The Silent Spring Of Rachel Carson

Paul Portugés is one of the best writers I have ever had the pleasure to work with, and his Rachel Carson story is the best work I've seen in a long, long time.

Bill Benenson
Producer

The Silent Spring of Rachel Carson is an important, passionate story that needed to be told and hopefully never forgotten. It is a fascinating, moving story, masterly written, about one of the great heroines of the 20th century.

Cheryl DuBois
Producer, Novelist

Mr. Portugés and I have worked on several projects together - including one about the Sandinistas, another about racism against Latinos. His scripts are always politically and socially important, a celebration of the human spirit struggling against ignorance and injustice, deeply moving, fascinating stories that should be seen by all.

Edward James Olmos
Actor, Producer, Director

The Silent Spring of Rachel Carson is intelligent, compassionate, and entertaining--something you have a hard time saying about most scripts these days. And a rare chance for a meaningful performance by someone like Meryl Streep or Susan Saradon, not to mention a good kick in the pants to the men(!) who tried to stop Rachel Carson, that little old lady from Maine.

J.F. Friedman
Novelist, Director, Screenwriter

Mr. Portugés is one of those writers we wish we had more of in Hollywood - smart, dedicated, and a real craftsman - not to mention he can tell a damn good story that entertains, moves you deep down, and stays with you for a long, long time.

Jeffrey Selznick
Producer

Portugés adapted an impossible story (Behind the Veil) for me, and unlike all the others writers who tried it before him, turned it into a beautiful screenplay that should not only make you cry but get you off your backside and do something about the plight of abused women around the world.

Paul Cox
Screenwriter, Director, Producer

Paul Portugés is one of the most talented writers I have had the pleasure of working with - a gifted, intelligent, master storyteller.

Ray Villalobos
Cinematographer

Paul Lobo Portugés was reared in Merkel, West Texas until saved by UCLA, the American Film Institute, Naropa, and UC Berkeley. He teaches creative writing at UCSB and taught creative writing at UC Berkeley, USC, SBCC, and the University of Provence. Proud father of two sons, Lobo Portugés' books include The Visionary Poetics of Allen Ginsberg, Saving Grace, Hands Across the Earth, The Flower Vendor, Paper Song, Aztec Birth, The Body Electric Journal, The Silent Spring of Rachel Carson, and Mao. His poems are scattered in small magazines across the America, Europe, and Asia. Poetry videos include "Kiss," "The Lonely Wind," "Fathermine," "Stones from Heaven," and "Of Her I Sing."

Paul Lobo Portugés has received awards from the National Endowment, the Ford Foundation, the American Film Institute, The Rockefeller Foundation, and the Fulbright Commission.