LECTURES, SEMINARS and SCREENINGS at CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS

The George Pompidou Centre  (Paris)

The Museum of Modern Art  (New York)

The National Gallery of Art  (Washington DC)

The Museum of Fine Arts  (Boston)

The High Museum of Art  (Atlanta)

Lincoln Center  (New York)

The Schomburg Center  (New York)

The Mint Museum  (Charlotte)

INPUT  (Bristol, UK)

The Museum of the American Indian  (New York)

The Hirshhorn Museum  (Washington DC)

The Brooklyn Academy of Music  (New York)

The Robert Flaherty Film Seminar

The Southern Circuit Tour

The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center (San Antonio)

AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS and FILM FESTIVALS

Rockefeller Fellow

New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow (1993 & 1998)

Cine Golden Eagle

Alma Award

The International Documentary Association (IDA) - Distinguished Documentary Achievement

The Bombay International Film Festival - Best First Film of a Director

The San Francisco International Film Festival - Golden Gate Award

The USA Film Festival - Grand Prize & Best Documentary

The Chicago Film Festival - Gold Plaque Award

The EarthPeace Film Festival - People’s Choice Award

The National Educational Film Festival - Silver Apple Award

The Philadelphia International Film Festival - Best Documentary

Worldfest Houston - Gold Remi Award (1993 & 2003)

The Atlanta International Film Festival - Best Short Documentary

The North Carolina International Film Festival - Best Documentary

The Columbus International Film Festival - Bronze Plaque Award

The Black Maria Film Festival - Jurors Choice Award

Columbia University - Award for Broadcast Excellence:

                  Outstanding Coverage of Race and Ethnicity (2005 & 2006)

Ithaca College - Distinguished Filmmaker In Residence

Academy of Television Arts and Sciences College Television Awards - First Place

PBS/CPB Producers Academy - Fellow

The Berlin Film Festival

The Full Frame Film Festival

The Los Angeles Latino Film Festival

The New York Latino Film Festival

Cine Festival - San Antonio, TX

Council on Foundations FIlm Festival - Atlanta, GA

JOHN’s films have been exhibited theatrically, on television in the United States, Canada and Europe, and at major festivals and cultural institutions.  VALADEZ regularly lectures at colleges and universities across the United States.

LECTURES, SEMINARS and SCREENINGS at UNIVERSITIES

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

The University of California at Berkeley

Columbia University

The University of California at Santa Cruz

New York University

Duke University

Ithaca College

Cornell University

Clemson University

Vanderbilt University

University of Dayton

Lewis-Clark State College

The University of Texas at El Paso

Arizona State University

The Pratt Institute

The School of Visual Arts

New Mexico State University at Las Cruces

Scottsdale College

The University of Vermont

The University of Washington

The University of Texas at Austin

MISCELLANEOUS

Robert Flaherty Film Seminar - Board of Trustees 2004-Present

The National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP)

                        Latino Producers Academy  - Mentor/Teacher 2007 & 2008

Writers Guild of America (East) - Member

Latino Public Broadcasting - Artists Advisory Board 2001-2003

New York Foundation for the Arts - Artists Advisory Board 2000-2004

The National Association of Latino Independent Producers, New York Chapter - Founding Member