Yvan Iturriaga

Yvan Iturriaga is an Oakland, CA based writer/director that spent his childhood border-crossing throughout Latin America, living in the extended Chilean exile community. Being always on the move made Yvan an avid observer with a unique worldview. Constantly living in the undefined space between exile and return, surrounded by people with silenced, clandestine stories, Yvan developed an urge for storytelling that inspired him to become a filmmaker. At age 15, he moved to the US and graduated from Berkeley High School. He later attended Occidental College in Los Angeles where, after flirting with Politics and Philosophy, Yvan realized film was the ultimate tool for channeling his creative talents and his desire to unsettle mass audiences.