Artist/self-taught filmmaker: director, writer, editor, producer. Born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. Graduated from both Media Studies (Andres Bello Catholic University) and Digital photography (Roberto Mata School). In 2016 I migrated from my native country out of necessity and unexpectedly stayed in NYC when an opportunity appeared, it has been my home for the past 9 years. To combat diasporic conditions, I co-founded EL FANTASMA, a Venezuelan film collective/studio that now has over ten premiered shorts and two completed features.
My films usually entail speculative fictions that tackle topics such as individual/collective migration (Venezuelan), dystopian imaginations, historical re-imagining, and repressed desires, emotions & malaises as consequences of political/collective environments. These works have screened and won awards at film festivals including Locarno, Brussels, Sitges, Cinélatino Toulouse, Tacoma Film Festival, Brooklyn Film Festival, Uruguay Film Festival, Chic...
