Kristal Sotomayor
Directing
Kristal Sotomayor is an award-winning nonbinary Peruvian American director, producer, journalist and curator based in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Named one of “10 Latinx Filmmakers You Should Know About” by HipLatina, they are a 2023 DOC NYC Documentary New Leader Honoree and Rockwood Documentary Leadership Fellow. They are in development on a number of short and feature-length directorial projects through their company Sotomayor Productions. Kristal’s work has also been supported by the Sundance Film Institute, Ford Foundation, Outfest, If/Then, Points North Institute, MDOCS, DCTV, and NeXtDoc.
Known for
Behind the camera4
- 2025Las Cosas Que Brillan Director, Writer, Producer
- 2024Don't Cry for Me All You Drag Queens Director, Writer, Producer
- 2023Expanding Sanctuary Director, Producer, Writer
- 2017To My Motherland Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, Writer