Ramón Menéndez (born January 21, 1950) is a Cuban-American film director and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing the 1988 film
Stand and Deliver. His other film directing credits include
Money for Nothing (1993) starring John Cusack and the Disney Channel original film
Gotta Kick It Up! (2002). He also served as a screenwriter for all of the films he directed. His only film as a screenwriter and not as a director was the 2001 film
Tortilla Soup. He has also worked in episodic television, directing episodes Tales from the Crypt and
Perversions of Science, in 1994 and 1997, respectively. Menéndez won two Independent Spirit Awards for his work on
Stand and Deliver. Menéndez is a native of Cuba and grew up in California. He is an alumnus of San Francisco State Un...
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