BPS 233: How I Adapted a Best Selling Novel and Made My Film with Aitch Alberto

Aitch Alberto is a writer/director born and raised in Miami,
Florida. She is a Sundance Episodic Lab fellow, recipient of a
Skowhegan Artist Residency, a Yaddo fellowship, a Latino
Screenwriting Project Fellowship, and an alumnus of the Outfest
Screenwriting Lab. Aitch has written on DUSTER, a 1970s-set crime
drama series from J.J. Abrams and LaToya Morgan for HBO Max and
WBTV.

She also served as a writer on AppleTV+’s BAFTA and Film
Independent Nominated anthology series LITTLE AMERICA from Alan
Yang, Kumail Nanjiani, and Emily V. Gordon. Most recently, Aitch
has adapted and directed the award-winning young adult novel
ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE with
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eugenio Debrez producing, from
Limelight.

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is a 2022
coming-of-age romantic film that is an adaptation of the 2012 novel
of the same name by Benjamin Alire Sáenz. Aristotle and Dante had
it premiere at the 47th Toronto Film Festival on September 9,
2022.

She has been included on The Black List's inaugural Latinx List, as
well as the Tracking Board's Hit List and Young & Hungry List,
and NALIP's list of "Latinx Directors You Should Know". Aitch has
most recently been featured on Variety’s 10 Directors To Watch for
2022 and Indiewire’s 22 Rising Female Filmmakers to watch in
2022.

Enjoy my conversation with Aitch Alberto.

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