Nava Mau

Cast · Director · Writer

Born

May 14, 1992 · Mexico City, Mexico

Nava Mau is a filmmaker, actress, and cultural worker who has lived in Mexico City, San Antonio, and Oakland, CA. In 2018, Nava wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the short film "Waking Hour," which screened in festivals around the world. She was selected as a Production Fellow on the Netflix documentary "Disclosure," and she appears next as a series regular on the HBO Max series "Generation." For 8 years, Nava worked in the fields of healing justice and culture change with community-based service providers, student organizations, and survivors of violence. Her long-term vision is to illuminate the stories of marginalized people in order to transform their access to resources.