Rocio Mesa

Known for

Directing

Rocio Mesa is a Spanish filmmaker, programmer and producer based in California. Mesa’s debut feature as a director, ORENSANZ, premiered at SEFF (Festival de Sevilla) in 2013. Her upcoming feature project as a writer-director, TOBACCO BARNS, has been selected in some of the most prestigious screenwriting workshops, like Sundance Faliro House 2017 or Sources2 2018, among others. Rocio Mesa is the founder of the production company MY DEER films, she has produced titles Mbah Jhiwo by Álvaro Gurrea, premiered at Berlinale Forum 2021. Mesa is the director of "LA OLA - Independent Films from Spain", an organization focused on the promotion of the Avant-guard Spanish cinema in North America.