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Nava won critical acclaim for his first two features, both produced on minimal budgets and both co-written by his wife, filmmaker Anna Thomas: "The Confessions of Amans" (1973), a medieval drama, won the Best First Feature Award at the Chicago International Film Festival; and "El Norte" (1983), a gripping, harrowing account of Guatemalan emigres struggling to survive in Southern California, earned an Oscar nomination for best screenplay. He fared less happily with his first attempt at big-budget Hollywood filmmaking, the overblown "A Time of Destiny" (1988)....
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Filmography

A Tale of Two Cities - ( Screenplay / / Announced / )
El Compadre - ( Director / / Announced / )
El Compadre - ( Screenplay / / Announced / )
Bordertown - ( Director / 2007 / Released / )
Bordertown - ( Producer / 2007 / Released / )
Bordertown - ( Screenplay / 2007 / Released / )
Frida - ( Screenplay / 2002 / Released / )
Why Do Fools Fall in Love? - ( Director / 1998 / Released / )
Why Do Fools Fall in Love? - ( Executive Producer / 1998 / Released / )
Selena - ( Director / 1997 / Released / )
Selena - ( Screenplay / 1997 / Released / )
Mi Familia - ( Director / 1995 / Released / )
My Family, Mi Familia - ( Director / 1995 / Released / )
My Family, Mi Familia - ( Screenplay / 1995 / Released / )
A Time of Destiny - ( Director / 1988 / Released / Hoyts Distribution )
A Time of Destiny - ( Screenplay / 1988 / Released / Hoyts Distribution )
El Norte - ( Director / 1984 / Released / )
El Norte - ( Screenplay / 1984 / Released / )
El Norte - ( Photography / 1984 / Released / )
El Norte - ( From Story / 1984 / Released / )
The Haunting of M - ( Director of Photography / 1979 / Released / )
The Haunting of M - ( Associate Producer / 1979 / Released / )
The Confessions of Aman - ( Director / 1973 / Released / )
The Confessions of Aman - ( Producer / 1973 / Released / )
The Confessions of Aman - ( Screenplay / 1973 / Released / )
The Confessions of Aman - ( Director of Photography / 1973 / Released / )

TV Credits
Intimate Portrait: Constance Marie ( 2003 / Released ): Actor
American Family ( 2002 / Released ): Creator / Director / Executive Producer / From Story / Writer
The Night Sun ( 2004 )
TV Episode Creator

The Night Sun ( 2004 )
TV Episode Writer

The Night Sun ( 2004 )
TV Episode Director

The Night Sun ( 2004 )
TV Episode Executive Producer

The Flowers and the Songs ( 2004 )
TV Episode Creator

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Intimate Portrait: Jennifer Lopez ( 2002 / Released ): Actor
Intimate Portrait: Raquel Welch ( 2002 / Released ): Actor
2001 ALMA Awards ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
Gregory Nava on the American Dream in the 20th Century: The American Tapestry ( 1999 / Released ): Director / Executive Producer
1995 NCLR Bravo Awards ( 1995 / Released ): Actor
ABC / Jimmy Smits / Gregory Nava Immigration Miniseries ( Announced ): Director / Executive Producer / Writer

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Nava won critical acclaim for his first two features, both produced on minimal budgets and both co-written by his wife, filmmaker Anna Thomas: "The Confessions of Amans" (1973), a medieval drama, won the Best First Feature Award at the Chicago International Film Festival; and "El Norte" (1983), a gripping, harrowing account of Guatemalan emigres struggling to survive in Southern California, earned an Oscar nomination for best screenplay. He fared less happily with his first attempt at big-budget Hollywood filmmaking, the overblown "A Time of Destiny" (1988). Nava later, though, won some respect for making one of the several mainstream (if modestly scaled) Hollywood films attempting breakthroughs with the representation of Latino-American family life, "My Family, Mi Familia" (1995).

Profession(s):
director, screenwriter, director of photography, producer
Sometimes Credited As:
Greg Nava
Gregory James Nava
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Family
brother:John R Nava (born in 1947)
son:Theodore T Nava (born in September 1985)
son:Christopher T Nava (born in January 1984)
wife:Anna Thomas (frequently works with Nava)

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Education
University of California at Los Angeles Los Angeles, California film
Awards (Back to top)

San Sebastian Film Festival OCIC Jury Prize Award "My Family, Mi Familia" 1995
Chicago International Film Festival Best First Feature Award "The Confessions of Amans" 0
National Student Film Festival Best Dramatic Film Award "The Journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva" 0

Milestones (Back to top)

1973 Directed, wrote and produced first feature, "The Confessions of Amans"
Made 30-minute film, "The Journal of Diego Rodriguez Silva," while a student (based on the life of Garcia Lorca)

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