Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, MFA
Faculty Affiliate
Professor of Documentary, and Vice Chair/Head of Undergraduate Studies & MFA Documentary program at UCLA's School of Theatre, Film and Television
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Kristy Guevara-Flanagan is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work explores gender, power, and cultural mythologies. Her films have screened at Tribeca, SXSW, Sundance, and Hot Docs, and aired on Starz, BBC, and PBS. Her acclaimed documentaries include Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines (2013), What Happened to Her (2016), Águilas (2021), and Body Parts (2022), which examines the hidden labor behind sex scenes in Hollywood. After Roe fell, she co-founded the Abortion Clinic Film Collective, where her short film As Long As We Can (2024) premiered at DC/DOX. She is currently directing Taking the Reins, a documentary about marginalized Americans reclaiming the cowboy archetype. Supported by NEH, ITVS, Sundance, Fork Films, and Latino Public Broadcasting, Guevara-Flanagan is also a Professor of Documentary at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television, where she leads the MFA Documentary program.