Luis Valdez

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AKA: Louis Valdez
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 06/26/1940
Birthplace: Delano, California, USA

biography

Born to parents of Mexican descent, Luis Valdez spent his childhood as a migrant farm worker. After graduating from San Jose State College he spent a year with the San Francisco Mime Troupe which culminated in a cultural exchange trip to Cuba. Upon his return to the US, Valdez returned to his hometown of Delano and joined Cesar Chavez's United Farmworkers. There he formed a workers' theatre company, "El Teatro Campesino," which developed original material in the form of short agitprop skits called "actos." "El Teatro Campesino" also produced several short films of their plays.

After several Continued

Credits

La Bamba
Director
1987
La Bamba
screenplay
1987
Zoot Suit
Director
1981
Zoot Suit
Play as Source Material
1981
Zoot Suit
screenplay
1981

milestones

Year
Milestone
1964 
First play produced, "The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa"
1965 
Founded El Teatro Campesino (also artistic director and actor); toured US and Europe with company
1966 
Off-Broadway directing and writing debut, "La Carpa de los Rasquachis"
1977 
Wrote first screenplay and made film acting debut, "Which Way Is Up?"
1979 
Broadway directing and writing debut, "Zoot Suit" (transferred from Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, 1978)
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