Who co-wrote and co-directed the 2006 film Quinceañera with Richard Glatzer?

Wash Westmoreland co-wrote and co-directed the 2006 film Quinceañera with Richard Glatzer.

Westmoreland and Glatzer worked together as the film’s writing and directing team. Their story follows a teenager preparing for a quinceañera while facing family conflict and changing expectations in a Los Angeles neighborhood.

The partnership is significant because both filmmakers are credited with shaping the film’s screenplay and visual storytelling. Quinceañera was not simply a documentary record of a celebration; it was a scripted narrative feature with fictional characters and dramatic conflicts.

The film’s Sundance success brought the directing team wider attention in independent cinema. Westmoreland later continued directing and writing films, including Still Alice, which he co-directed with Glatzer. That later project is separate from Quinceañera, although the two filmmakers remained creative collaborators.