Rubén Hornillo

Rubén is a Spanish-Cuban filmmaker born in Seville, Spain and raised in the Catalan-speaking region of Valencia. Based in Los Angeles since 2010, his most recent works include Facebook Watch’s The Real World: Atlanta and El Mundo Real: Mexico, OWN’s Family or Fiancé and the documentary Spanish Exile. An AFI Producing Fellow, his first big project was the feature film God’s Slave, an Argentina-Venezuela-Uruguay co-production that won awards at reputable festivals like Santa Barbara and Huelva Latin American Film Fest and had theatrical distribution. After living in Spain, Istanbul and South Korea, Rubén developed a passion for social change and multiculturalism. He worked in the launch of KBS World Latino, the Spanish-language network of Korea’s public broadcaster, and La Musica, a music streaming app that also produces Spanish-language video content. With his production company Yo Creo Content, Rubén produces award-winning documentaries and develops content for multicultural audiences.