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DIRECTOR: JORGE AMEER

Award winning provocative author, filmmaker, actor and activist Jorge Ameer began his professional career while in his late teens. At the age of 18, he was selected to participate in the Walt Disney College Program. He worked in the marketing departments of New Line Cinema, Paramount and Columbia Pictures. In motion picture development, Jorge worked as a story analyst for Richard Gere’s production company and Wendy Finerman’s productions at Tri Star Pictures in the early nineties and the now defunct Fries Entertainment. His acting credits include, “Gramercy’s “Panther” and “Tales from the Hood,” HBO’s “Social Friction Fables” New Line’s “Friday”, and cameo appearances in his films “The Truth Within”, “Strippers”, and a supporting roles in “The Singing Forest”, “Contadora is for Lovers”, “The House of Adam”, “The Dark Side of love” and “D’Agostino”. He co-stars opposite award winning actor Matthew Leitch (Star of AKA) in the carnival romp “Sabor Tropical”.

In October 1997, he founded and Executive directed The Continental Film Festival, better known as the first American Independent Film Festival, which was held on the island of Contadora off the Gulf of Panama.

He served as a festival coordinator during the beginnings of the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival. At the LALIFF, he worked alongside Edward James Olmos and Marlene Dehmer the current festival director. Ameer also served as the coordinator for the 1988 Latino Entertainment Industry Conference and as a member of the advisory board of the Methodfest Film Festival. Other previous industry positions include being a U.S. representative for the Barcelona G & L Film Festival and a film programmer for the Palm Springs G & L Film Festival. At these festivals, Ameer helped in the selection of many foreign features. After noticing a lack of recognition of foreign and independent gay themed films released theatrically, he founded the International Gay Film Awards, the Glitter Awards (2001-2008). Ameer currently is the US representative for Festival Mix (Mexico) where he assist in curating foreign features and shorts.

In 1997, as a distributor, Ameer started Hollywood Independents with the theatrical release of “California Myth” starring Tyron Powers Jr. Since that time, the company has released such titles as the Jamaican/American co-production “Klash” starring Jazmine Guy, “Eastside” starring Mario Lopez, “Tequila Body Shots” starring Joey Lawrence, “Poor White Trash” starring Jamie Pressley, Jason London, William Devane and Sean Young, Spain’s Academy Award Winning film (Goya Winner) “I will Survive” (Sobrevivire), and “Hotel Room” from the director of “Nico & Dani.” Other releases include his film “The Singing Forest” and “Junked” starring Thomas Jane (star of “The Mist”, “Punisher” and the popular HBO series “Hung”) and Jordan Ladd (star of “Cabin Fever” and “Hostel 2”). Mr. Ameer has authored, produced, and directed the theatrical features “The Truth Within”, “Strippers”,” The Singing Forest”, “Contadora is for Lovers”, “The House of Adam”, “The Dark Side of Love”,”Sabor Tropical”, “D’Agostino”. All projects released theatrically through Hollywood Independents.
Ameer has produced, written and directed countless 35mm comedic shorts films including “My Straight Boyfriend,” “Popcorn & Coke,” “Uninhibited,” “Midnight Snack,” and “Tease” now available on DVD as a compilation of shorts called “Straight Men & the Men Who Love Them.” This collection has been so successful, Ameer has executive produced, programed and curated two programs of the same titled “Straight Men & the Men Who Love Them 2” and the upcoming “Straight Men & the Men Who Love Them 3.” The latest compilation of shorts is a collection of international shorts curated from the Cannes Film Festival (short film corner).
His documentary works include the 2005 Glitter Awards, 2006 Glitter Awards and “Classic Hollywood Cinemas” an in depth look at the old Hollywood movie palaces, their historic and preservation value and impact. In this documentary, the movie theatres are the stars!!!.
He’s also produced and arrange the publishing of the historical and award winning first ever “Guide to Gay & Lesbian Film”. The first edition was published through Blood Moon productions. The book has won many book awards for its detail, educational and historical contribution to independent films, specially gay & lesbian films released in theatres.
A human rights activist, Ameer has spent most of his career creating controversial, cutting edge trivial stories with thought provoking subject matters to challenge audiences from the stereotypical social conventions and outdated traditional values which detract from enhancing the global human experience

His full bio can be accessed here