In the 2006 film Quinceañera, which two filmmakers served as directors?

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Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland directed the 2006 film Quinceañera.

The film is an American drama set in Los Angeles and follows Magdalena, a teenager whose planned quinceañera becomes complicated by family conflict and social pressure. Glatzer and Westmoreland co-directed and co-wrote the film, making the celebration a central part of a broader story about identity, religion, sexuality, and family relationships.

Quinceañera premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, where it received major recognition. The film’s title uses the same Spanish term as the cultural celebration, but the movie is not a documentary or a guide to universally required customs. Its characters’ experiences represent one fictional family and community.

The directing partnership later continued on other projects, including The Last of Robin Hood and Still Alice. Wash Westmoreland also directed the biographical drama Colette. These later credits can cause confusion when filmographies are consulted, but Quinceañera is specifically a joint directing credit for Glatzer and Westmoreland.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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