Sundance FilmmakerIndividual
Lives and works between Barcelona and Bogotá. He holds a BA in Telecommunications Engineering, a BA in Audiovisual Communication and an MSc in Interactive Media. Currently studying a PhD in cinema and communication.
He is a co-founder of the production company GusanoFilms based in Barcelona and Bogota, as a filmmaker, he has directed several films like “BAGATELA” (Best Documentary film DDHH BAFICI Argentina, Feisal Prize Guadalajara Film Festival…) “BIRTH” (Best film L’Alternativa Barcelona, Best film UNASUR Argentina, best documentary film Latin America TV public network…), “PATIENT” (Best Director Cartagena international film festival, jury prize Guadalajara Film Festival, best director Malaga film festival, Signis Prize Cinema Reencontrés Toulouse, Best Film latitudes Docs- Barcelona …)
His films have been selected in very prestigious film festivals around the world like IDFA, SXSW, Cinema Du Reel , Visions Du Reel , Biarritz, Thessaloniki , IFF Oslo or Munich among others. He has won two times the national documenary award in Colombia.
He is also the lecturer and coordinator of expanded documentary at the Master’s Degree in Theory and Practice of Creative Documentary of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He also teaches in some universities and Latin American film festivals like Universidad del Valle Colombia, DOCSDF Mexico, Ambulante Film Festival Mexico, Cartagena Film Festival, EICTV Cuba or the Ecuador Cinema National Council.
He has developed interactive and transmedia projects like "" Cronica de una ciudad que fue“, SXSW VR Cinema, "PATIENT”, “The borders” made with the Art for Change grant by “la Caixa”, Spain; or “Speech Success”, winner of the Haiku call made by the broadcasters NFB Canada and Arte Francia.
He has worked as a producer for several broadcasters like DOCTV, Señal Colombia, TV Catalonia Network or Discovery Channel, as well as advertisements and museum projects fordifferent centres in Spain.
Europe, South America