About me
A long, long time ago Lucasfilm gave me two awards for a couple of shorts about Star Wars made with paper, cloth, cardboard and whatever I could fit into a scanner. For a few weeks the news was in all the local press as the short racked up views and comments in an era before the reign of YouTube. "It takes me to my childhood" I read more than once. And that connection is what keeps me in this.
I continued to produce new shorts (and illustrations) for contests and private clients and after some time teaching, I jumped into the world of local scholarships and contest where I managed to find funding for my last two projects and survive the pandemic in the process.
In my inkwell I have a written feature film and series project, another 3 short films with their storyboard and designs already made and a lot of more scripts to write and concept art and characters to draw.
Located in the peaceful Colombian nation.
Acknowledgments
IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
Director
Winner of the"Animated Short Film Creation Scholarship"of the District Stimulus Program. Awarded by IDARTES.
Finalist of the call forAnimated Short Film Production of the Fund for the Cinematographic Development of Proimagenes.
SHOES
Director
Winner of the Animation, Arts and Crafts Scholarship 2018
awarded by the Gilberto Alzate Avendaño Foundation.
Winner of the“Acknowledgments of short films and feature films of fiction, documentary and animation for their dissemination in public libraries” from the Ministry of Culture, 2019.
Local Video Library Selection 2021. Screened at Cinemateca al Parque during the same year and in the cycle"Inhabiting the bodies" during 2021 and 2022.
STAR WARS
IN A NOTEBOOK!
Director
Winner of the “Best Animated Movie Award” at the
"Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge" from 2009.
Organized by Lucasfilm and ATOM films.
Reviewed in El Tiempo, CAMBIO, Caracol Radio, UN Newspaper and CityTV.
Guest at Flickerfest - 20th Australian International Short Film Festival. 2011
Reviewed in "Cuadernos de Cine Colombiano" in its number dedicated to the history of Colombian animation. Cinemateca Distrital. 2014.
THE NOTEBOOK
STRIKES BACK
Director
Winner of the “Best Sequel Award” in the “Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge”. 2010
Organized by Lucasfilm and ATOM films. 2010
CRISCHAN ON THE PATH OF DESTINY
Director
Produced for the OEI and Centro Ático.
Winner of Best Animated Short Film at the 4th La Otra Historia Community Festival, 2014.
Shamaniko Film Festival Selection (Peru). 2014.
UNóCERO
Director
Winner "National Competition of Electronic Arts"
Animation Category. 2005
Official selection “Festival Loop 2004”
Second Place “Equinoxxio 2004”
Animation Category. university festival
Reviewed in "Cuadernos de Cine Colombiano" in its number dedicated to the history of Colombian animation. Cinemateca Distrital. 2014.
ANIMALS
Director
Videoclip - http://genero.tv/watch-video/34976/
Among the 20 finalists of the world contest, organized by the band MUSE and Genero.tv. 2013
VAMPAULA
Co-Writer
1899 - WAR TALES
Director
Winner of the call "Great stories" on Smartfilms 2022.
Third place Scholarship for the creation of Children's Short Film 2017. Idartes.
Video game project for PC.
Second Place "XVI Best Degree Projects Contest - National University" Area V "Creation and expression". 2007
Official sample represented the National University. “THESIS Project” -
MAC/District Institute of Culture and Tourism. 2006
CAPCOM FIGHTING TRIBUTE ARTBOOK
Selected as part of the book with 2 illustrations inspired by the video game Street Fighter.
Organized by CAPCOM and UDON Comics. 2015
MEGAMAN TRIBUTE ARTBOOK
Selected as part of the book with an illustration inspired by the video game Mega Man Zero
Organized by CAPCOM and UDON Comics. 2011
BIOWARE FAN SHOWCASE at Comic Con
Participant in the sample selected by the developer company Bioware,
with 3 illustrations inspired by the video game Mass Effect. 2011
DC UNIVERSE ONLINE/ Mass Animation Competition - PC/PS3 Video Game
Character animation.
Winner in the category"Game Animation". 2010
SIN CITY COMIC COMPETITION
"Eyes of the Killer"
Third Place. Shock Magazine. 2005.
FILM AND TELEVISION SCHOOL LOGO
National university of Colombia
Winner. Academic contest. 2003
Education
Contests
2008
2005
2000
Animation Specialist
National University of Colombia.
Graphic designer
National University of Colombia
Bachelor
"El Minuto de Dios" School.
COURSES
Introduction to the International Audiovisual Market.
Pontifical Javeriana University.
2022
The Rise of Superheroes and Their Impact on Pop Culture
Certified student.
SmithsonianX and edX.
2015
Cinema Masterclass in Visual Effects
Cinemamedia Foundation
Scholarship Assistant.
2012
XI Exposciences Expotechnology
Guest assistant.
Colombian Association for the Advancement of Science
2009