Elaine del Valle
Elaine Del Valle is a Brownsville, Brooklyn-bred Puerto Rican multi-hyphenate filmmaker. Elaine won the HBO Latinx short film director award, SXSW 2022 Audience Award, and was featured in the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) Director showcase. Elaine is a Warnermedia 150 Artist and Sundance Lab Alumna. As a writer and director, her short films, Me 3.769 and Princess Cut went on to air on HBOmax. Her most recent project, Brownsville Bred, premiered at SXSW 2022, ultimately winning the audience award. Elaine is a Lynn Shelton award finalist and two-time Imagen Impact award nominee. Redefine Magazine and Miami New Times named her a Filmmaker to Watch. Ad Age called her short documentary, Tagged (filmed entirely on a mobile phone), Compelling. While Elaine loves expressing emotion through her camera, she's most proud of being referred to as an Actor's Director. Her many years as an Actor (trained by Wynn Handman at New York City's Carnegie Hall) and her passion for bringing authentic Latina voices to entertainment led to her career behind the scenes. The New York Times called her autobiographical one woman show, Brownsville Bred, a Triumph. Empowered and fulfilled by the experience, Elaine would continue to act while writing, directing, and producing content representative of her Urban Latina experience. Elaine's most recent acting roles are as a recurring guest star in the ABC series Queens, Fox's The Resident and USA's The Sinner. As a Creator and writer, Elaine's original drama pilot, The System, landed a pilot order with CBS and Sutton Street Productions (Jane The Virgin). Elaine's banner company is Del Valle Productions and Casting. Elaine is a CSA casting director who has cast talented actors in hundreds of projects, and produced over 50 film titles. She was the first person to ever license an interstitial series to HBO. Her films have screened at top-tier festivals, including Sundance, Hollyshorts, Urbanworld, SXSW, Palm Springs Shortsfest, and Bentonville. Elaine spends her free time speaking at youth arts programs in underserved communities. She regularly lectures at Universities, including Emerson College and UMass Amherst.
