Title: Assistant Professor
Education: BA in Philosophy, MDiv and MA in Theology, MFA in TV Production
Program Track: Television
Phone: 310-338-3764
E-mail: lproenca@lmu.edu
Personal Web Site: http://myweb.lmu.edu/lproenca/

Luis Proenca, SJ is a Portuguese Jesuit priest involved in directing documentaries and new media art. Pukiki - The Portuguese Americans of Hawaii is Proenca's most recent work in which he served as Producer, Director and Editor. Pukiki was internationally broadcast over five continents on RTPi (Rádio Televisão Portuguesa Internacional) and it was also an Official Selection of the Hawaiian International Film Festival (Oct. 03). After Pukiki he finished the documentary "Mo'olelo - Oral Histories of the Portuguese in Maui, Oahu and Hawai'i". He has just remastered one of his earliest works, "Hopes and Struggles of Mozambican Refugees" for RTPi broadcast.

His documentary, Touchstone - The Rock Art of Côa Valley concerns rare forms of art produced 20,000 years ago and it has been distributed in Europe. He also produced Rythms of Mozambique, an African music compact disc that features The Fonte Boa Choir. The CD was published in January of 2001 by Loyola Productions. Luis has directed live television programs for Portuguese National Television.

Now, he is preparing for broadcast at RTPi (Rádio Televisão Portuguesa Internacional) two documentaries about the Portuguese community in California called "Tradition - As Festas e Tradições dos Portugueses na Califórnia" and "Off the Boat- As Histórias de Imigração dos Portugueses na Califórnia." He is also in pre-production of a documentary about the Missions in California.

Proenca is also an advisor for Loyola Productions - a Jesuit media production company. Since 2000 he has taught Television and Film Production (TVPD 241, 341, 440, 540), Post-Production (Film 366 and TVPD 346), Advanced Editing (Film 466/666) and Post Production Effects classes (Film 498 and 698) at Loyola Marymount University where he is an Assistant Professor.