René Antonio Fortunato (born February 1, 1958) is a Dominican film director, screenwriter, and producer.

[2] Fortunato was awarded the Pitirre Prize for Best Caribbean Documentary in the 1990 San Juan Film Festival.

From 1978 to 1987, he published numerous articles about film and television in Dominican newspapers and cultural supplements.

Then in 1988, he achieved national and international fame due to the success of his full-length documentary April, the Trench of Honor.

The documentary is an account of the political situation in the Dominican Republic from the death of dictator Rafael Trujillo in 1961, to the election of Joaquín Balaguer in 1966.