Aldo Velasco is a filmmaker and playwright born in Guadalajara, Mexico. He received his MFA in Film Production from the UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television. His short films have screened at the Sundance, SXSW, and Los Angeles Film Festivals, among others. In 2009, he received a grant from ITVS (Independent Television Service) to write and direct the short film Tent City, for the first season of the online Futurestates series. Velasco is also an editor of feature films. Recently, he edited Chittagong, the epic Indian historical drama produced by Project: Involve alumna Shonali Bose. He also edited Grace Lee’s political mock documentary Janeane From Des Moines, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. Velasco’s play, The True History of Coca-Cola in Mexico, has been produced in several theaters around the country, including the San Diego Repertory Theatre, the Empty Space in Seattle, and most recently the GALA Hispanic Theater in Washington, D.C. His short film, INFITD, was selected by UCLA Professor Chon Noriega as one of the 100 Best Chicano Films of all time. Velasco has worked as a private investigator in Los Angeles. His investigation of the Mario Rocha case was featured in the film Mario’s Story, which won the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2006.