River Gallo (they/them) is a GLAAD award-winning Salvadoran-American filmmaker, actor, writer, model and intersex activist from New Jersey. River received their BFA in Drama at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Experimental Theatre Wing and their MFA In Film/TV Production from the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts. Their short film Ponyboi which they wrote, starred in, and co-directed with Sadé Clacken Joseph premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. Ponyboi the feature film, written, starring, and produced by Gallo, premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival in the US Dramatic Competition section. They were also the subject of the critically-acclaimed feature documentary Every Body directed by Academy-award nominated director Julie Cohen.