Taimy Alvarez

Taimy Alvarez is a Cuban-American documentary filmmaker, producer, editor, Director of Photography, photojournalist, and mixed-media artist whose work explores memory, identity, culture, and the stories that connect us. For more than three decades, she has used photography and film to document artists, communities, and moments that shape our collective understanding of the world.
Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, USA Today, The Associated Press, INSIDER, GoTraveler, and the South Florida Sun Sentinel. She was part of the Sun Sentinel team awarded the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its coverage of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting and received a 2017 Suncoast Regional Emmy Award for The Gulf’s Deadly Harvest, an investigative documentary series.
As an independent filmmaker, Alvarez directs, produces, shoots, and edits documentaries that preserve cultural memory and amplify underrepresented voices. Her film Crossing the Waters: The Impact of Bahamian Pioneers in South Florida was an official selection of the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival and a finalist at NewFilmmakers NY. She serves as Director of Photography and Editor for WaterVoyagers, a globally streamed travel and adventure series.
Working across film, photography, textiles, and mixed media, Alvarez examines themes of migration, heritage, resilience, memory, and belonging. Her work seeks to bridge the space between art and audience—revealing not only what we see, but