about
Born in Miami to a small Cuban family, Joyzel is a Webby-nominated filmmaker and USC George Lucas Fellow who tells emotionally layered stories about Latino-American immigrants, family dynamics, displacement, and memory. Using an experimental and poetic approach, her work blends narrative fiction with documentary to explore how individuals from marginalized communities respond to profound questions of survival– Why we do what we do, what for, and for whom.
After earning a BA in Film & Media Studies from Amherst College, she worked in documentary and media as a producer, director, and editor before pursuing an MFA at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, where she was selected as the Television Academy Foundation's 2024 Directing Fellow and a Writers Guild of America East Scholar.
Most recently, she completed her thesis film, Nena, which follows a young woman in Miami as she grapples with her conflicting identities as a mother, daughter, and queer partner.
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