In about 1978, a young artist, Bill Davis, came to Severo’s work place looking for a job. Bill was 24, recently married and his wife was pregnant. He needed a…
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Severo Perez’s adaptation of “Y no se lo tragó la tierra” (“…and the earth did not swallow him”), a landmark film in Chicano…
Award-winning filmmaker, playwright, and novelist Severo Pérez was recently a guest on Texas Public Radio’s Book Public podcast to discuss his memoir, Filmmaker’s Journey. Hosted by Yvette Benavides, the episode…
Award-winning filmmaker, playwright, and writer Severo Pérez recently joined the Hispanic Genealogy Talk podcast for an engaging conversation about his acclaimed 1994 film, …and the Earth Did Not Swallow Him.…
Filmmaker’s Journey is a new addition to the Wittliff Collections Literary Series, published by Texas A&M University Press, in April 2024. This memoir is a deeply personal account of Severo…
I am humbled and elated to share that “…and the Earth Did Not Swallow Him” has been nominated for the Library of Congress National Film Registry by Congressman Joaquin Castro,…
Severo Perez will appear at the Texas Book Festival on Sunday, October 27, from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. as part of the panel “Dropped in Texas: International Perspectives On the Lone Star…
LOS ANGELES – Writer/filmmaker Severo Perez and I are drinking coffee at the kitchen table in the pleasant split-level house he and his wife Judy share on a hilly street…
