Jose Luis Ruiz

Jose Luis Ruiz, "of Los Angeles, California, is the Executive Director of the National Latino Communications Center (NLCC), a non-profit media arts resource center that serves as an institutional force for developing and presenting high quality films and television programs about the Latino experience. He has been a producer and director in the film and television industry since 1970. Mr. Ruiz's television programs have garnered 11 Emmy nominations and 4 Emmy Awards from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. In 1997, he received the Nosotros Golden Eagle Award for Outstanding Documentary, Chicano! History of the Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement. Mr. Ruiz is President of the Mexican-American Solidarity Foundation Alumni and is a founding member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (NALAC). Mr. Ruiz attended East Los Angeles College and the University of California at Los Angeles, where he majored in film studies."


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