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Dylan Verrechia is a Barthélemois award-winning film director, auteur, screenwriter, director of photography, and producer, with ankylosing spondylitis and multiple sclerosis. He is best known for his trilogy: Tijuana Makes Me Happy, Tierra madre, and La Pura Vida, which won him among many other accolades the Grand Jury Prize at Slamdance, the Special Jury Award for Best Mexican Film at Morelia International Film Festival, Best Mexican Feature Award at Rosarito Film Festival, and for his documentary Kumeyaay Land which won Best Documentary Award at the Red Nation Film Festival. Verrechia is a U.S. citizen, and his films look particularly at Baja California, Mexico, where he lives.