Iz Gutierrez is a Mexican-American filmmaker raised in Los Angeles. In 2022 he won Best Drama at the Official Latino Film Festival and Best Film Screenplay at the Mexican American Film Festival for his historical drama They Call Us Sediciosos which is based on real events. He wrote and directed the short as a proof-of-concept for a feature film and TV series. Gutierrez was also selected to the Read LatinX Writers Initiative in the same year for his original television pilot.

Mentored by Oscar-winning screenwriter David S. Ward and former DGA president and director Martha Coolidge, he is the recipient of the Panavision New Filmmaker Grant for the short Sin Frontera, an immigration love story, which screened at SAG Foundation, won numerous drama awards including official selections in Academy accredited festivals.

Iz Gutierrez is developing feature films and episodic projects. He resides in Los Angeles, California.