ALEJANDRO VALBUENA H.
1276 Dundas St W. Toronto, ON M6J 1X8
[email protected]. 416-553-6695
Languages: English / Spanish
Writer / Director Credits (Selection)
CURRENT DEVELOMENT PORTFOLIO
Camila’s Bones
The Banff Centre / FCDF / Contravia Films / Alameda
Solita & Martirio
Theatre Creators Reserve/ OAC / Panamerican Routes
Feature Film
Multidisciplinary Play
The Maggots’ Ballad
Min Cultura Colombia/ Ibermedia / Maloka Films
Feature Film
The Complex
(TBA)
13 Part TV Series
PRODUCED
Valley of Coal
(In preproduction)
Canada Council / Signal / Maloka / Aluna Films
TV Special
Ruptura
(In postproduction)
Short Film
National Film Board of Canada, Hansen Film Institute, Maloka Films, Aluna Films
Berg Steel Pipe
American Eagle
San Martin
(EuroPipe, Houston Studio)
(Tribu Films)
(Rhayuela Films)
TV Spot
TV Spot
TV Spot
Deep Tissue
Jeo Productions / Showcase / HBO pitch
TV Pilot
Toronto ON
Caffeine
Bravo Facts, Green Light Fund, BC Arts council
Min Cultura Colombia
Short Film
5 mins, 35mm
Bogotá - Colombia
Burnt
Short Film
Utah Arts Council, University of Utah (Modern Dance dept) Aluna Films 10 mins, 16mm
*Official Selection: Hanson Film Institute & Arizona State Museum in collaboration with the National Museum
of the American Indian, Smithsonian Museum AZ. Victoria Film Fest, Imaginative (winner-best experimental
film), Inside out film festival (Toronto), Moves Film Fest (Manchester UK, Winner best film), Video Danza
Bogota (Winner-Best Short Film) VideoDanzaBa (Argentina), Basel(Switzerland), InShadow Film Fest (Lisbon),
La Boca Erotica Festival (Madrid), 2nd Channel of TVE (Madrid), Urban Shaman Contemporary Aboriginal Art
Gallery in Winnipeg, “Best of Fest” Canadian shorts program on all Air Canada flights, Dawson City Intl Short
Film Fest, Skábmagovat (Sámi) Film Festival Inari, (Finland), Reel Affirmations (Washington DC) Milwaukee
LGBT Film/Video Festival, Camera West (CA), Copenhagen Gay & Lesbian Film Fest, Intl Dance, Film and
Media festival Cinedans, Cartagena Int Film Fest, Bogota Intl Film Fest, NYC. DFA, Lift (Best Local Filmmaker)
2011- Alucine
Fading American Dream (Street Dogs)
Brass Tracks Records, Fontana Boston
Documentary 90 mins
Boston M.A
Pocket's Stories (Episode 9,)
Produced By: Colombia's Ministry of Culture
Producer: Rodolfo Hoyos
Docu-Drama
24 mins, Digi-Beta
Bogotá, Colombia
Palomas En El Atico (Pigeons In The Attic)
Short Film
Medianet, City of Victoria, DFTC
5 mins, HD, Victoria BC
*Official selection: Basel, Switzerland, Sao Paulo, VIIFF, VIFF, Portobello. Venice, Sapporo.
Cartagena, Clermont Ferrand, Bogota .FF, Buenos Aires FF
No One’s Watching
Aluna Films Co. Producers: Alejandro Valbuena & Jonathan Cohen
Written By JC Markavich
Short Film
16mm
Vancouver BC
Urban Cricket*
Short Film
Aluna Films Co.
DV Cam
Credits: Director/Writer/DoP
* Awards & selections: Best Cinematography & Best Dramatic Short film at Sun Block Film
Festival, Edges film festival, The Centred Screenings. PEI. London film festival, Portobello,
WWWFF. Rotterdam, Viff.
EDITORIAL.
This Side of West Magazine
Chief Drama Editor 2008
LONG FORMAT CREDITS as 1st Assistant Director (Selection)
Prison Dancer
CMF, IPF: Ana Serrano
Directors: Romeo Candido
Web. Musical/Series
Location: Toronto
Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays
T.V. Series
Rhombus Media & CBC. Producers: Niv Fichman, Sari Friedland, Don McKellar
Directors: Alison MaClean & Don McKellar
Location: Ottawa
Spics 'n' Span
FireHall Centre, The Latino Theatre Group.
The St. Judes of North Ontario
National Film Board, Producer: Anita Lee
Director: Jeff St. Jules
Small, Stupid & Insignificant
Producers: Vicky Masters, Sandra Paolucci
Director: Valerie Buhagia
Love Is The Best Medicine
Canadian Alcoholic Prod.
Producers: Nikita Lushnikova
Director: Vladimir Levin
Havana Heat
Tayrona Entertainment, Sony Pictures.
Producers: James Ordones, Ken Gord,
Director: Bonnie Kanner
Window Theory
Wingman Productions Inc.
Producers: Walter Large, Alan Pao, Korey Large
Director: Andrew Putschoegl
Play
Location: Vancouver
3D-Feature
Location: Toronto
Feature
Location: Toronto
Feature
Location: Vancouver, BC, Moscow, Russia
Feature
Location: Cartagena, Colombia
Feature
Location: Victoria, BC – L.A - CA
Snakehead Terror
Snakehead Pictures Inc.
Producers: Elizabeth Sanchez, Paul Ziller
Director: Paul Ziller,
Feature
Location: Cultus Lake, BC
Love is Stronger
TV Series 40 Episodes
Caracol TV S.A
Producers: Gabriel Restrepo, Rodolfo Hoyos (Kids Show) Bogotá - Colombia
Awake
Feature
Really Frank Films Inc Producers: David Gomez, Frank Jonestown.
Director: David Gomez, PM: Petina Coldburn
Location: Vancouver, BC
The Unprofessionals
TV Series, 3 Episodes
Three Witches Productions Inc. Producers: Kellie Benz, Suzanne Berger, and Karen Lam
Directors: Keith Behrman, David Gonella, Shaun Cathcart Location: Langley, BC
It's For You
Feature
October Films Inc./ Tolmie Productions Inc
Producer: Ken Tolmie
Director: Bruno Lazaro Pacheco, PM: Joanne Fishburg
Location: Toronto, ON, Madrid, Spain
Soloasis
Feature
Solar Tattoo Films
Producers: Guto Actis, Horacio Farina, ICAIC- "Colombia Cuba Argentina"
Director Guto Actis, - Position held: 1st AD
Location: La Havana-Cuba, Buenos Aires - Argentina
Ay Cosita Linda Mama
TV Series 200 Episodes
Caracol TV S.A
Producers: Gabriel Restrepo, Pawel Novinsky / Position held: 1st AD
Locations: Cartagena & Bogotá - Colombia
EDUCATION
Playwrights Masterclass Workshop
Creative Writing
Dance for The Camera 2007
Screenplay & Dramaturgy
Actor's Direction
Migdalia Cruz
BA University of Victoria
Mentored by Ellen Bromberg
EICTV (International School of films & TV)
San Antonio de Los Baños; Cuba
Dramatic studies
EICTV
Stanislavsky's method
Film and Television Production UNITEC (Technical University of Colombia)
And Photography
Bogotá Colombia
Proficient with:
Camera Experience:
Final Cut, Color, Soundtrack, After Effects, Photoshop, Media100, Avid,
DVD Studio Pro, EP Schedule and budget, Movie Magic
35mm, 16mm, Betacam, HDVCPro, HDV, DVCam, MiniDV, (Stills
35mm & digital)