Walt Hermosa Jr

Directing

1998-07-10 · Asunción, Paraguay

Writer/Director Walter Hermosa Jr was born and raised in Asunción, Paraguay. He has been a fan of film since the age of 3 and started directing short films at a very young age. When he was 17, his horror short film "The Girl From Across The Street" was shown in Paraguayan television which gained him a lot of attention. With the attention, his other short films were also shown in television. Later that year, alongside his good friend Pedro Noah Espinola, Walt, who was 18 at the time, co-wrote and co-directed a feature film called "Saber Crecer". The film opened to good critical reception and also gave Paraguay a whole new wave of young and up-incoming filmmakers. Later on, Walt moved to LA in pursue of a expanding his film career, directing numerous shorts and working on many others.