Who directed the 2006 film Quinceañera about a Mexican-American family in Los Angeles?

Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland directed the 2006 film Quinceañera.

The film is set in Los Angeles and follows Magdalena as her family prepares for her fifteenth-birthday celebration. The directors also wrote the screenplay, shaping the story around the pressure that religious and cultural expectations place on several members of the family.

Glatzer and Westmoreland were creative and life partners. Their collaboration on Quinceañera helped produce a film that links a familiar celebration with more complicated issues, including teenage pregnancy, same-sex relationships, faith, and the meaning of family support.

The film premiered at Sundance, where it won both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award. Those honors helped establish it as a notable independent film rather than simply a drama about a party.