Tomás Gómez Bustillo
Los Angeles, California, United States
Tomás Gómez Bustillo is an award winning writer and director from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Brought up across Argentina, El Salvador, Costa Rica and the US, he studied Political Science in Buenos Aires, and later earned his MFA in Directing at the American Film Institute Conservatory. After graduating, he co-founded indie production company Plenty Good.
His debut feature film CHRONICLES OF A WANDERING SAINT premiered at SXSW 2023 and won the Adam Yauch Hörnblowér Award, “in honor of a filmmaker whose work strives to be wholly its own, without regards for norms or desire to conform.” It received multiple awards on the festival circuit and was nominated for 3 Film Independent Spirit Awards: Best First Feature, Best First Screenplay and Best Cinematography.