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A Letter To My Hero

A story Based on true events. Tina, the first born and oldest sibling of 3, lives away from her family due to her job. A night after work she's, on a call with her youngest sibling Juanito who wrote letter in class that day dedicated to his hero. To Tina's surprise the letter is dedicated to someone else she would've never thought of. In this letter, Juanito recognizes his hero and the hardships they had to go through by themselves to keep his family put together.

  • Juan Manuel Villegas
    Director
  • Juan Manuel Villegas
    Writer
  • Juan Manuel Villegas
    Producer
  • Noemy Clara
    Key Cast
    "Tina"
  • Paulo Estrada
    Key Cast
    "Juanito"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 5 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 5, 2025
  • Country of Origin:
    United States, United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States, United States
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Juan Manuel Villegas

First Generation born, Mexican American filmmaker Juan Manuel Villegas is a 22 year old Actor, Writer and Director residing in San Bernardino California. Growing up, Juan was always fascinated by the cinematic arts and had hopes and aspirations of becoming an actor and future film director. After graduating high school, he became a full time student at SBVC where he ultimately joined the film program. After writing and directing “Beneath Her Sorrows” and pursuing his directorial debut, Juan’s courage and ambition to keep creating stories has only motivated and strengthen him to keep building his temple of work as an Actor and Director in hopes of one day being able to bring more Latino representation to Hollywood and inspire others to strive and reach for their goals.

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