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Juan Devis
new media producer, KCET/PBS Los Angeles
Colombian-born Juan Devis has written and directed for film, theater and television, both in the United States and Latin America. His films include the feature *The Petty Curse of Having This Body* (Arnon Milchan Award) and the 1996 documentary* Ice* (Best Colombian Documentary, Ministry of Culture). He is president of the Board of LA Freewaves and is the recipient of the 2002-03 ABC/Disney Development Grant for his feature script, *Welcome to Tijuana*, Devis was recently nominated for a 2003 Rockefeller Fellowship for his project *The Digital Migrant.*