Zoé Salicrup Junco

Zoé Salicrup Junco is an award-winning writer, director, producer, and editor working across narrative film, television, commercials, and branded content. Her work explores identity, belonging, friendship, family, and resilience through character-driven stories that blend emotional authenticity with social insight.

Her narrative films have screened at major festivals including Tribeca, Palm Springs International ShortFest, Clermont-Ferrand, and the HBO NY Latino Film Festival. Her short film MARISOL, about an undocumented mother in New York City risking exposure to save her family, won the HuffPost Social Impact Award and was later acquired by HBO. Her film, GABI, screened internationally and earned the King Screenwriting Award, the Wasserman Directing Award, and a National Board of Review Student Grant, while also landing her on The Independent Magazine's "Top 10 Filmmakers to Watch" list. Her third short film, MARÍA, aired as part of the PBS Film Festival.

In addition to her narrative work, Zoé directs award-winning commercial and branded content. Her projects have earned three Webby Awards and two Telly Awards, including recognition for Sony's Creator to Creator: The Last of Us and the NFL's Race to the End Zone. She has directed content for brands including the NFL, Sony, Amazon, HBO, M&M's, Herschel, Bausch + Lomb, and PwC, and has worked with talent including Doja Cat, Lil Nas X, Mark Wahlberg, Tom Holland, Pedro Pascal, Hailee Steinfeld, and Anthony Anderson.

Zoé holds an MFA in Screenwriting & Directing from Columbia University, where she received the Bobby Kox Screenwriting Scholarship, and a BFA in Film Production from New York University. She is a Cinefestival/Sundance Latino Screenwriters Project Fellow and has participated in the Sundance Women's Financing Intensive and the Creative Capital Professional Development Workshop for Artists.

She is currently in post-production on two short films: Salt the Fields, inspired by the unethical birth control pill trials conducted in Puerto Rico, and A West Bound Story, a musical short about a young Puerto Rican dreamer navigating New York City while chasing her Broadway aspirations. She is also developing Cúcala, a feature-length dramedy about heartbreak and female friendship.

Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Zoé is based in New York City and works across New York, Los Angeles, and beyond.