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Luis Valdez Biography (1940-)

Born June 26, 1940; son of Francisco (a farm worker) and Armeda Valdez; married wife, Guadalupe, August 23, 1969; children: Anahuac, Kinan, Lakin. Addresses: HOME--53 Franklin Street, San Juan Bautista, CA 95045. OFFICE--705Fourth Street, San Juan Bautista, CA 95045. AGENT--c/o Joan Scott, Writers and Artists Agency, 11726 San Vincente Boulevard, Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90049.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Famous Works

• Credits
• STAGE DEBUT--Huelga, Committee Theatre, San Francisco, CA, 1966.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• With El Teatro Campesino, in U.S. and European cities, 1965--.
• FIRST NEW YORK STAGE WORK--Director, La Carpa de los Rasquachis, ChelseaWestside Theatre, 1973.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE WORK; DIRECTOR
• Huelga, Committe Theatre, San Francisco, CA, 1966.
• La Virgen del Tepeyac, Mission San Juan Bautista, CA, 1971.
• Zoot Suit, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA, 1978, then Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, 1979.
• Tibercio Vasquez, 1980.
• Also worked with Peter Brook on Conference of the Birds, Santa Cruz, CA,1973.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Director and performer, Actos, U.S. and European cities, 1965-70.
• director, I Don't Have to Show You No Stinking Badges, U.S. cities, 1986.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• Which Way Is Up?, Universal, 1977.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK; DIRECTOR
• Zoot Suit, Universal, 1981.
• La Bamba, Columbia, 1987.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; EPISODIC
• Visions, PBS, 1976.
• Corridos! Tales of Passion and Revolution, PBS.
• Also appeared in Los Vendidos, 1971, and El Corrido, 1976.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION WORK
• Director, Corridos! Tales of Passion and Revolution, PBS.
• Writings;PLAYS
• The Shrunken Head of Pancho Villa, produced at San Jose State College, San Jose, CA, 1964, published by El Centro Campesino Cultural, 1967.
• (adaptor) La Virgen del Tepeyac, produced at Mission San Juan Bautista, CA, 1971.
• La Carpa de los Rasquachis, Chelsea Westside Theatre, New York City, 1974.
• El Fin del Mundo, produced in 1976.
• Zoot Suit, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA, 1978.
• Tibercio Vasquez, produced in 1980.
• Corridos, produced in San Francisco, CA, 1983.
• I Don't Have to Show You No Stinking Badges, Los Angeles Theatre Center,Los Angeles, CA, 1986.
• Actos, produced between 1965-70, published by Cucaracha Press, 1971.
• Writings;SCREENPLAYS
• Which Way Is Up?, Universal, 1977.
• Zoot Suit, Universal, 1981.
• La Bamba, Columbia, 1987.
• Also Gringo Viejo; La Carpa de los Rasquachis.
• Writings;TELEPLAYS
• Corridos! Tales of Passion and Revolution, PBS.
• Writings;BOOKS
• (With Stan Steiner) Aztlan: An Anthology of Mexican American Literature,Knopf, 1972.
• Pensamiento serpentino: A Chicano Approach to the Theater of Reality, Cucaracha Publications, 1973.