Alejandro Gomez Monteverde

Alejandro Monteverde (born 13 July, 1977 in Tampico, Tamaulipas) is a Mexican film director. His first film, "Bella" took top prize at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival by winning the “Peoples Choice Award”. [Joe O'Connell. [http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:453504 Like Out of a Movie: The legend of Alejandro Gomez Monteverde] . Austin Chronicle. Austinchronicle.com. Retrieved on March 10, 2007.]

The director of the Department of Citizenship gave Monteverde the "American by Choice" award for Bella's positive contribution to Latino art and culture in the U.S.

Monteverde married the American actress Ali Landry in April 2006. cite web | url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1181674,00.html | title=Ali Landry Weds in Mexico| author=Carrie Borzillo-Vrenna| date=2006-04-09 | publisher=People Magazine| accessdate=2007-03-19]

Business career

Monteverde co-owns Metanoia Films, a film production company, with partners Sean Wolfington, Leo Severino, Eduardo Verastegui and J. Eustace Wolfington.

"Bella"

Monteverde wrote and directed Bella,cite web | url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/business/newsletter/la-et-bella4dec04,1,6719467.story?page=2&cset=true&ctrack=1| title=Bella is a Rallying Point| author=Robert W. Welkos| date=2007-12-04 | publisher=LATimes.com| accessdate=2007-12-06] cite web | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ia4622155e545932c2687de1fcbf5553b
title=Roadside takes Bella on US Roadtrip| author=Gregg Goldstein| date= 2007-08-30 | publisher=TheHollywoodReporter.com| accessdate=2007-12-06] [cite web|title=Bella Movie Producer Sean Wolfington|work=Social Miami |url=http://www.socialmiami.com/features/Bella.asp|author=Glickman, Aaron|accessdate=2007-11-26] a film that took top prize at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival by winning the “People's Choice Award”.

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