Jesús Salvador Treviño is an award-winning director/writer/producer whose television directing credits include episodes of Prison Break, Star Trek: Voyager, Bones, E-Ring, NYPD Blue, Third Watch and ER. He also is known for his landmark documentary Yo Soy Chicano, his groundbreaking feature Raices de Sangre and the first Latino themed dramatic series on cable, Dennis Leoni’s Resurrection Blvd. Recently he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Directors Guild of America and he is a member of the DGA National Board of Directors 2009-2011 and The Latino Committee of the DGA.

Chuy Treviño kindly accepted the invitation to share his life story. The interview is divided into three parts. In the first part of the interview, Mr. Treviño talks about being raised in East LA, his childhood, and how it was like to be a Mexican-American during the fifties and sixties. Also,  Mr. Treviño talks about how he hated himself in junior high for being Mexican American and how the Chicano movement helped him understand that he was in denial of who he was. He concludes this part of the interview by sharing his thoughts about the challenges that kids in East LA are facing today.

In the second part of the interview, Mr Treviño talks about how he was inspired to start making and directing movies, his works as a writer, producer, and director of non-fiction documentaries and fiction-dramas. He ends this part by talking about Latinos in Hollywood and his new arts, history and culture website LatinopiaUSA.com .

In the last part of the interview, Mr. Treviño gives a message for the Hispanic / Latino community of the Midwest and finish this interview by talking about his new documentary based on the Vision of Aztlán.