Biography
The Dominican director studied film in Buenos Aires and Edinburgh and has an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. His first short film "SheSaid HeWalks HeSaid SheWalks" won a BAFTA Scotland in 2009 while his documentary "You Look Like a Carriage…" was part of the major Latin America art exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. His graduation film "Santa Teresa & Other Stories" won the Prix Georges De Beauregard at FIDMarseille; "Cocote" won the Signs of Life Award at Locarno. He developed "Pepe" while participating in the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin programme.
Source: 74. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)