Dylan Verrechia

His dark fantasy Pégame won Best Mexican Narrative Feature at Rosarito International Film Festival, and Best International Feature Film at Williamsburg International Film Festival. He is also founder of Troopers Films (Arakimentari Audience Award Winner for Best Feature Documentary at Brooklyn Film Festival), 25th Frame (Sara Ziff's pre-MeToo movement Picture Me Audience Award Winner at Milan Film Festival), and Palenque Filmaciones (Padre nuestro (2007 film) Grand Jury Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival). Verrechia is a U.S. citizen, and his films look particularly at Baja California, Mexico, where he lives.

• Name — Dylan Verrechia • Birth Name — Dylan Verrechia • Born — 9 March 1976 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Occupation — Filmmaker • Website — https: www.verrechiafilms.com/ Dylan Verrechia (born March 9, 1976, in Paris) is a Dane Barthélemois award-winning film director, auteur, screenwriter, director of photography, and producer, with ankylosing spondylitis and multiple sclerosis. He is best known for his trilogy: Tijuana Makes Me Happy, Tierra madre, and La Pura Vida, which won him among many other accolades the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature at Slamdance, Best Mexican Fiction Feature Special Mention at Morelia International Film Festival, and Best Narrative Feature at Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival. Verrechia's documentaries Kumeyaay Land received Best Documentary at Red Nation Film Festival, and Kids of the Majestic won Best Feature Children's Advocacy at Artivist Film Festival & Awards. His dark fantasy Pégame won Best Mexican Narrative Feature at Rosarito International Film Festival, and Best International Feature Film at Williamsburg International Film Festival. He is also founder of Troopers Films (Arakimentari Audience Award Winner for Best Feature Documentary at Brooklyn Film Festival), 25th Frame (Sara Ziff's pre-MeToo movement Picture Me Audience Award Winner at Milan Film Festival), and Palenque Filmaciones (Padre nuestro (2007 film) Grand Jury Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival). Verrechia is a U.S. citizen, and his films look particularly at Baja California, Mexico, where he lives.

• Illustration — Winners FICM 2010. Verrechia is from Saint Barthélemy (French Antilles), spending years in hospital due to severe ankylosing spondylitis. He is a Barthélemois French-born Dane, of US citizenship, born in Paris, of Italian, Irish-Breton, Sami-Swedish, and Sephardic Spanish origins. After the national service, Verrechia studied cinema under the direction of Jean Rouch at the Cinémathèque française, graduating from Paris Nanterre University in 1996. He then graduated with honors in Film and TV from New York University Tisch School of the Arts, and obtained his American citizenship in 2004. Verrechia is the co-founder of Troopers Films (Arakimentari directed by Travis Klose on Nobuyoshi Araki with Björk and Beat Takeshi, Audience Award for Best Documentary at Brooklyn Film Festival), of Palenque Filmaciones (Sangre de mi sangre directed by Christopher Zalla, Grand Jury Prize for Best Dramatic at Sundance Film Festival), and of 25th Frame (Picture Me directed by Sara Ziff), Audience Award for Best Documentary at Milan International Film Festival). Verrechia is a director of Mexican cinema, and his films have won awards at festivals worldwide. Over a period of twenty years, he directed the Tijuana trilogy: Tijuana Makes Me Happy won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Narrative Feature at Slamdance Film Festival, the Indie Max Award for Best Feature Film at San Antonio Film Festival, and screened at CECUT Tijuana Cinematheque. Tierra Madre won the Jury Honorable Mention for Best Mexican Feature Film at Morelia International Film Festival, Best Narrative Feature at Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, Diversity Award for Best Feature Film at Barcelona LGTIBQ+ Film Festival, Outstanding Achievement in Foreign Feature Award at Williamsburg International Film Festival, Cinesul Award for Best Picture at Cinesul Ibero-Americano Film Festival, Golden Palm for Best Feature Film at Mexico International Film Festival, Honorary Mention at New Jersey Film Festival, and Silver Lei for Best Feature and Excellence in Filmmaking at Honolulu Film Festival. La Pura Vida was officially selected at Harlem International Film Festival, Festival Mix Mexico, and El Ojo Cojo Film Festival, won Best Mexican Feature at Rosarito International Film Festival, the Honorable Mention for Best International Narrative Feature at the Williamsburg International Film Festival, Best Self-Funded Film at Cine Pobre Film Festival, Best Feature Film at Paris Art & Movie Awards, and Best Film About Women at New York International Women Festival. His dark fantasy feature film Pégame won Best Mexican Feature at the 2025 Rosarito International Film Festival, and Runner-Up International Feature Film at the Williamsburg International Film Festival, officially selected at the Harlem International Film Festival, and at El Ojo Cojo Film Festival. Verrechia's documentaries Kumeyaay Land received the 2024 Red Nation Film Award of Excellence for Best Documentary Short at the Red Nation Film Festival, the Environmental, Social, Economic, Political Justice Award for Indigenous America at Latino & Native American Film Festival, Best International Documentary at the 2025 Williamsburg International Film Festival, the Honorable Mention for Best Mexican Documentary at Shorts México, and Kids of the Majestic won Best Feature Children's Advocacy at Artivist Film Festival & Awards, and Directing and Writing Insight Awards of Recognition at the National Association of Film and Digital Media Artists. Helmed by Peter Baxter, Verrechia is one of seven filmmakers to direct hybrid film I Want To Be An American screened at Slamdance. The Laughter of God won the IFCT World Tour Awards for Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Cinematography. With the financial proceeds of his work, Verrechia bought the property "Casa Kurrak" in Baja California, and went on to create the Festival de Cine del Valle de Guadalupe.

• Year — Title — Director — Writer — Producer — Cinematographer • 2000 — The Laughter of God • 2000 — Payaso Hijueputa de Andrés Baiz • 2001 — The Making of Bamboozled by Spike Lee & Sam Pollard • 2001 — Storytelling (film) by Todd Solondz (doc) • 2004 — Arakimentari by Travis Klose • 2007 — Tijuana Makes Me Happy • 2007 — Sangre de mi sangre by Chris Zalla • 2009 — 2B (film) by Richard Kroehling • 2009 — Anthrax War by Bob Coen • 2009 — Kids of the Majestic • 2010 — Tierra madre • 2012 — American Florence by Alessio Giorgetti • 2012 — The Warrior and the Savior by Sal Sorrentino • 2012 — Mansome by Morgan Spurlock • 2013 — ABCD: American-Born Confused Desi (2013 film) by Martin Prakkat • 2013 — I Want To Be an American • 2014 — The Price We Pay (2014 film) by Harold Crooks • 2014 — The Alley Cat by Marie Ullrich • 2015 — Henry Kissinger's Secret Negotiations • 2015 — BlackCard by Pete Chatmon • 2015 — The Act of Writing with Futura (graffiti artist) • 2015 — Homecoming by Seko Shamte • 2016 — The Rolling Stones: Exhibitionism • 2017 — A Seed of Maize by Topaz Adizes • 2017 — The Weinstein Company presents Rosewood Hotels & Resorts • 2018 — Sega by Idil Ibrahim • 2021 — Maya and Her Lover by Nicole Sylvester • 2023 — Kumeyaay Land • 2024 — La Pura Vida • 2025 — Pégame