Who directed the 2006 film Quinceañera, which won a Sundance award?

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Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland directed the 2006 film Quinceañera.

The American independent drama follows Magdalena, a teenager in Los Angeles whose planned quinceañera is disrupted by family conflict. The film examines sexuality, religion, immigration, family expectations, and neighborhood change through the coming-of-age framework of the celebration.

Glatzer and Westmoreland co-directed the film and later collaborated on other projects, including Still Alice. Quinceañera premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it received the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award in the U.S. Dramatic Competition.

The film is sometimes confused with Spanish-language television productions that share the same title. Its title refers to the cultural event, but the movie is an English-language American independent film centered on a Mexican American family in Los Angeles.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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