Biography
José Rivera's plays have been translated into six languages. They include Marisol (Obie Award winner [off-Broadway's top prize] for Best Play), References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot (which also earned him an Obie Award), Cloud Tectonics, Each Day Dies with Sleep, The Promise, The House of Ramon Iglesia, Giants Have Us In Their Books, Sueno, The Street of the Sun, Sonnets for an Old Century, Brainpeople, and Adoration of the Old Woman.
He studied with Gabriel García Marquez at the Sundance Institute and was writer-in-residence at the Royal Court Theatre, London, on a Fulbright Arts Fellowship in Playwriting.
Mr. Rivera's television work includes the critically lauded NBC series Eerie, Indiana, which he co-created and produced. He has also written teleplays, among them an adaptation of his own The House of Ramon Iglesia (for PBS), as well as feature screenplays.
The native Puerto Rican serves on the boards of The Sundance Institute and the Independent Feature Project.
Screenwriter
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2015 |
Celestina |
The 33 |
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2012 |
On the Road |
2010 |
Letters to Juliet |
2007 |
Trade |
2004 |
The Motorcycle Diaries |
2002 |
Shadow Realm (TV movie) |
1998 |
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story |
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2020 |
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels |
Children of the Royal Sun (E05) |
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2002 |
Night Visions |
The Maze / Harmony (E11) |
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2001 |
The Brothers Garcia |
Love Is Very... Confusing (S02E01) |
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2000 |
The Brothers Garcia |
A Day in the Life (S01E07) |
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No hablo Español (S01E04) |
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1995 |
Goosebumps |
The Haunted Mask: Part 2 (S01E02) |
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The Haunted Mask: Part 1 (S01E01) |
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1991 |
Eerie, Indiana |
Family Matters |
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Son (S02E15) |
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1984 |
a.k.a. Pablo |
1981 |
American Playhouse |
1978 |
Diff'rent Strokes |
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2008 |
The Winged Man |
2007 |
The Tape Recorder |
Director
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2015 |
Celestina |
Music videos | |
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2007 |
Serj Tankian - Sky Is Over (Alternate Version) |
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2007 |
The Tape Recorder |
Producer
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1991 |
Eerie, Indiana |
Actor
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2021 |
iGilbert |
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2010 |
Advice for New Screenwriters |
2009 |
Tales from the Script |