Alfredo De Villa is a film director from Puebla, Mexico. He is best known for directing award winning films such as Adrift in Manhattan, which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007 and Washington Heights, which won a special mention for directing and acting at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Biography

Alfredo De Villa's two short films, Joe’s Egg and Neto’s Run were both awarded the Best Latino Director Award from the Directors Guild of America in 1995 and 1999. De Villa is the only filmmaker to be awarded this honor twice. De Villa has gone on to direct many acclaimed feature films.