BIO
OMNITHEANT
I am the great ant, the immigrant.
Laura X. Moya Guerrero (they/she) is a filmmaker and artist whose work intimately engages with the sensorial and the poetic. Through a contemplative cinematic language, they explore the self, place, and body—how we belong to the landscapes around us and within us. Their films are immersive inquiries tracing the intimate and the political, the seen and the felt.
With directing and editing credentials, Laura's films have screened at prestigious venues and platforms, including AFI DOCS, MoMA, BAMcinemaFEST, The New York Times, Rooftop Film Festival, The Shed, Mimesis, History Channel, and Telemundo. Their initiatives have garnered recognition in outlets such as The Washington Post and Variety, and have received support from notable organizations including The Sundance Film Institute, NYFA, Catapult Film Fund, AXS Film Fund, and BAC. With over 15 years of experience in documentary and commercial filmmaking, Laura crafts narratives that resonate—whether in quiet, meditative moments or urgent, collective calls for change.
In addition to their directing work, Laura has built an extensive editing portfolio. They were an editor for Kartemquin's Traces of Home, directed by Colette Ghunim, and have edited a range of impactful short films, including Shirley Chisholm: A Groundbreaking Legacy for the History Channel, Cinta Amarilla about Beatriz Gonzalez at The Shed, and a Spike Lee Tribute for MoMA.
Currently, Laura is in production on What the Pier Gave Us, a feature documentary supported by The Sundance Institute and Catapult Film Fund, and is completing Greyfields, which investigates a seemingly abandoned mall in Ohio. Their debut film, The Rights of Butterflies, is a portrait of undocumented youth that became a catalyst for action—its screening tour contributing to the passage of the DREAM Act in Maryland and earning recognition from The Washington Post.
Laura is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where they earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film & TV Production on a full scholarship—an award granted to only two students across the entire Tisch Arts department. Their commitment to the craft has also led to fellowships with the Sundance Latine Film Fellowship, Sundance Art of Editing Fellowship, Sundance Accessible Futures Intensive, and the Karen Schmeer Film Editing Diversity in the Edit Room Fellowship. They were also named Associate Artist-in-Residence at the Atlantic Center for the Arts by Natalia Almada.
As an educator, Laura has taught graduate students at the New School’s media department and led workshops for DCTV, reflecting their commitment to nurturing the next generation of filmmakers. They also prioritize education in their own projects, always integrating an educational component by providing training or workshops for the teams they create. This approach fosters a culture of growth within the film community, enabling participants to learn new skills while engaging in meaningful, hands-on experience.
Photo by Justin Hakeem @justin.hvkeem
PANELS
IDA’s Getting Real, Intersectionality in the Edit Room, 2020
Firelight Media’s Beyond Resilience Un(Documenting): Storytelling Through the Undocumented Lens, July 10th, 2020
Union Docs, Next Steps Now: Session II, 2016
PROGRAMS
Proficient in Avid, Premiere, Davinci Resolve, Prelude, Media Encoder, Catalyst Browser & Shot Put Pro.
DP/CAM OP SKILLS
Experience shooting in RED KOMODO, Sony FX9, Sony FX6, C
300 ii, SONY FS7, Sony FS5, Sony EX1, FS100, 7D, & 5D MARK III.
If you wish to see an up to date sample of my editing and filming style, please e-mail me for the password to my link reel. Thank you.
Photo by Corinne Jiao-Yuntao Beaumier
