(born 1961) American actor and director; brother of James Vasquez Lupe Vélez (1908–1944) one of the first successful Latin American actresses in the United States, began her career in the silent film era Vanessa Villela (born 1978) actress Melissa Villaseñor (born 1987) actress Nena von Schlebrügge (born 1941) actress Pee Wee (entertainer) (born 1988) actor and singer Victoria Wyndham (born 1945) two-time Emmy nominated actress Eduardo Xol (born 1966) actor Carmen Zapata (1927–2014) actress, appeared in over 100 films and TV series Directors and filmmakers Elisa Marina Alvarado – American director Guillermo del Toro (born 1964) – film director Félix Enríquez Alcalá (born 1951) – television and film director Natalia Almada (born 1974) – documentary filmmaker Robert Alvarez (born 1948) – animator, television director, and writer John A. Alonzo (1934–2001) – influential cinematographer, Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Michael Arias (born 1968) – anime filmmaker based in Japan Eva Aridjis (born 1974) – film director, screenwriter, TV writer Roberto Benabib (born 1959) – television writer, producer, and film director, Emmy Award nominee J. Robert Bren (1903–1981) – screenwriter and producers, wrote 30 films between the '30s and '50s Edward Carrere (1906–1084) – art director, Academy Award winner and two-time nominee Natalie Chaidez (born 1950) – writer and producer, Emmy Award nominee Fernanda Coppel – screenwriter and playwright Julio Hernández Cordón (born 1975) – director and screenwriter Terri Doty (born 1984) – animation voice actress, voice director, and writer Mike Elizalde (born 1960) – special makeup effects artist, Academy Award nominee Moctezuma Esparza (born 1949) – producer, Academy Award and Emmy Award nominee Carlos López Estrada (born 1988) – music video, commercial, and film director Hampton Fancher (born 1938) – producer and screenwriter William A. Fraker (1923–2010) – cinematographer, director, and producer, six-time Academy Award nominee Nick Gomez (born 1963) – American film director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (born 1972) – film and television director, two-time Emmy Award nominee Neal Jimenez (born 1960) – screenwriter and film director Emile Kuri (1907–2000) – set decorator, won two Academy Awards and was nominated for six more in the category Best Art Direction William Douglas Lansford (1922–2013) – screenwriter, film producer, and author Paul Lerpae (1900–1989) – special effects artist, Academy Award nominee Jenée LaMarque (born 1980) – writer and director Bill Melendez (1916–2008) – animator, director, and producer, eight-time Emmy Award winner and Academy Award nominee Steven C. Melendez (born 1945) – animator,