Patricia Cardoso
Cardoso has also achieved several other notable firsts in her career. She was the first Latin woman director to receive a Sundance Audience Award, which she won for Real Women Have Curves. Additionally, she was the first Latin woman director to receive a Student Academy Award, an achievement she earned for her short film The Water Carrier.
In 2017, Cardoso was invited to join the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in the Directors Branch, and in 2021 she was invited to join the British Film Academy.
Cardoso's directing credits extend beyond the big screen, and include work on several American television shows. In 2018, she was handpicked by Ava DuVernay to direct an episode of her television series Queen Sugar. Additionally, Cardoso has directed episodes for a variety of other television shows, including Will Trent, The Society and Tales of the City on Netflix, All Rise, Emergence, Party of Five, and Diary of a Future President. Her directing credits also include the pilot for Harlan Coben's Shelter on Amazon Prime.
Cardoso is a graduate of UCLA's film school and a Fulbright scholar; her anthropological approach to directing guides her film and television work.
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