Roberto Pazos

Roberto Pazos is a Peruvian television journalist, documentary filmmaker, and television producer, best known as the director of the documentary film The Gringa & the Musician, the creator and host of the travel documentary series Peruanos en el Mundo, and the co‑founder and programmer of the Peruvian film festival Filmed in Peru alongside Executive Producer Steve Hunsicker.

Career Pazos began his career as a television journalist in Peru before relocating to the United States, where he worked as an assignment editor for CNN en Español and Univision.

The Gringa & the Musician Pazos directed The Gringa & the Musician (Spanish: La Gringa y el Músico), a true-crime documentary recounting the 2008 murder of German environmentalist Aune Hartmann (portrayed by Marie Laure Beck) on Amantaní Island near Lake Titicaca, with Edson Mamani as the musician suspect Olguín Pacompía, who remains fugitive. Filmed in Puno with collaboration from regional filmmaker Henry Vallejo, the four-year investigation also shot on location in Bolivia, Germany and Brazil. The film exposes police incompetence and corruption in Peru and Bolivia.

Peruanos en el Mundo Pazos created and hosts Peruanos en el Mundo (Peruvians Around the World), a weekly travel documentary series profiling Peruvian diaspora stories, which premiered February 7, 2015, on Sur Perú TV. CNN en Español interviewed Pazos about the series on April 12, 2018. 2015–present Peruanos en el Mundo Creator, host Television series 2023–present Filmed in Peru Co-founder, programmer Film festival