Zoot Suit playwright Luis Valdez

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Zoot Suit playwright Luis Valdez is a pioneering Chicano playwright, director, and founder of El Teatro Campesino, widely regarded as the father of Chicano theater in the United States.

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instanceOf Chicano artist
film director
person
playwright
screenwriter
theatre director
activeYearsStart 1960s
awardReceived National Medal of Arts
birthDate 1940-06-26
birthPlace Delano, California, United States NERFINISHED
collaboratedWith El Teatro Campesino NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
describedAs father of Chicano theater
educatedAt San Jose State College NERFINISHED
ethnicity Chicano
familyName Valdez NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Chicano studies
film
theatre
founderOf El Teatro Campesino NERFINISHED
genre Chicano theatre
political theatre
social realism
givenName Luis NERFINISHED
influencedBy César Chávez NERFINISHED
farmworkers' rights movement
knownFor directing the film "La Bamba"
founding El Teatro Campesino
pioneering Chicano theater in the United States
writing the play "Zoot Suit"
languageOfWorkOrName English
Spanish
movement Chicano Movement NERFINISHED
name Luis Valdez NERFINISHED
nationality American
notableWork "Actos" (short agit-prop plays) NERFINISHED
"La Bamba" (film) NERFINISHED
"Los Vendidos" NERFINISHED
"Zoot Suit" (film adaptation) NERFINISHED
"Zoot Suit" (play) NERFINISHED
occupation actor
film director
playwright
screenwriter
theatre director
roleIn artistic director of El Teatro Campesino
spouse Lupe Valdez NERFINISHED
workLocation California, United States NERFINISHED

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Chicano theater hasNotableFigure Zoot Suit playwright Luis Valdez