Who co-wrote and co-directed the 2006 independent film Quinceañera with Wash Westmoreland?

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

The filmmaking partnership created a character-driven drama about Magdalena, a teenager preparing for her fifteenth-birthday celebration in Los Angeles. The story uses the quinceañera as a cultural and family framework while addressing subjects including identity, sexuality, religion, and neighborhood change.

Glatzer and Westmoreland were partners in both filmmaking and life. Their collaboration continued through several films, including Still Alice, which Westmoreland directed after Glatzer became seriously ill. Quinceañera remains one of their early notable features and helped establish their reputation for intimate, socially aware storytelling.

The film is sometimes described simply as a Sundance movie, but its creators are a useful distinguishing fact. It is also easy to confuse its directors with other American independent filmmakers who worked on Latino-themed stories. The credited pair for Quinceañera is specifically Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland.