TREVIÑO, Jesús Salvador 1946-

PERSONAL: Born March 26, 1946, in El Paso, TX; son of Jesús Vásquez and Evangelina (Mercado Pipan) Treviño; married Barbara Murray, October 1, 1989. Ethnicity: "Mexican American." Education: Occidental College, B.A., 1968.

ADDRESSES: Home—Los Angeles, CA. Agent—Jeff Wise, William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

CAREER: Television director, filmmaker, and writer. Television documentaries for Public Broadcasting Service include America Tropical, Yo Soy Chicano, La Raza Unida, Chicano Moratorium, The Salazar Inquest, and Birthwrite; co-executive director of television series Chicano! History of the Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement, for Public Broadcasting Service, and Resurrection Blvd., for Showtime; director of episodes of television series, including NYPD Blue, ER, Third Watch, The Practice, Chicago Hope, Dawson's Creek, New York Undercover, The Pretender, Nash Bridges, and Star Trek: Voyager.

MEMBER: Writers Guild of America, Directors Guild of America.

AWARDS, HONORS: Tribute from Montevideo International Film Festival, 1993; two Directors Guild of America awards; Alma Award for outstanding prime-time drama series (with others), for Resurrection Blvd.,; Alma Award for outstanding direction of a prime-time television drama; other filmmaking awards.

WRITINGS:

Raices de sangre (screenplay; title means "Roots of Blood"), Conaciñe Productions, 1979.

Seguín (television drama; broadcast as part of American Playhouse), Public Broadcasting Service, 1982.

The Fabulous Sinkhole, and Other Stories, Arte Público Press (Houston, TX), 1995.

Eyewitness: A Filmmaker's Memoir of the ChicanoMovement, Arte Público Press (Houston, TX), 2001.

WORK IN PROGRESS: The Skyscraper That Flew, for Arte Público Press (Houston, TX).

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

periodicals

Booklist, April 1, 1995, Janet St. John, review of The Fabulous Sinkhole, and Other Stories, p. 1379.

MELUS, spring, 1998, Susan McFatter, review of TheFabulous Sinkhole, and Other Stories, p. 185.

online

Jesús Treviño Web site,http://www.chuytrevino.com (January 20, 2003).