Rey Parla is an American artist, photographer, and filmmaker, living and working in Brooklyn, New York.  Rey Parla earned a B.A. in English Literature and a Certificate in Film Studies from Florida International University (FIU) and attended Miami Dade Community College.     From 1993 to 1998 Rey completed Independent Film Studies at The Alliance Film/Video Cooperative founded by filmmakers Mark Boswell and William Keddell.  Rey's internship was realized at the Miami International Film Festival while studying with film directors Doris Wishman, Sergio Giral (Cuba), Dinorah de Jesús Rodríguez, and photographers Joseph Tamargo, William Maguire, and musician  Alfredo Triff.    In 1994 the newsletter for The Alliance for Media Arts in Miami Beach commented: "Rey Parla is one of the best experimental scratch filmmakers in the country." Rey's Super 8mm film, Sporadic Germination, was selected by Bruce Posner of Harvard Film Archives for his curated program at The 12th Annual Miami International Film Festival: The Avant-Garde Returns - with fellow filmmakers: Stan Brakhage (USA), Jose Antonio Sistiaga (Spain), Charles Recher (USA), Marilyn Gottlieb-Roberts (USA), William Keddell (New Zealand), and Rey Parla (Miami, FL).     Rey created two follow up films with screenings at the Dorsch Gallery: The Revolution of Super 8 Universe: A Self-Portrait and Rumba Abstracta where Rey directed a special musical presentation by Ivan Moreno's conga drum band at The Cuban Alternative Film Festival in Little Habana.   Rey's Super 8mm and 35mm scratch films, narrative shorts, and documentaries have screened to honorable mentions on TV, the internet, and festivals like: The Anti Film Festival, The Alliance Cinema, Milan International Film Festival, Flower Film Festival, The Central Florida Film & Video Festival, The Independent Feature Project, El Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte Roma (MUCA Roma), and The Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Florida Moving Image Archives screenings.   From 2007 to 2010, Rey co-produced and was one of the co-directors for the travelogue; The New Grand Tour, a project also exhibited in Hong Kong (2007), Beijing (2008), and at Bryce Wolkowitz’s Gallery in New York City (2010) which produced two exhibition monographs where Rey presented his poetry and manifesto in collaboration with artists: Suitman (aka Young Kim), brother José Parlá, Rostarr, Deanne Cheuk and Davi Russo.    Early in 2011 curator Helen Homan Wu of Opalnest Independent Projects presented SONIC ARCHITEXTURES, an experiential art event with a new film by Rey Parla entitled: Emulsions, Glitches, and Scratches in a live sound and image performance with MERCE (Maria Chavez and Shelley Burgon).   Rey has collaborated with performer Natasha Tsakos in Miami Beach, Vanessa Gocksch of Intermundos and Ralph Falcón of MURK RECORDS.  Critical theorist, filmmaker, and collaborator; Michael Betancourt, has written about Rey’s work.