Salvador Paniagua
Writer/Director
Director's Reel
Salvador Paniagua is an award winning filmmaker whose work has been recognized by the Ford Motor Company and Disney. His short films have appeared in the Sacramento International Latino Film Festival and the San Diego Latino Film Festival among others. He was a finalist for the 2008 Walt Disney Studios Feature Writing Fellowship Program. In 2006, he received a grant from the Mercury Latino Lens Challenge to shoot Los Tamales, a comedic and warm-hearted story about a seven year-old boy's trek across the neighborhood to run an errand for his mother.
Paniagua recently participated in Film Independent's Project:Involve Writer/Director fellowship. He was also a participant in the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) Latino Writers Lab where he developed his feature film Stealing Dreams with mentor Chip Diggins (Sex and Breakfast).
Paniagua worked as a Director's Apprentice on Alan Jacob's film Por Vida, a story about a day in the life of a talented freshmen writer from Locke High School. The film features Danny Glover, Elizabeth Pena, Derek Luke, and Snoop Dog. It recently premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. Paniagua has also worked as a production coordinator on music videos that aired on MTV and BET. In addition to film production, Paniagua edited the first ever American Spanish Language Hip-Hop magazine before becoming managing editor of Rap Pages Magazine - an internationally distributed Hip-Hop lifestyle magazine. Sal is currently the Online Communications Specialist at the Chadwick School. You can contact Sal Paniagua by clicking here.
Paniagua recently participated in Film Independent's Project:Involve Writer/Director fellowship. He was also a participant in the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) Latino Writers Lab where he developed his feature film Stealing Dreams with mentor Chip Diggins (Sex and Breakfast).
Paniagua worked as a Director's Apprentice on Alan Jacob's film Por Vida, a story about a day in the life of a talented freshmen writer from Locke High School. The film features Danny Glover, Elizabeth Pena, Derek Luke, and Snoop Dog. It recently premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. Paniagua has also worked as a production coordinator on music videos that aired on MTV and BET. In addition to film production, Paniagua edited the first ever American Spanish Language Hip-Hop magazine before becoming managing editor of Rap Pages Magazine - an internationally distributed Hip-Hop lifestyle magazine. Sal is currently the Online Communications Specialist at the Chadwick School. You can contact Sal Paniagua by clicking here.
