Talent Guide
Andrés Pérez-Duarte
- Discipline:Writer/Director
- Program Year:Screenwriting Lab 2026
Bio
Andrés Pérez-Duarte is a Mexican storyteller based in Nashville, TN, creating work across film, television, games and immersive media that celebrates queer and BIPOC stories with heart, humor and a rebellious streak. Pérez-Duarte co-wrote and creative-directed Lili, a screenlife thriller that premiered in competition at Cannes ‘25 (immersive), and co-created Hero, a VR experience earning the AIS Lumiere and Tribeca Storyscapes Awards. His screenplay Jorge in Paradise was featured on the GLAAD List and won the MACRO x The Black List Screenwriter Incubator. He holds the Sundance Imagination Award, and The Last Supper was part of the ‘25 Gotham Week.
Current Project
The Last SupperLogline
In a close-knit and religious Mexican-American community, a closeted baker prays away her homosexuality to secure her place within a prominent local family. But when her prayer for change backfires, a bizarre twist of fate reverses everyone’s sexual orientation overnight, plunging the entire town into bewildering chaos.