NAME: Gloria S. Alvarez

AGE: 19

NAME OF SCHOOL & YEAR IN SCHOOL: Freshman at City College

FROM:
Bronx, NY (Originally, the Dominican Republic)

REASON FOR JOINING GFS:
Gloria thought that the Ghetto Film School was a great way to learn.  She wants to get more hands on experience with production, and explore all of the parts of filmmaking that the audience does not get to see. “After GFS, it’s 100% film.”

NEXT STEP AS A FILMMAKER:
Gloria wants to continue to study the craft of filmmaking and discover great stories that need to be told.

LONG-TERM AMBITIONS:
Gloria would like to be one the first young directors to start the new generation of Dominican film, and pulse the filmmaking industry to a new and more developed level, educating the audience to film as an art form.

NAMES OF THREE FAVORITE FILMS:
Forrest Gump, Amelie, Volver

NAMES OF THREE FAVORITE DIRECTORS:
Pedro Almodovar, Quentin Tarantino, Tim Burton.