Author Description

"Son of a Hollywood" is an intensely personal yet humorously critical exploration of Hollywood's cutthroat dynamics, where ambition meets reality. Filmmaker, animator and artist Jorge R. Gutiérrez’s trademark style infuses Mexican folk and pop art into vibrant and poignant scenes, depicting everything from whimsical skeletons to crying luchadores. Originally a Los Angeles fine art exhibition curated by Mat Gleason, the sixty paintings collected in this book are a compelling narrative journey, showcasing the emotional spectrum and theatrical drama of an artist navigating the movie industry's tempestuous landscape, unconfined by traditional boundaries. Famous for his film "The Book of Life" and his Netflix series "Maya and the Three" and his Nickelodeon series "El Tigre" Jorge R. Gutierrez still must deal with a seemingly infinite cast of characters in Hollywood to produce his films and ultimately tell his stories. This book, a documentation of his art exhibition of the same name, is his creative way of revelaing his own journey as a creative navigating every Son of a Hollywood he ever encountered along the way.