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Anthony Lucero's directorial debut feature film, East Side Sushi, was picked up by HBO after screening at the Miami International Film Festival where it was also nominated for Best Screenplay. Written by Lucero, this drama/comedy indie favorite garnered 15 film festival awards nationwide, 8 Diosa de Plata award nominations including Best Picture and Best Director, has a 94% Rotten Tomatoes score and has the distinction of being listed as one of the "Top 10 Films of 2015" by SF Weekly and one of "The Most Overlooked Films of 2015" from the Los Angeles Times. In 2017, Lucero was selected as a U.S. Envoy and screened East Side Sushi at six U.S. Embassies and Consulates throughout Japan.

Born and raised in Oakland, Lucero draws on his Chicano roots to create stories that are multicultural and socially relevant. After receiving his B.A. in Film from San Francisco State University, Lucero spent over a decade working in visual effects at George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic, working on such films as Star Wars Episode I & II, Ironman, Pirates of the Caribbean and The Avengers.

Lucero is an alum of the 2016-2018 Disney/ABC Diverse Directors Fellowship Program. His screenplay, Billy Dreams of Bagging, was a 2019 Sundance Development Track semi finalist.

Awards

Anthony Lucero

Arizona International Film Festival

Cinequest San Jose Film Festival

Heartland International Film Festival

Mexican Cinema Journalists

Miami Film Festival

San Francisco Bay Area International Latino Film Festival

San Francisco Indiefest

Napa Valley Film Festival

Black Hills Film Festival, US

Prescott Film Festival

Beloit International Film Festival

CAAMFest

Naples International Film Festival

Indy Shorts International Film Festival

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