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)