Director/Co-Producer
Brief info
Juan is a filmmaker from Colombia where he began his career as a Cinematographer. His first film Ananeko won the best documentary award at the Bogota Film Festival and he was a special guest in Toronto and Havana Film Festivals.
After relocating to New York, he was part of the crew of the documentaries The Hand of Fatima in Morroco, Wham Bam Islam in the Middle East and the U.S., The Loss, and The American Coup, among others. Juan more recently worked on a web series for GQ Magazine and Vice in the Emmy nominated series Casualties of the Gridiron.
He also participated in the making of a series of documentaries about the civilians and the conflict in Colombia featuring Putchy Pu Pastor de Palabras and a PBS documentary about the smuggling of tobacco in Aruba and South America.
Juan was part of the team of Contravia, an award winning TV program in Cartagena about political issues in Colombia sponsored by the EU.
Most recently as a Cinematographer of the award winning feature film BRUCE (ABFF Grand Jury Prize) and the short film "secret" which was an official selection of Indy Fest. Currently Juan is the Director, Cinematographer and Co-Producer of A Call for Peace documentary