Born in The Bronx, New York and raised in Puerto Rico, Carmen Gloria Pérez is a filmmaker, writer, actor, and founder of MOONFRAME, an AI-native creative studio producing award-winning speculative, documentary, and expressionist cinematic work.
She is the recipient of the 2025 John McCarthy Award for AI Filmmaking (AI Week Milan). Her films include The Secret Life Of DisPlay Artists, recently one of the 20 finalists at the Artefact AI Film Festival - in collaboration with MK2 & Artefact.
Other notable projects: The Mars Novella, one of the films screened for the United Nations AI for the Future Festival (UNEA-7, Nairobi, Dec. 2025), winner of Best Science Fiction at AIMF & the Prediction Award at BAIFF. Flower of the Valley, the Ana Geigel Roqué de Duprey story, won Best Documentary at AIFF Amsterdam, the Photography Award at BAIFF, Best Score + Script at AI Film Awards - Marrakesh Edition 2025, also featured on RAI Cinema’s digital platform in 2025.
Carmen spent over a decade working internationally as an actress, with more than 40 screen credits including Netflix’s A Storm for Christmas & Young Royals. She holds a B.A. in Government & International Politics and is a military veteran.
In addition, over the past four years, she has worked freelance within the traditional film and television industry, supporting projects across coordination, operations and development. With a background spanning public service, finance, production, and artistic, she brings both creative vision and a strong understanding of how ideas and projects come together. This experience shapes her work as a narrative artist and founder.
Pérez is based between Norway and the U.S., and speaks native English and Spanish, fluent Norwegian, and beginning Swedish. She is also the author of the Kid Astronomy children’s book series, created to inspire curiosity, positivity, and early interest in STEAM subjects, which continue to shape the fastest-growing careers and jobs of the future.