Victor Mancilla
Victor Hugo Mancilla is a native of Mexico City with extensive experience as a journalist, publisher, screenwriter, director, and associate producer. He is the founder and director/producer of Eravision Films, a production and film-research organization. For over 12 years, Eravision has worked in the field on special assignments in Mexico, the U.S., France, Italy, Spain, Cuba, Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica, and The Philippines. Eravision has provided services to cultural and historical projects by HBO, Green Moon Productions, International Films, Latino Smithsonian, Transcended, Mosaico, Basic E. Inc, Travel and Space Museum and Project Uplift. In addition to numerous commercial industrial films, Mancilla has served as director and/or producer of: The Forgotten Eagles (201 Productions); Noche de muertos (Eravision); Children’s Court (Lavine Productions); Our Neighborhood (A/P, Kidworks, Transcendental Media); Living with Autism and Deafness (The Willie Rose Foundation); The Catch; Buena Vista Social Rock (Eravision); and the award-winning documentary Art and Revolutions. The Forgotten Eagles, narrated by award-winning actor Edward James Olmos, tells the story of Mexico’s famed WWII 201 Squadron and was selected by the Smithsonian Institute for Best Historical Documentary in 2009. Mancilla’s works in progress include: the feature film The Lost Bullet (Ensuenos Entertainment); The Legend of the Volcanos, An Eagle Tribute Productions; An American Spy, the story of WWII spy Claire Phillips; the children’s video “Let’s Play” (Eravision); and Growing Dreams: Successes in Mexican-American Wineries. Among the many other notable artists Mancilla has worked with are Anthony Hopkins and Kelly Ho. Mancilla has two books in progress, several screenplays, and newspaper and magazine articles on Latino issues.