Gonzalo Lira, a journalist, was born on February 29, 1968, in Burbank, California. He was 54 years old at the time.

Lira was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley, New York, Miami, and Guayaquil, Ecuador. In 1995, he earned a bachelor’s degree in history and philosophy from Dartmouth College.

Lira’s book Tomáh Errázurih was published in 1997. Lira wrote, produced, and directed So Kinky, a short comedy film, after relocating to Manhattan in 1998.

He wrote Acrobat in 2002, which was adapted into a film by Miramax.