Steven Luna is an award-winning filmmaker whose career spans more than 14 years across directing, cinematography, editing, and producing. He earned his MFA from Emerson College in 2019, where he wrote and directed his thesis narrative short To Be Heard, and has since worked on projects ranging from the Tribeca-premiering feature Playland (2023) as the 1st Assistant Director /Co-Producer, to his own internationally-screened documentary Fiebre (2025) as the Director, Producer, co-cinematographer, and Editor. His filmmaking journey has taken him from Nigeria to Bolivia and the Dominican Republic, directing and shooting documentaries, including serving as a DP on the Sundance-funded project Afromystic (currently in post). Rooted in his Caribbean heritage and raised by Dominican matriarchs, Luna’s artistic vision is guided by empathy, authenticity, and a commitment to uplifting underrepresented voices. He is the founder of De Cerca Films, co-partner of DominiRican Productions, and co-founder of Ojo y Alma, building community through people-centered storytelling that reveals a profound interconnectedness.
Luna’s career has consistently centered Queer, Black, and Brown voices, with projects such as a 20-minute documentary on the Nuyorican Poets Café, music videos, and collaborative community-driven storytelling initiatives such as the Stage Garden Rumba series. As an educator, he has taught film and camera workshops at Emerson College, Rhode Island College, the ICA in Boston, CCTV in Cambridge, and AS220 in Providence, empowering the next generation of filmmakers to tell their own stories with care and precision, and assisting in making the tools needed for filmmaking more accessible to our communities.
Currently, he is developing his debut feature film set in 1970s Puerto Rico, a project that bridges history, identity, and collective memory at a moment when these stories are urgently needed.
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