About Severo

SEVERO PEREZ, an award-winning filmmaker, playwright, and writer, grew up in working-class Westside San Antonio and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin. For over forty-five years he produced programing for network and cable television, PBS and commercial clients. His feature film adaptation of Tomas Rivera’s novel . . . and the earth did not swallow him (1994) won eleven international awards, including five for Best Picture. His first novel, Willa Brown & the Challengers (2012), is historical fiction based on the real-life African American aviation pioneer Willa Beatrice Brown. Odd Birds , his second novel, was named by Kirkus Reviews as among the top 20 of Indie fiction for 2019. His latest book, Filmmaker’s Journey, chronicles his 45 year career as an independent artist working in Hollywood.

Severo has been featured in numerous publications and received many awards. Among them, in 2018 he was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters and the Wittliff Collections has acquired his film and literary archives.

For a more complete list and access to the full archives of Severo's work, please visit the Wittliff Collection.

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Join Severo for a conversation at Texas State University, Sept. 19

Thursday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. Join for a conversation with award-winning writer/director Severo Perez, author of a new memoir, Filmmaker’s Journey, published in The Wittliff Book Series. Perez’s landmark…
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Meet Severo at the Screening and book signings in San Antonio, TX

Join Severo Perez in San Antonio, TX for a book signing for Filmmaker's Journey and the 30th anniversary of ...and the earth did not swallow him.
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Wittliff Collections adds Filmmaker’s Journey to Literary Series

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…
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