Christian Mejía

Christian Mejía is a filmmaker whose work revolves around the themes of race/class, migration, family, and religion within Latinx culture. He draws his inspiration from childhood evenings spent around his grandmother’s dinner table in rural Mexico as well as his upbringing in Chicago by immigrant parents.

He is the creator of Born & Raised, a digital series exploring gentrification from the perspective of long-term residents. For this project, he was awarded the Chicago Digital Media Production Fund as well as Individual Artist Support from the city of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. 

He is the writer and director of Queen Zee’s Poetic Adventures, a 5-part educational web series developed in collaboration with the Chicago Poetry Center and produced by Full Spectrum Features. The series centers self-reflection, experimentation, and play as pivotal elements in the creative process.

His credits as a director of photography include the feature film Suniland Inn, docuseries America in Transition, and shorts/web-series Quare Life, Rabbits, Night Night, Katie Cruel, The Show, HIVE, and Searching for Isabelle, which won “Best Cinematography” at the Blue Stocking Film Festival.   

His script entitled, Semana Santa, is the winner of the inaugural Story Forge competition, and is currently in post-production.