Kaleb D’Aguilar is an award-winning writer and director who resides between London and his homeland Jamaica. He holds an MA in Directing from Goldsmiths, University of London, and a BSc. in Anthropology from the University of the West Indies. His poetry and prose work has been published in numerous collections including PREE and the National Library of Jamaica’s ‘New Voices’ while his film and video work have been showcased on American Airlines in-flight entertainment, the V&A, Migration Museum, National Gallery of Jamaica as well as regional and international film festivals.
Working across disciplines, Kaleb is interested in highlighting ‘the everyday’, and often explores recurring themes of familial bonds, migration, gender and sexuality. He is particular interested in how these themes manifest in and create nuanced, intersectional identities within the Black and Caribbean lived experience.
He currently serves as an adjunct lecturer in the film department at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica.