Dr. Ariel Orama LópezACTOR | DIRECTOR | PRODUCER | SCREENWRITER

Ariel Orama López is Puerto Rican actor, director, producer, scriptwriter, singer, and composer who attended NYFA’s 1-Week Acting for Film Workshop in Los Angeles. López was the first Puerto Rican selected at the American Pavilion Emerging Filmmakers Showcase during Cannes 2022 and in Animation in Cannes 2023.

His projects were screened in Los Angeles and North Hollywood, consecutively, including the Grauman’s Theater. Ariel received the first Medal for Distinguished Film Directors from the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico (2023), as well as the “Lideres de America” Award and an “Honorary Doctorate” in Mexico (2022).

López was honored with the World Excellent Award in Defense for the Planet in Perú (2022) and was nominated twice (Puerto Rico and UK) for the Earthshot Prize (2021 & 2022), an environmental initiative of Prince William. The director’s multi-awarded short film One travelled all the World presenting the thousands of lives lost and battles won after the Hurricane Category V Maria.

In 2023, López was selected as an Ambassador of the Puerto Rican Parade, in New York (2023), a relevant distinction for his contribution as a “multi-awarded filmmaker, actor, and clinical psychologist.”

The alum’s films have gone on to screen in many countries and awarded numerous times for their concepts, compositions, and scripts.

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Program Studied at NYFA: Acting for Film
Program Type: 1-Week Acting for Film Workshop
Year Attended: 2011
Location: Los Angeles