Chelsea Hernandez(I)
- Producer
- Editor
- Camera and Electrical Department
At the heart of Chelsea Hernandez's storytelling are themes of community, representation and social justice. Named as one of Texas Monthly's "Texas filmmakers poised to usher in a new Golden Age of Texas cinema" and DOC NYC's "40 Under 40" class of 2021, Chelsea has directed and produced award-winning feature and short documentaries and produced television docuseries for El Rey Network, Paramount+ and PBS.
She is a National Emmy-nominated Director for her first feature documentary BUILDING THE AMERICAN DREAM (SXSW, PBS), Winner of the 2021 Silver Telly Award for Social Impact, an 8-time Lone Star Emmy Winning Director, Producer and Editor, an SFFilm Rainin Grant Recipient, Warner Media 150 Artist, 2023 Winner of the David Carr Award for Truth in Nonfiction Filmmaking, and a fellow of Firelight Media Doc Lab, Tribeca All Access, BAVC National Mediamaker, Gotham Week and NALIP Latino Media Market.
Chelsea's second feature documentary BREAKING THE NEWS, a co-production of ITVS premiered and streamed on Independent Lens/PBS in 2024 on February 19th. Chelsea is jumping into fiction, developing several short stories and a feature anthology film with 4 Texas Latina directors supported by Warner150. Chelsea is also a founding member of Tejanas in Film, a collective that aims to support and uplift Latina and Latinx filmmakers living and working in Texas.
She is a National Emmy-nominated Director for her first feature documentary BUILDING THE AMERICAN DREAM (SXSW, PBS), Winner of the 2021 Silver Telly Award for Social Impact, an 8-time Lone Star Emmy Winning Director, Producer and Editor, an SFFilm Rainin Grant Recipient, Warner Media 150 Artist, 2023 Winner of the David Carr Award for Truth in Nonfiction Filmmaking, and a fellow of Firelight Media Doc Lab, Tribeca All Access, BAVC National Mediamaker, Gotham Week and NALIP Latino Media Market.
Chelsea's second feature documentary BREAKING THE NEWS, a co-production of ITVS premiered and streamed on Independent Lens/PBS in 2024 on February 19th. Chelsea is jumping into fiction, developing several short stories and a feature anthology film with 4 Texas Latina directors supported by Warner150. Chelsea is also a founding member of Tejanas in Film, a collective that aims to support and uplift Latina and Latinx filmmakers living and working in Texas.
