I’m interested in stories of people living their lives at the margins. sometimes this is the literal edge of an abyss, at others it is the cusp of a critical decision, on which an entire life hinges.
It is this insight into the life and mind of a character, and the mystery inherent in being alive for a brief moment on earth, that I likes to work on, and to represent on the screen. This is at the heart of every story - no matter how big or how small, no matter the plot.
Although I’m passionate about camera movement and expansive wide shots, it is a quiet closeup at the right moment that is most moved by. Thinking of image on a big screen, at 24 frames per second, in front of an audience of strangers, becomes a film into a very powerful form of art, at that scale, a closeup has the ability to put us in touch with a different kind of understanding and knowing, wich lies on the limits of the rational and the literal, where it becomes possible to feel what is happening in the hidden soul of a character.
Education
2011-2012 Arduino basics. Interactive technology for video and graphics.
2008-2010 Masters in film directing. Ramon Llull University. Barcelona.
2001-2006 Bachelor of visual arts with a specialization in film studies. Javeriana University. Bogotá -Colombia.
1998-2000 Analog photography, Universidad del Valle Cali Colombia.
Work Experience
2012 - To present, freelance filmmaker as creative producer, director, editor, and cameraman.
2018 - To present, freelance visual artist as member of art department.
2007 - 2008 co-director for documentary teleserie in Pasto - Colombia.
2006 - 2007 Assistant director for several short films and two features in Bogotá - Colombia.
Awards
2018. Selection projects for development workshop DocsBarcelona. "El Corazón De Las Cosas".
2015. Artistic residence ESDA Llotja , Barcelona.
2013. Selection videoart festival Bang-Barcelona,"Condición Inflamable" Shortfilm.
2008. Selection Sao Paulo short film festival (TAL), "Una Mujer Para Armar" Shortfilm.
2008. Selection Bogota short film festival, "Una Mujer Para Armar" Shortfilm.
Solo Exhibitions
2016. “Walter Benjamin Remixed” videoinstallation. Public cultural center Pati Llimona. Barcelona.
Group Exhibitions
2017. "The Biographical Des-Illusion" expanded cinema. The weißensee academy of art, Berlin.
2017. "The Biographical Des-Illusion" expanded cinema. Arts Santa Mònica multi-disciplinary center, Barcelona.
2017. "The Biographical Des-Illusion" expanded cinema. Casa de Velasquez, Madrid.
2017. “The Word" transmedia project. Antonio Martín Library. El Prat de Llobreagat.
2015. "The Great Game Of The Cheap Houses" video installation/mockumentary. La Capella Public Gallery, Barcelona.
2015. "The Great Game Of The Cheap Houses" video installation/mockumentary. La Xinart Gallery, Barcelona.
2015. "Llotja 240+" transmedia project. DHUB design museum , Barcelona.
2013. "Condición Inflamable" Videoistallation. Arts Santa Mònica multi-disciplinary center, Barcelona.