Lorena Durán is an award-winning Dominican-American filmmaker. Her work as a writer/director has been an official selection for the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Palm Springs ShortFest, Atlanta Film Festival, and New Orleans Film Festival. She has been selected for the Academy’s inaugural Film Accelerator Program, LALIFF x Netflix Inclusion Fellowship, and Film Independent Project Involve Fellowship. She’s also a Princess Grace Foundation Awardee and a Nalip Women of Color Incubator fellow, supported by the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity.

Lorena received an MFA in Film at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Her collaborations as a cinematographer stream on Max, Hulu, and Peacock, and have been part of Sundance, Tribeca, and Edinburgh Film Festivals. She is the recipient of the 2019 ARRI Volker Bahnemann Award for Outstanding Cinematography. Her commercial clients include Gucci, Sephora, and Spotify.

Prior to moving to the United States, she worked in different roles within the production department in the Dominican Republic while shooting and directing short documentaries.