Demetrius Navarro
| Demetrius Navarro | |
|---|---|
| Born | Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation | Actor, Director, Screenwriter, CEO |
| Spouse(s) | Erlinda Orozco[1] |
Demetrius Navarro is an actor, writer and director as well as the CEO of D Street Films.[2][3]
Career
Actor
His first professional acting job was for Luis Valdez’s theater company, El Teatro Campesino.[4] Navarro made his film debut in Friday,[5] opposite Ice Cube and Chris Tucker. He then played lead roles in 187, opposite Samuel L. Jackson, Soldier Boyz, The Yard Sale[6] and Runaways.[7] He spent 11 seasons on ER as Morales,[3][5] while, at the same time, starring on Telemundo’s top rated sitcom Los Beltran.[5]
He has also had guest starring roles on The O.C.,[5] CSI Miami, and NYPD Blue.
Writer and Director
Navarro has written and directed four movies: American Lowrider, starring Danny Trejo; Anything is Possible,[5][7][8][9] starring Lacey Chabert, Jonathan Bennett and Ethan Bortnick in his feature film debut;[9][10] American Justice (which he co-write with Jerry Bryant and Tommy Lister);[5][11] and Gone Hollywood.[5]
He also directed Lean like a Cholo starring Danny Trejo,[3] Put Your Locs On[12] and Silent No More[13] starring K.D. Aubert, Kym Whitley and Erlinda Orozsco.
Producer
He produced Runaways,[5] which was nominated for several awards, including the Los Angeles FirstGlance Film Festival for Best Feature in 2004,[14] the Philadelphia FirstGlance Film Festival for Best Feature in 2005[15] and the Indie Gathering Film Festival for Best Feature in 2006.[16]
Next, he produced and starred in Purple Heart,[5][7] which was nominated for a Prism Award for Best Picture.
He co-produced The Yard Sale,[7] which won Best Picture at the San Diego Latino Film Festival, and The Little Match Makers,[5] which won Best Picture at the San Diego Indie Fest in 2011.
Awards
He was nominated for an ALMA Award in the Best Supporting Actor category in 2002.[5][17] As part of the ensemble cast of ER, he won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
Navarro is a 2014 Africa NAFCA nominate for Best Director in a Foreign Film.[18] Two of his films, Silent No More and Anything is Possible, are nominees for Best Foreign Film.[18]
Current Projects
Navarro is the CEO of D Street Films.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Our Wedding. "Erlinda & Demetrius".
- 1 2 "D Street Films Team".
- 1 2 3 4 "Demetrius Navarro - Lean Like a Cholo Movie Interview".
- ↑ "The Santa Fe Reporter September 29, 1993".
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 IMDB. "Most Popular Titles with Demetrius Navarro".
- ↑ Rotten Tomatoes. "Yard Sale".
- 1 2 3 4 Celebrity Network. "Demetrius Navarro".
- ↑ "Anything is Possible".
- 1 2 "Anything is Possible Official Website".
- ↑ "Ethan Bortnick Official Homepage".
- ↑ "( HHSE ) American Justice Leads off Six-Picture Venture Between Hannover House and Paseo Miramar Studios".
- ↑ "Demetrius Navarro - Director "Put Your Locs On"".
- ↑ "Photography by Luke Hartley".
- ↑ "Los Angeles FirstGlance Film Festival 2004".
- ↑ "Philadelphia FirstGlance Film Festival 2005".
- ↑ "Runaways".
- ↑ LatinoLA. "ALMA Award Nominees Announced".
- 1 2 "Nominees".