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Southsider Creators
Franc Contreras
Award-winning nonfiction filmmaker Franc Gabriel Contreras was born in Tucson, Arizona and has been living in Mexico City since 1996. His television and radio news reports from across Latin America and the U.S. Southwest have been seen and heard by audiences around the world.
Jimmy Hernández
Jamie “Jimmy” Hernandez is known across the global television and documentary film industry for his Emmy award-winning camera talents. He is also an award-winning short film editor. Hernandez began his career in 1987 at the age of 19, working for network news programs from the United States. He has collaborated with the globally renowned broadcasters, including: ABC News, BBC documentaries, Bloomberg Television, CNN Spanish and English, NBC News, The History Channel, REI Italian television and Univision. In 2013, he began collaborating with Franc Contreras and the China Global Television Network.
