1. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon is an American film and television director.
21 Facts About Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
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Alfonso Gomez-Rejon made his directorial film debut with the slasher film The Town That Dreaded Sundown.
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Alfonso Gomez-Rejon has since directed the coming of age film Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, and the historical drama The Current War.
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Alfonso Gomez-Rejon received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing For a Miniseries or Movie for American Horror Story: Coven.
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Alfonso Gomez-Rejon cast most of the "unknown parts" in Babel, which earned him a chance to assist Ryan Murphy in finding authentic Balinese personnel for Eat Pray Love.
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On December 1,2011, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon directed about six surprise singing and dancing mall performances of "Home for the Holidays" by Carly Foulkes and 100 Chicago-area women in magenta dresses.
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Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's role as a producing director meant he had a more regular dialogue with Murphy because he was a creative contributor to all episodes whereas when he had been an episodic director, he had only been involved in the episodes that he shot.
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Alfonso Gomez-Rejon worked more closely with the showrunner on casting decisions.
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Alfonso Gomez-Rejon was nominated for a Primetime Emmy at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special for his work directing the American Horror Story: Coven episode "Bitchcraft".
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Alfonso Gomez-Rejon is credited with a nomination for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries since he served as Co-Executive Producer of the series.
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Alfonso Gomez-Rejon was attached to direct Will Smith in the New York-set indie drama Collateral Beauty, scripted by Allan Loeb.
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On November 13,2015, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon is set to direct Let It Bleed, a crime thriller based on his early life in Laredo, Texas.
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On March 31,2016, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon is set to direct the film adaptation of Delia Ephron's novel Siracusa.
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On May 6,2016, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon is set to direct the film A Foreigner based on David Grann's 2011 article A Murder Foretold, starring Oscar Isaac.
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On November 7,2019, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon is set to direct the Walter Cronkite film Newsflash with Chris Pine set to portray Cronkite.
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On May 19,2020, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon is set to direct the series adaptation of Edna Ferber's novel Giant.
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On July 27,2021, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon is set to direct the film adaptation of Jonathan Lethem's novel The Fortress of Solitude.
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On March 2,2025, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon is set to direct the film Ichabod based on Washington Irving's 1820 short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," starring Timothee Chalamet as Ichabod Crane.
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On March 27,2025, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon is set to direct the pilot for the series Stowaway based on the life of Juan Carlos Guzman with Oscar Isaac set to portray Guzman.
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Alfonso Gomez-Rejon received his BFA from New York University and his MFA from the AFI Conservatory.
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Alfonso Gomez-Rejon dedicated Me and Earl and the Dying Girl to his father, Julio C Gomez Rejon, MD.