Director Alfredo de Villa Alfredo de Villa, a resident of Washington Heights, has directed two short films, Joe's Egg and Neto's Run. Both received the distinguished Best Latino Director award from the Directors Guild of America (DGA). With co writer Nat Moss, Alfredo was invited to the Sundance Screenwriters Lab to develop the screenplay Little Angel, which subsequently won the grand prize for screenwriting at the 2001 New York International Latino Film Festival. Little Angel has also been a finalist in the Austin Heart of Film screenplay competition. He holds a BA from the University of Miami and an MFA in film from the graduate film division of Columbia University.