Laura X. Moya Guerrero (they/she) is a filmmaker and artist whose work intimately engages with the sensorial and the poetic.  Through a contemplative cinematic language, they explore the self, place, and body—how we belong to the landscapes around us and within us. Their films are immersive inquiries, tracing the intimate and the political, the seen and the felt. 

With directing and editing credentials, Laura's films have screened at prestigious venues and platforms, including AFI DOCS, MoMA, BAMcinemaFEST, The New York Times, Rooftop Film Festival, The Shed, Mimesis, History Channel, and Telemundo. Their initiatives have garnered recognition in outlets such as the Washington Post and Variety, and have received support from notable organizations including The Sundance Film Institute, NYFA, Catapult Film Fund, AXS Film Fund, and BAC. With over 15 years of experience in documentary and commercial filmmaking, Laura crafts narratives that resonate—whether in quiet, meditative moments or urgent, collective calls for change.

Currently, they are in production on What the Pier Gave Us, a feature documentary supported by The Sundance Institute and Catapult Film Fund, and are completing Greyfields, which investigates a seemingly abandoned mall in Ohio. Their debut film, The Rights of Butterflies, is a portrait of undocumented youth that became a catalyst for action—its screening tour contributing to the passage of the DREAM Act in Maryland and earning recognition from The Washington Post.

Laura is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where they earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film & TV Production on a full scholarship—an award granted to only two students across the entire Tisch Arts department.