RESUME
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
I have been a content creator for 16 years; as director-filmmaker, assistant director and conceptual editor. On every project, I am actively involved in the creative process; from idea conception and writing, to postproduction and final delivery of the content.
I enjoy leading the teamwork and motivating creativity towards the creation of quality audiovisual products.
I also have six years of experience as an university professor in the fields of film studies, audiovisual narrative, video and radio production.
EDUCATION
FEBRUARY 2020
MASTER'S DEGREE DIGITAL JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATIONS: DATA AND NEW NARRATIVES, UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA
Barcelona - Spain
Received my master's degree with a final grade of ‘Notable’ (8.7/10). With the graduate thesis work titled: "Immersive Fiction and Non-Fiction Audiovisual Content; Exploratory Study for Content Creation". Grade: ‘Notable’ (8.6).
FEBRUARY 2013
FILMMAKING WORKSHOP, NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY
New Yok City, NY - USA
Advanced eight-week filmmaking workshop in 16 mm film and digital video. I Wrote and directed three short films.
FEBRUARY 2002
BACHELOR'S DEGREE: MASS COMMUNICATION AND JOURNALISM, PONTIFICIA BOLIVARIANA UNIVERSITY
Medellín - Colombia
- Five-year undergraduate degree program.
- Thesis: Music in Colombian Cinema from 1990 to 1999.
- Aproved with special acknowledgment from the members of the jury: Juan Carlos Múnera Echavarría and José Roberto Jaramillo.
LANGUAGES AND SKILLS
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ENGLISH: IELTS Test (august 2019) Average: 8 / 9 - Certified CEFR Level: C1
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FRENCH: Intermediate - French Alliance Bogotá. CEFR Level completed: B2.4.
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ADVANCED PHOTOGRAPHY: More than three years of formation.
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FILM/VIDEO EDITING in Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro X and Davinci Resolve 17.
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COLOR CORRECTION in Davinci Resolve.
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PHOTO POST-PROCESSING in Adobe Lightroom.
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Knowledge about wine and enology.
CONTACTO - CONTACT ME
RECOGNITIONS
NOVEMBER 2018
SIMÓN BOLÍVAR NATIONAL JOURNALISM AWARD
Bogotá - Colombia
Category: Opinion and Analysis - Television. As part of the team that produces the video column: La Mesa de Centro de lasillavacía.com.
JANUARY 2008
PROPOSAL PRIZE FINALIST, BaKa FORUM
Karlsruhe - Germany
Selected with the documentary film proposal: The Millionaire Apple, amongst hundreds of projects from around the world.
OCTOBER 2001
SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR ACADEMIC MERITS, PONTIFICIA BOLIVARIANA UNIVERSITY
Medellín - Colombia
During the celebration of the 35th anniversary of the School of Mass Media and Journalism, I was awarded with this diploma for my academic achievements.
WORK EXPERIENCE
PRESENT DAY
CREATIVE LEAD, NARRADOR ESTUDIOS
We create, write, shoot and edit audiovisual content for corporate clients. Amongst our clients, are La Silla Vacía, Linterna Verde, colombian musician César López, The Truth Comission, colombian musician Basstian and Match Point.
MAY 2017 - DECEMBER 2020
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY, FILMMAKER & EDITOR, LA SILLA VACÍA NEWS PORTAL
La Mesa de Centro (The Coffee Table) is a political and current issues satire column featured biweekly on the independent news portal lasillavacia.com. Amongst my duties were creating the lighting and camera setups for the scenes and keeping them consistent across episodes. I also edited the episodes and came up with new visual ideas to help tell the story on the page and achieve the director's vision.
FEBRUARY 2020 - PRESENT DAY
PROFESSOR, POLITÉCNICO INTERNACIONAL
Subjects: Video Systems I and II in the Shows and Enterteinment Production program. Two cycles for Video Systems I and three cycles for Video Systems II.
2014 - 2015
GENERAL DIRECTOR, RCN TELEVISION
- Showrunner/Director for Nuestra Semana Nuestra Tele, a weekly talk show.
- Participated in the development of the talk show.
- Started as AD from Aug. to Dec. 2014, and was then promoted to Showrunner/Director.
- Overviewed the creative process, taping and editing of the show.
- Led staff, writers, cast and crew. Established creative vision.
- Created new segments and improved the overall quality of the show.
- Achieved the highest ratings for the second season.
2010 - 2014
PROFESSOR, EXTERNADO DE COLOMBIA UNIVERSITY
- Subject: Language of sound. I taught this course to students of the Mass Communication and Journalism undergraduate program from 2012 to 2014. On this class, students learn to tell stories using sound.
- Workshop: The study of music in film. I created this workshop and made two sessions in 2010 and five sessions in 2011.
2003 - 2014
CONCEPTUAL EDITOR, RCN TELEVISION
- Worked on several shows for the network.
- Was part of the writing/creative staff and participated in the creation of segments and content in general.
- Created the show’s editorial concept and story editing.
- Supervised the cut and finalization of the show. I led the Avid editors and was responsible for the final product.
- Coordinated more than fifteen remote live shows broadcasts.