Luis Reyes

Luis I. Reyes is a nationally renowned film historian, scholar, journalist, and lecturer. He is the author of Viva Hollywood: The Legacy of Hispanic and Latin Artists in Hollywood for Turner Classic Movies and Running Press. He has appeared as a co-host and guest programmer on Turner Classic Movies for Hispanic Heritage Month .

He was most recently featured on the CW Network documentary I Am Raquel Welch and spearheaded a posthumous hometown tribute at the San Diego Latino film Festival to the Latina Hollywood Icon who made her major film debut in FANTASTIC VOYAGE. 

Reyes is the author and or coauthor of several published books on film including the seminal volume Hispanics in Hollywood : A Film and Television Encyclopedia, Made In Paradise: Hollywood’s Films of Hawaii and the South Seas, The Hawaii Movie and TV Book, both with Ed Rampell, and Made in Mexico: Hollywood South of The Border.

His articles on films have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, The Oakland Tribune, DGA Quarterly, and Hawaii Magazine.  Included among the many institutions of higher learning Reyes has lectured at are UCLA, LA Valley College, USC, and Autry Museum of The American West. He recently directed the acclaimed documentary Pepe Serna: Life is Art.  Reyes.is a graduate of University of The Pacific, Stockton, CA.