Alejandro Monteverde

Alejandro Monteverde whose full name is José Alejandro Gómez Monteverde was born on July 13 1977 in Tampico Tamaulipas Mexico He is a filmmaker known for directing movies such as Bella Little Boy and Sound of Freedom Monteverde gained recognition with his debut film Bella which won the Peoples Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2006 He later directed Little Boy a World War II drama and Sound of Freedom a film about child trafficking that became one of the most successful independent films of 2023 His latest work Cabrini released in 2024 tells the story of Frances Xavier Cabrini In 2007 Monteverde received the Outstanding American by Choice Award which honors naturalized US citizens for their contributions He is married to actress Ali Landry and they have three children Tragically in 2015 his father and brother were kidnapped and murdered in Mexico