Biography
Paul Espinosa is an award-winning filmmaker and anthropologist who has worked at the intersection of social justice, media culture and Latino history over the last 40 years. He is the President/CEO of Espinosa Productions, a film and video company specializing in both documentary and narrative films focused on the U.S.-Mexico border region. Espinosa holds a BA from Brown University and a PhD from Stanford University where he explored connections between media and anthropology. He is Professor Emeritus and a founding faculty member in the School of Transborder Studies at Arizona State University and is a frequent guest lecturer at colleges and universities around the country. Espinosa has worked with the public television stations in San Diego and Dallas as a Senior Producer and Executive Producer. His films have been screened at festivals around the world and have won many awards including eight Emmys. Espinosa has shared his expertise, experience and social activism at many universi...