---
name: "José Rivera"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jose-rivera"
fi1m_id: "jose-rivera"
imdb_id: "nm1433580"
tmdb_id: 18492
wikidata_id: "Q1709607"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "24 March 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T23:11:24.762084+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# José Rivera

## Identity

José Rivera

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jose-rivera
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jose-rivera
- **IMDb ID:** nm1433580
- **TMDB ID:** 18492
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1709607
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Rivera_(playwright), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1709607, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1433580/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18492

Writer. Born 24 March 1955 in San Juan.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 24 March 1955, San Juan
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Also known as:** Jose Rivera
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 77 (1), 2020s 77 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Rivera_(playwright), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1709607, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1433580/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/18492

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*One Hundred Years of Solitude*](https://film.one/tv/one-hundred-years-of-solitude.md) (77)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Motorcycle Diaries*](https://film.one/film/the-motorcycle-diaries.md) (77)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

José Rivera is a Puerto Rican playwright and screenwriter. Born on 24 March 1955 in San Juan, he is best known for his stage plays, including the Obie Award-winning *Marisol* and *References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot*.

Rivera wrote the screenplay for the 2004 film *The Motorcycle Diaries*, for which he became the first Puerto Rican nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. His other screen credits include *Letters to Juliet* (2010), *On the Road* (2012) and *Trade* (2007). He has also written for television series such as *Eerie, Indiana* and *Penny Dreadful: City of Angels*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *One Hundred Years of Solitude* (2024), Fi1m 77, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/one-hundred-years-of-solitude.md)
- *The Motorcycle Diaries* (2004), Fi1m 77, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-motorcycle-diaries.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *One Hundred Years of Solitude* (2024), series, Writer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/one-hundred-years-of-solitude.md)
- *iGilbert* (2021), Executive Producer
- *Penny Dreadful: City of Angels* (2020), series, Writer
- *The 33* (2015), Screenstory, Story
- *On the Road* (2012), Screenplay
- *Letters to Juliet* (2010), Screenplay
- *Trade* (2007), Screenplay
- *The Motorcycle Diaries* (2004), Screenplay — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-motorcycle-diaries.md)
- *The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story* (1998), Screenplay
- *The Haunted Mask* (1995), Writer
- *Eerie, Indiana* (1991), series, Writer, Producer, Creator
- *Family Matters* (1989), series, Writer
- *The House of Ramón Iglesia* (1986), Writer
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, Writer
- *Counting by 7s*, Writer
- *Castro's Daughter*, Screenplay
- *La Bamba*, Writer
- *Molina*, Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2005: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *The Motorcycle Diaries*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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