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  

The film historian was most recently featured on the CW Network documentary I Am Raquel Welch. Reyes spearheaded a posthumous hometown tribute to the Latina Hollywood Icon at the San Diego Latino Film Festival who made her major film debut in the Sci- Fi adventure Fantastic Voyage, that Reyes introduced at the 2025 Turner Classic Movies Festival in Hollywood.

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, and Made In Mexico: Hollywood South of The Border.  Made In Paradise: Hollywood’s films of Hawaii and The South Seas and The Hawaii Movie and TV Book, both with co-author Ed Rampell are seminal works that led to the recognition of the South Seas Movie as its own film genre. The TCM Festival presentation of Cobra Woman starring Maria Montez is an excellent example of the genre. Upcoming for the author is On Location: Hawaii, a guide to Movie and TV filming sites in Hawaii, also with co-author Rampell, that will be available this summer from Mutual Publishing.

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. A member of the Directors Guild of America, he recently directed the acclaimed documentary Pepe Serna: Life is Art.  Reyes.is a graduate of University of The Pacific, Stockton, CA.