Juan Pablo González

{{Short description|Mexican film director}}

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| birth_place = Altos de Jalisco,Mexico

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| education = Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (BA)
University of Texas at Austin (MFA)

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Juan Pablo González (born August 13, 1984) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter and editor known for his 2018 film Caballerango,{{cite web |url=https://www.artforum.com/film/kristen-yoonsoo-kim-on-bamcinemafest-2019-80083 |website=Art Forum|title=Kristen Yoonsoo Kim on the 11th BAMcinemaFest}} and the 2022 Sundance award winner Dos Estaciones. His work primarily focuses on the Los Altos region of Mexico, where he's from.{{cite web |url=https://thetexasorator.com/2020/02/11/juan-pablo-gonzalez-reflections-on-a-homeland/ |website=Texas Orator|title=Juan Pablo González: Reflections on a Homeland|date=11 February 2020}}

In 2015 González was named one of the "25 New Faces of Independent Film" by Filmmaker Magazine.{{cite web |url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/people/juan-pablo-gonzalez/#.YbAOf_HMLlw |website=Filmmaker Magazine|title=Juan Pablo González | Filmmaker Magazine|date=23 July 2015}} The following year, his one-take short Las Nubes premiered at Havana and at the 2017 International Film Festival Rotterdam.{{cite web |url=https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2018/films/las-nubes|title=Las Nubes | IFFR}}

In 2018, his critically acclaimed mid-length documentary Caballerango premiered at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA).{{cite web |url=https://www.idfa.nl/en/film/641fdb3f-da43-4f82-bd52-725e1e599e7a/caballerango |website=IDFA|title=Caballerango | IDFA}}

He is currently on the faculty of the film directing program at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).{{cite web |url=https://directory.calarts.edu/film-video/juan-pablo-gonzalez |website=CalArts|title=Juan Pablo González}} In 2020 he won the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Filmmaking.{{cite web |url=https://vilcek.org/news/juan-pablo-gonzalez-you-allow-the-place-to-tell-you-what-it-is/#:~:text=Juan%20Pablo%20Gonz%C3%A1lez%20receives%20the,rural%20Mexico%20with%20enduring%20subtlety. |website=Vilcek|title=Juan Pablo González: "You allow the place to tell you what it is."}}