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Arts Division
Assistant Professor
Faculty
Dolores Huerta Research Center for the Americas
Digital Arts Research Center
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Thursdays 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Film and Digital Media
Jonathan Ayon Alonso is a Mestizo (Comcáac/Nahua-Salvadoreño/Xicano) writer/director/editor whose work explores the Mestize/Latine-“American” experience with a critical focus on broken Indigenous kinship systems, internalized racism, cultural xenophobia, Ulysses syndrome, and generational trauma. He earned a B.A. in Cinema from San Francisco State and an MFA in Documentary from Stanford University and his work has earned him recognition and support from Francis and Roman Coppola, The Annenberg Foundation, SFFILM, NewFilmmakers LA, Points North Institute, IDA, Full Frame, Avenida TV, & Sundance. As an editor, Ayon has edited films for Actual Films, Nia Tero, Liminal Films, Vitamin Sea, Persistent Visions, Endangered Ideas, Visual Communications, as well as edited several podcasts and videos for the All My Relations Podcast.
Post-production - Film & Video Editing, Sound Mixing & Mastering, Avid, Premiere Pro, Davinci Resolve, ProTools, Ableton, Logic, and After Effects.
Production - Directing actors, Sound recording, Digital and Film Cinematography [ARRI, Sony, Blackmagic, Panasonic, Bolex], Assistant Directing, and Producing.
Pre-production - Screenwriting, Grantwriting, Development, Fundraising, Production Budget, Production Planning, and Storyboarding.
Documentary production, Film production, Latinx/Xicanx/Indigenous/Mestizo Narratives, Screenwriting, Xicanx/Latinx Cinema, Plurinationalist Cinema, Mexican Cinema, Directing Actors, and Independent Cinema.
Social Documentation, Screenwriting, Post Production, Film Production, Directing Actors, Mexican Cinema, Latinx/Xicanx/Indigenous/Mestizx Cinema, Film Development and Pre Production.
2023 Yearlong Fellowship: Sundance Doc Program Edit Lab
Finalist – Mestizx: Aquí y Allá
2023 Yearlong fellowship: ScreenCraft Short Screenplay
Finalist - Niki•Tomi•Beto
2022 Best Short Film: No Soy Óscar
Highland Park Indie Film Festival
2022 Best International Doc: No Soy Óscar
Puerto Rico Film Festival
2022 North Star Fellowship: Mestizx: Aquí y Allá
Weeklong Fellowship with the Points North Institute in Camden, ME
2022 David Wolpner Award Nominee: No Soy Óscar
IDA Awards (International Documentary Association)
2022 President's Award: No Soy Óscar
Full Frame Documentary Festival
2022 Yearlong Fellowship: Residency – Mestizx: Aquí y Allá
SFFILM Filmhouse
2021 Best Documentary: Manzanal
NewFilmmakers LA
2020 Best Realistic Short: Manzanal
Reale Film Festival
2020 Virginia Dares Cinematic Arts Award for Decolonizing/Re-Indigenizing Media: Manzanal
Virginia Tech College of Liberal Arts
2020 Best Short Film, Documentary: Manzanal
NewFilmmakers LA
2019 Portland Dark Diversity & Inclusion Writing Fellowship: Lower Boom Studios
2018 Grand Prize: Sombras (Shadows)
Francis Ford Coppola Short Film Competition
2021 Lead Artist, Production Grant – No Soy Óscar
Maiken Baird and Timothy Luke Fund
2021 Lead Artist, Production Award - Manzanal
J Anthony Rhulen Fund
2020 Lead Artist, The Charla Fund
US Latinx Art Forum
2018 Lead Artist, Production Grant - Sombras (Shadows)
The Annenberg Foundation
