35 Facts About Sylvia Morales

Sylvia Morales has won multiple awards for her documentaries, which portray various aspects of Hispanic American society and culture, including the farm workers struggle, Chicana feminism, and the music of Los Lobos.

Sylvia Morales has lectured and taught at universities throughout Southern California.

Sylvia Morales was born in Phoenix, Arizona but was raised in Southern California.

Sylvia Morales studied at the University of California, Los Angeles where she received her Bachelor of Arts in 1972.

Sylvia Morales then went on to receive her Master of Fine Arts in 1979 in film with an emphasis in motion picture production.

Sylvia Morales was one of the first artists to write and produce works in which Chicanas were given a proper name, voice, and image.

Sylvia Morales first became active in film and television around 1971 when she started working for Channel 7 ABC, Los Angeles in a program called Unidos which was about the Chicano community in Los Angeles.

Jose contacted Sylvia Morales and gave her the opportunity to be a part of the technical crew since they had known each other at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he had become aware of Sylvia Morales' camera work.

Sylvia Morales accepted the offer and became the camera person for the program.

Sylvia Morales has directed, written, produced and edited award winning and nationally recognized film and video work for the last 30 years in which she moved from the margins to mainstream media.

Sylvia Morales first emerged with Chicana, a film that traces the history of the Mexican indigenous woman from pre-Columbian time to the present.

Sylvia Morales worked on the Showtime series Women: Stories of Passion.

Sylvia Morales worked on erotic fiction for Showtime's Women: Stories of Passion: La Limpia and Angel From the Sky.

Sylvia Morales worked for PBS, in which she was the Latino Consortium at KCET in Los Angeles from 1981 to 1985.

Sylvia Morales was in charge of the production, programming and distribution of the programs that aired on PBS.

Sylvia Morales wrote and produced the half-hour documentary Tell me again.

Sylvia Morales worked at Turner Broadcasting in the series A Century of Women, which focused on 20th century US women.

Sylvia Morales's piece was Work and Family, a two -hour documentary in the six-hour series.

Besides making films and videos, Sylvia Morales has published several written works, including "Chicano Produced Celluloid Mujeres", an article for the Bilingual Review exploring the portrayal of Latino women by Chicano filmmakers.

Sylvia Morales's photographs are featured in the health book A New View of a Woman's Body.

Sylvia Morales has directed, produced, written and has taught film and video production at California State University, Los Angeles and at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts.

Sylvia Morales has spoken of her difficulties juggling her creative work and parenting, saying she feels torn between her children and her career.

Sylvia Morales admitted to feeling guilty over not spending enough time with her children.

Sylvia Morales's daughter is featured in her 2009 film A Crushing Love.

Sylvia Morales uses reenacted scenes with voice-overs from traditional on-camera interviews for some of her documentaries, such as Chicana.

Sylvia Morales has used murals to figure out the history that is not well depicted for her work.

Sylvia Morales has many ways in which to approach the way in which she acquires funding for her productions.

Sylvia Morales' work has been shown in film festivals, universities, and in community gatherings throughout the US, Mexico, South America, Spain and France.

Sylvia Morales did mention in her interview that she is putting together a research proposal so she can acquire the funds to hire people to help her complete her project.

Sylvia Morales has been the recipient of the prestigious Rockefeller Fellowship Award in media.

Sylvia Morales has been participant in the American Film Institute's Directing Workshop for Women.

Sylvia Morales has been honored as a Fellow from the National Endowment of the Arts.

Sylvia Morales has been awarded with the VESTA Award which honors outstanding contributions of Southern California women to the arts.

Sylvia Morales has been honored with a Salute to Latinas Award for distinguished work in her field from the city of Los Angeles.

Sylvia Morales has been honored by Comision Femenil Mexicana Nacional's 20th Anniversary celebration for Latinas in Film and Television.