director, and producer, Emmy Award winner (son of Bill Melendez) Linda Mendoza (born 1950) – television and film director Lindsay Mendez (born 1983) – Tony Award-winning actress Adrian Molina (born 1985) – screenwriter, storyboard artist, and animation director, Emmy Award nominee Sylvia Morales (born 1943) – director, writer, and producer, Emmy Award nominee Gregory Nava (born 1949) – director, producer and screenwriter, Academy Award and Emmy Award nominee Edward James Olmos (born 1947) – director and actor, Emmy and Golden Globe winner Roberto Orci (born 1973) – screenwriter and producer Manuel Perez (animator) (1914–1981) – animator and animation director Polish brothers – screenwriters and producers Lourdes Portillo (born 1944) – Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Georgina Garcia Riedel – filmmaker and scriptwriter Jonas Rivera (born 1971) – producer with Pixar films, Academy Award winner Robert Rodríguez (born 1968) – director, producer and screenwriter Phil Roman (born 1930) – animation director, founder of Film Roman animation studio, six-time Emmy Award winner Bernardo Ruiz – documentary filmmaker Craig Saavedra (born 1963) – producer and director, two-time Tony Award nominee Victor Salva (born 1958) – filmmaker Jesús Salvador Treviño (born 1946) – television director, three-time Emmy Award nominee Jose Luis Valenzuela – theater and film director Jeff Valdez (born 1956) – producer, writer, and studio executive Luis Valdez (born 1940) – playwright and director Chris Weitz (born 1969) – writer, producer, director; grandmother was Mexican actress Lupita Tovar Paul Weitz (born 1965) – writer, producer, director; grandmother was Mexican actress Lupita Tovar Rudy Zamora (1910–1989) – animator and animation director, Emmy Award nominee Models Arianny Celeste – MMA Ring Girl, model, TV host Nikita Dragun – YouTuber, make-up artist, and model Ayiiia Elizarraras – TV personality and model Wendolly Esparza – beauty pageant titleholder Yoanna House – model, fashion model, TV host and America's Next Top model Winner (Cycle 2) Erika Medina – model Christian Monzon – model and actor Naima Mora – model, fashion model, America's Next Top model winner (cycle 4) Carter Oosterhouse – Nautica and HGTV's Carter Can Nia Sanchez – model, Miss USA 2014 Mia St. John – professional boxer, model, businesswoman and tae kwon do champion Christian Serratos – actress, model and singer Ylianna Guerra – model, beauty pageant titleholder Musicians, singers and music groups 2Mex – rapper 6ix9ine (born 1996) – rapper Paula DeAnda (born 1989) – singer Pepe Aguilar (born 1968) – singer Rikk Agnew (born 1958) –