Jorge Molina

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Jorge Molina was born and raised in a suburb of Mexico City, and graduated with a BFA in Writing for Film and Television from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He has worked extensively inside the film festival circuit as a programmer in places like Outfest, the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF), Frameline, NewFest, Sundance and Tribeca.

He wrote and executive produced the short film “Muy Gay Too Mexicano”, which was acquired by HBO Max and premiered on the platform in the fall of 2021, and is the creator and showrunner of the award season murder mystery scripted podcast "Just to Be Nominated". As a critic, his work has been published in outlets like The AV Club, the Advocate, Vulture and The Cut, and he currently has a weekly film retrospective column in Queerty called "A Gay Old Time.

non-WGA

Male, Latinx, LGBTQ+

DETECTIVE JAMES MORTENSEN AND THE CASE OF THE GOLDEN CANDELABRA

(Feature film - Drama/ Fantasy)

A young boy devours a series of detective novels as a way to escape his lonely reality. When his older brother dies unexpectedly, he envisions the funeral as a whodunnit, with his family and friends as colorful suspects, led by a flamboyant detective.

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO ROSA ELENA?

(Feature film - Dark comedy/ horror)

A gay Mexican twink moves into the Palm Springs home of a legendary telenovela actress he once worked with. However, he soon realizes that the cost and demands of living alongside a gay icon are much darker than he expected. Maybe even deadly…

RAMÓN

(Limited series - Historical/ Drama)

A quasi-biographical, surrealist miniseries about the life, death, and many identities of Mexican silent film idol Ramón Novarro: the rise and fall of his career from global sensation to forgotten star, the struggles in concealing his homosexuality, and his brutal murder at the hands of two hustlers.

Character-driven, Queer, Crime, Fantasy, Psychological, Satire, Bittersweet, Magical Realism

Male, Latinx, LGBTQ+

unrepped