

BIO
Professional
info
I am an Advertising Director with strong aesthetic and artistic criteria.
Solid knowledge on actors and shots choreographed for compositing use in post production.
Extensive experience in complex post production and 3D animation projects.
Specialties:
VFX, Digital compositing, editing and narrative aesthetics, color grading, motion graphics, 3D animation, photography, actors and children directing.

Skills
This is what I do best:
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Narrative editing.
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Great raccord technics editing.
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Powerful and advanced transitions.
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Slow Motion / Speed Ramping.
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Colour Correction / Grading.
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Motion Graphics
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VFX.
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Image Stabilization.
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Motion Tracking.
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“we´ll fix it in post” situations.
Work
experience
Director
2003 - present
This is my most passionate craft. My directing experience is 70% in advertising.
Institucional ad spots, political campaigns, creative drama scenes or just testimonial characters in the shot. Green/blue screen projects and exterior locations.
TV shows, documentary, corporate, e-learning and music Videos.
Celebrities, actors and non actors. Childrens, even a "trained" dog and a cat (not trained, I hate him, but is from my daughter and can´t be killed).
Post production artist
1998 - present
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3D animation: With Softimage I was involved in advertising and fiction works. Flying logos. Character modeling, rigging and animation. Virtual sets, particle systems and photo realistic objects.
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Compositing: Multi layered and complex scenes involving actors, 3D backgrounds, 2D props or graphic elements. Foggy or defocused layer groups for DoF results. Blue/green screen foreground isolation, integration and finishing.
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VFX: Particle systems from 3D software or Trapcode system. Smoke, fog and natural elements generation.
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Motion graphics: Design based from 3D, photoshop or illustrator sources. Motion typography, schematic processes, broadcast ID and institutional branding.
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Color grading: Advertising and documentary color.
Editor
1993 - present
I love to edit. Narrative editing is such a sensitive art.
I was involved in many kind of scenarios. Advertising, music videos, press for live broadcast, documentary, tv shows and film features -fiction and non fiction-.
Cameraman
1990 - 1998
My begginings in TV, thanks to my previous photography knowledge.
I used ENG and EFP, DSLR and 4K cameras. In broadcast television, advertising and documentary.
Photographer
1986 - present
Black and White lab process. Portrait. Advertising. Documentary. Food. Abstract concepts. Architecture.
Writer
2000 - present
I have some short tales that have managed humble recognition and been published as FORASTEROS DEL SISTEMA.
I have written scripts for TV shows, short films and feature films.
A novel about a suspense scientific story finished and I'm working on my second book, a fictional historic novel.
Software & Hardware
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AVID
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FINAL CUT PRO
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PREMIERE CS
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AFTER EFFECTS
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SOFTIMAGE 3D
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PHOTOSHOP
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LIGHTROOM
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ILLUSTRATOR
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PAINTER
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WORD
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EXCELL
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ENG / EFP CAMERAS
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LINEAR - NON LINEAR EDITING
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GRASS VALLEY SWITCHER
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DSLR CAMERAS
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4K CAMERAS
Languages
SPANISH (Native)
ENGLISH
Education
San Luis Gonzaga (highschool)
1985 - 1989
Commercial bachelor oriented education.
Training short courses.
1984 - present
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Basic language computer programming. (1984)
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Drawing. (1984)
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Black and White processing lab. (1986)
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Portrait illumination. (1988)
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Editing technics. (1993)
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Narrative editing. (1993)
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Softimage 3D animation. (1997)
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Post production workshop. (1999)
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Production in film and television. (2013)
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Writing and narrative aesthetics. (2010)