BIOGRAPHY

Marisol González

Inspiring and successful woman.

Marisol González

(Director/Writer/Executive Producer) is a Dominican filmmaker and producer. She lives in New York. Currently she works at HBO. González earned Siempre Mujer Magazine’s ‘Always Inspiring’ honor for her hands-on commitment to important causes in the Hispanic community. In 2011 she was presented the ‘Proclamation Award’ by New York State Senator José Peralta for her “outstanding service to the Latino community.” In 2018, her documentary Children Behind the Wall won an award for Best Produced Documentary (International) and was nominated for Best Director Feature and Best Indie Film at the Hudson River International Film Festival. The same year, González was invited to speak at the United Nations in a roundtable with Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dr. Ernest Kahan and prominent Latino designer Raul Peñaranda; they discussed how creative economy, education, and independent film can be used for development. González is currently finishing a documentary about golfer Chi Chi Rodríguez, the sports icon, and the only Puerto Rican in the golf hall of fame to this point, and González is in the final stages of capturing her story in her first book.

Essential details about me:

#1

I love to dance, in particular dancing samba.

#2

I really enjoy cooking and organizing my space.

#3

My morning walk is vitamins for my soul.

#4

Meditating daily is my strength and my core.

#5

My natural hair is my super woman cape.

#6

I have a very special connection with birds.

#7

Silence is my best friend.

#8

I write every day in my gratitude journal.

NOTABLE MOMENTS:

Univision: talks with Marisol González about (Children Behind the Wall).

NY1 spoke with director Marisol González about (Children Behind the Wall).

Marisol González, producer and film director, has worked at HBO for almost 20 years and details her professional career path and current projects.

Female Pride: Marisol González… The talent behind the award-winning documentary “Children Behind the Wall (Niños detrás del muro)”.

NY1 Pura Politica: round table: The challenges of the entrepreneurial woman.

always a woman gives Marisol González the “Always Inspiring” award in 2008 for her work on Children Behind the Wall.

Latinas in Media covered Children Behind the Wall in January 2017 after it premiered at the Awareness Film Festival in Los Angeles and has a private screening at HBO headquarters in New York.

“Cinema: life on the other side of the wall”. El Diario interviews director Marisol González about what inspired her to make Marisol González about (Children Behind the Wall ), the process of making the film and what message she hoped to convey.