Alberto Ramirez is a Los Angeles based author, screenwriter, director, film producer and founder of Punch Box Productions. He graduated from UCLA with a degree in English Literature. His works include the novel, Everything That Could Not Happen Will Happen Now (Floricanto & Berkeley Presses 2016), a Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club Selection, a series of short stories and five short films: Punch Box (Finalist Prague International Film Festival 2021), Penology (Winner Amsterdam International Film Festival 2021), The Tent (Finalist Best Director Award Film Festival, London 2021), Under the Tumtum Tree (Winner Wallachia International Film Festival 2021) and LIBERTY BEAT YOUR DRUM! (Winner Twilight Tokyo & Golden Sparrow Film Festivals 2021).