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Luis Valdez
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Film & TV
Delano, California
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Luis Valdez (born June 26, 1940) is an American playwright, writer and film director. He is regarded as the father of Chicano theater in the United States. Description above from the Wikipedia article Luis Valdez, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez — Self2026
- Coco — Tío Berto / Don Hidalgo (voice)2017
- The Director's Chair — Self2014
- Cruz Reynoso: Sowing the Seeds of Justice — Narrator2010
- One for the Money: The Birth of Rock & Roll2006
- The Cisco Kid — Benito Juarez1994
- Which Way Is Up? — Ramon Juarez1977
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Luis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Delano
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Luis Valdez at the premiere of American Pachuco The Legend of Luis Valdez at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.jpg
- Residence
- San Juan Bautista
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- date of birth
- 1940-06-26
- birth name
- Luis Miguel Valdez
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Luis Valdez
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