I’m a filmmaker from Uruguay based in Spain. Shooting a film at 20, traveling the world, having a band and touring with it, and—in parallel—continuing to create short films, series, and feature films are some of the things I’ve done, I’m doing, and will always do. I graduated in 2011 from the Uruguayan Film School as an audiovisual director and my graduation thesis: the 16mm short film The Needle Of The Butterfly was awarded Best Foreign Short Film at the 2012 Kinoki Festival (Mexico). My first feature film, Portrait of an Animal Behavior was selected at Primer Corte Ventana Sur 2013 (Argentina), had its world premiere at the World Cinema Amsterdam festival in 2014 (Holland) and participated in the International Festival of Cinema in Mar del Plata in 2014 (Argentina) as well as in various festivals around the world. Since 2011 I have been producing and directing short films, series and feature films with my production company: Calamari Films. In 2019 I premiered the web series Las Paquitas del humor, winner of the MVD FILMA 2014 fund (Uruguay), chosen as best series at the New Detour Film Festival 2018 (Uruguay) and officially selected at the 2019 Realist Web Fest (Russia). In 2022 I was selected as one of the 20 winners to participate in the HACK MAFIZ of the 24th Malaga Film Festival. I am currently writing and developing my second feature film Anomia 90’, winner of the 2014 ICAU Fund for Project Development (Uruguay) and officially selected in PUENTES EAVE 2015 Workshops (Montevideo, Uruguay) and in the Screenwriting residency “Algo en común” 2017 (Cali, Colombia); as well as participating in the Islabentura 2024 (Canary Islands, Spain) script laboratory with my series “Aqui Cabemos Todos”.

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I’m a filmmaker from Uruguay based in Spain. Shooting a film at 20, traveling the world, having a band and touring with it, and—in parallel—continuing to create short films, series, and feature films are some of the things I’ve done, I’m doing, and will always do. I graduated in 2011 from the Uruguayan Film School as an audiovisual director and my graduation thesis: the 16mm short film The Needle Of The Butterfly was awarded Best Foreign Short Film at the 2012 Kinoki Festival (Mexico). My first feature film, Portrait of an Animal Behavior was selected at Primer Corte Ventana Sur 2013 (Argentina), had its world premiere at the World Cinema Amsterdam festival in 2014 (Holland) and participated in the International Festival of Cinema in Mar del Plata in 2014 (Argentina) as well as in various festivals around the world. Since 2011 I have been producing and directing short films, series and feature films with my production company: Calamari Films. In 2019 I premiered the web series Las Paquitas del humor, winner of the MVD FILMA 2014 fund (Uruguay), chosen as best series at the New Detour Film Festival 2018 (Uruguay) and officially selected at the 2019 Realist Web Fest (Russia). In 2022 I was selected as one of the 20 winners to participate in the HACK MAFIZ of the 24th Malaga Film Festival. I am currently writing and developing my second feature film Anomia 90’, winner of the 2014 ICAU Fund for Project Development (Uruguay) and officially selected in PUENTES EAVE 2015 Workshops (Montevideo, Uruguay) and in the Screenwriting residency “Algo en común” 2017 (Cali, Colombia); as well as participating in the Islabentura 2024 (Canary Islands, Spain) script laboratory with my series “Aqui Cabemos Todos”.

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I’m a filmmaker from Uruguay based in Spain. Shooting a film at 20, traveling the world, having a band and touring with it, and—in parallel—continuing to create short films, series, and feature films are some of the things I’ve done, I’m doing, and will always do.
I graduated in 2011 from the Uruguayan Film School as an audiovisual director and my graduation thesis: the 16mm short film The Needle Of The Butterfly was awarded Best Foreign Short Film at the 2012 Kinoki Festival (Mexico). My first feature film, Portrait of an Animal Behavior was selected at Primer Corte Ventana Sur 2013 (Argentina), had its world premiere at the World Cinema Amsterdam festival in 2014 (Holland) and participated in the International Festival of Cinema in Mar del Plata in 2014 (Argentina) as well as in various festivals around the world. Since 2011 I have been producing and directing short films, series and feature films with my production company: Calamari Films. In 2019 I premiered the web series Las Paquitas del humor, winner of the MVD FILMA 2014 fund (Uruguay), chosen as best series at the New Detour Film Festival 2018 (Uruguay) and officially selected at the 2019 Realist Web Fest (Russia). In 2022 I was selected as one of the 20 winners to participate in the HACK MAFIZ of the 24th Malaga Film Festival. I am currently writing and developing my second feature film Anomia 90’, winner of the 2014 ICAU Fund for Project Development (Uruguay) and officially selected in PUENTES EAVE 2015 Workshops (Montevideo, Uruguay) and in the Screenwriting residency “Algo en común” 2017 (Cali, Colombia); as well as participating in the Islabentura 2024 (Canary Islands, Spain) script laboratory with my series “Aqui Cabemos Todos”.

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Language

Spanish; Castilian
Fluent
English
Fluent
French
Advanced
Portuguese
Advanced

Work Experience

Producer / Director at Calamari Films
January 1, 2021 - Present
My own film production company that focuses on producing and developing fiction projects across various platforms, embodying cinema as a movement and adventure.
Video Editor / Content Creator / Q&A at Valnet
January 1, 2021 - January 1, 2026
Worked on multiple YouTube channels such as 'The Richest', 'Hot Cars', and 'CBR', producing engaging videos that accumulated millions of views.
Freelance Camera and Editor at Various Production Companies
January 1, 2011 - Present
Worked as a freelance camera operator and editor for different production companies in Uruguay and Spain since 2011, gaining diverse experiences in the field.

Education

Filmmaking at Escuela de Cine del Uruguay (ECU)
March 1, 2008 - December 31, 2011

Qualifications

Winner of ICAU for Project Development
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
Official Selection Puentes EAVE Workshops
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015
Screenwriting Residency 'Algo en Común'
January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment
    Gloomy Noises

    My new YouTube channel, where I periodically upload short videos—mostly created using AI—that form a catalog of the dispirited quirks of today and tomorrow.

    Calamari FIlms

    My own production company where we produce fiction projects for multiple platforms.

    Cinema is our movement, our adventure

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