executive Producer Maya Entertainment, and is in development on his second feature film. 2010 greets Joel with an invitation to be part of the DGA Latino Mentorship Program 2010, a program through which he has shadowed directors on GREY’s ANATOMY, THE UNIT, and CRIMINAL MINDS. Previously, he directed SIN CONDENA a crime drama for TV Azteca America and is also directing music videos and commercials for various L.A and Mexican production companies. Joel has established himself among the new filmmakers. Labeled an "Auteur-to-watch" by the Los Angeles Magazine after graduating from the prestigious UCLA School of Film & TV where he earned an MFA in Directing. His comedy, PELEA DE GALLOS, (The Cock Fight), was nominated for the Student Oscars 2005, premiered on Showtime Networks, and won Best Short Film at several International Film Festivals, and was awarded his second Director’s Guild of America Student Award. Joel is a prolific filmmaker, his poetic film SIN AZUL, aired on PBS and was awarded his first DGA Award and the coveted UCLA Spotlight Award. His documentary EATING INSECTS airs on Showtime Networks. He was invited to the Sundance Film Festival 2007 as part of Kodak’s Emerging Filmmakers Program. http://www.apple.com/shapeimage_2_link_0