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NOW REPRESENTING RIVER
February 22, 2021
Proud to welcome the amazing RIVER to our TALENT board:
RIVER GALLO [pronouns they/them/their] is a GLAAD award-winning Salvadoran-American filmmaker, actor, writer, model and intersex activist.
They are a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts Experimental Theatre Wing and the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts MFA program.
"Ponyboi," their USC thesis which they wrote, directed, and acted in, is the first narrative film created by and starring an out intersex person in cinema history. Produced by Stephen Fry and Emma Thompson, Ponyboi premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival.
River modeled for the 2019 NYC Pride Campaign, and has worked in branded content partnering with Birchbox Beauty, Badoo, and Maison Margiela. They received the ‘Rising Star Award’ at the 2019 GLAAD Media Awards.
River was named one of the “Most Exciting Queer People to Follow in 2019” by Out Magazine and made PAPER Magazine’s list of “100 People Taking Over 2019”.
They were also the cover star of 2019 Fall/Winter issue UK Hunger Magazine shot by RANKIN.
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