Alejandro Landes
Alejandro Landes Echavarria (born in 1980, São Paulo, Brazil) is a Colombian-Ecuadorian film director, producer, screenwriter, and journalist. He is mainly known for directing Spanish-language films such as Porfirio, a Colombian drama that was based on a true story,[1] and the documentary Cocalero about Evo Morales's successful presidential campaign in Bolivia.
Biography
Landes was born in São Paulo, Brazil to a Colombian mother and Ecuadorian father. Landes received a B.A. in Political Economy from Brown University in 2003.[2]
Prior to becoming a filmmaker, Landes worked as an assistant producer for Oppenheimer Presenta, a weekly news broadcast show.[3] He also wrote for the Miami Herald.[4]
Alejandro’s first film, Cocalero, premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. His second feature, Porfirio, premiered in the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
In 2015 the work on his home, which he named "Casa Bahia", in Miami, Florida was finished. He contributed his own ideas to the building's architectural design.[5]
Filmography
- Porfirio (2011)
- Cocalero (2007)
References
- ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette. "A Truculent Man in a Wheelchair and a Diaper". Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ^ "Sundance Institute Announces 12 Projects For 2009 June Directors And Screenwriters Labs". Sundance Institute. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Alejandro Landes". National Museum of the American Indian. August 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ^ "Perfiles: Alejandro Landes". Proimágenes Colombia. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ^ Kearney, Bill. "Cinema scope: Alejandro Landes designs a scene-stealing Miami home". Wallpaper*. Retrieved 13 August 2016.