Patricia Cardoso

Patricia Cardoso is a Colombian and American filmmaker. She is best known for her 2002 film Real Women Have Curves, which centers around the experiences of a young Mexican-American woman navigating the challenges of family, culture, and body image. The film's lasting impact was recognized in 2019, when it was selected by the Library of Congress for inclusion in the National Film Registry "as a cinematic treasure and worthy of preservation as part of America's patrimony". This honor made Cardoso the first Latinx woman director to have a film included in the registry. Cardoso has also achieved several other notable firsts in her career. She was the first Latinx woman director to receive a Sundance Audience Award, which she won for Real Women Have Curves. Additionally, she was the first Latinx woman director to receive a Student Academy Award, an achievement she earned for her short film The Water Carrier. In 2017, Cardoso was invited to join the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in the Directors Branch, and in ... ()