filmmaker/artist
juan carlos zaldívar
CURRICULUM VITAE
• BFA, MFA in Film Production at New York University's Institute of Film and Television.
•Adjunct Faculty at New York University's Institute of Film, UG Studies (2000 to 2001)
• Adjunct Faculty at the Art Institute, Miami international University (2009-present)
CARREER ACCOLADES
• Emmy™ nomination for sound for HBO’s America Undercover: Prisoners of the war on drugs
• Golden Reel nomination for dialogue editing in “Sense and Sensibility” (Academy Award¢™ winner) (see sound design section below for more details and other Academy™ nominated credits)
RECENT AWARDS/GRANTS – 2010-2008
• New Media Production Fund Grant, LPB, November 2010
• New work Miami: Video 2010, Miami Art Museum (MAM), October 2010
• Optic Nerve XXII film/video art competition, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (MOCA- NOMI) August 2010
• Creative Capital Professional Artist Development Program, sponsored by the Warhol Foundation and State of Florida Department of State, Div. of Cultural Affairs
• State of Florida individual Artist Fellowship 2009, sponsored in part by:
• the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs,
• the Florida Council on Arts and Culture,
• and the National Endowment for the Arts.
• Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs 2008-2009 Artist Access Grant
• New Media Institute Fellowship from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting through the Black Filmmakers Consortia
• Latino Public Broadcasting Production Development Grant
• FunArte through Sleepless Miami Beach Arts Festival
• Lucius and Eva Eastman Fund
• The Flicker Point Fund at the Dade Community Foundation
TV CREDITS AND SPOTS:
• Director/writer for ABC’s WIFE SWAP, national primetime show. (3 episodes)
• Director/ Producer/Cinematographer for WE (Women’s Entertainment Network)’s SINGLE IN THE CITY: SOUTH BEACH SEASON, internationally syndicated show.
• Camera for the Perez Hilton Show pilot, (World of Wonder)
• Produced numerous segments for television (PBS, CNN, Disney Latin America, PSN and others)
• PBS spots for national advertising campaign “My Source”
• Produced and directed trailers for the Sundance Film Festival
CURRENT FILM & VIDEO PROJECTS:
2010 -Present
director/producer/editor Shifting Nature (a development of the Marti and I project—see below). An experimental feature about the shifting nature of perception, memory and history in the context of a personal exploration about a hormone treatment I was given when I was eleven. Phonograph Films
2010
director/producer/editor Video Origami 1
A visual celebration of the bold architectural project 1111 Lincoln Road in Miami; designed by Herzog and Demeuron and developed by Robert Wennet. The film premiered at Miami Art Museum’s New work Miami 2010
Phonograph Films
2010
director/producer/editor Mal de Horror (Horror Sickness)
A visual and aural meditation on texts from the 19th century novel "Les Chants de Maldoror" written by the Comte de Lautréamont, the pseudonym of Isidore Lucien Ducasse, which draws parallels on the power of art to move the human spirit and on the dichotomy in the repercussions of such power. The film premiered at MOCA-NoMi’s Optic Nerve 2010. Phonograph Films
2008- present
director/producer/editor CaminosMedia.org
A transmedia project that takes a pro-active approach to citizen journalism to add to the immigration reform dialogue, allowing web visitors to create their own media and enabling them to forward short media content to their representatives in congress as well as to local media outlets from their web browsers. This is a work–in-progress.
Phonograph Films/ Food First/Latino Public Broadcasting
2008 - 2010
director/producer/editor/performer Martí and I
Mostly known in the US as the writer of the song “La Guantanamera,” Martí and I presents Cuba’s greatest political and literary icon as an effeminate man. Martí and I has received several grants to begin its development into a feature film and a series of art+research performances. The film premiered at MOCA’s Optic Nerve 2009 Phonograph Films
FILM WORKS OF NOTE
2003 producer/director/writer 90 MILES a feature length documentary about how the relationships within a Cuban family are shaped by the rift between the United States and Cuba. Aired on PBS’ award-winning series "POV.” Now on DVD. www.90Miles.org and www.PBS.org/POV/90miles
2004 co-director/producer Soldiers Pay (with David O. Russell (Three Kings; The Fighter) and Tricia Regan (Autism, the musical) a documentary distributed by Cinema Libre/IFC which follows a group of soldiers who, in the context of the morally ambiguous Operation Iraqi Freedom, came across 4million dollars in cash four days after the taking of Baghdad and suffered the consequences for taking some of the money.
2004 producer/writer/outreach coordinator Once There Was A Country: Revisiting Haiti a feature length documentary narrated by Maya Angelou that aims to dispel the myths surrounding this misunderstood country and examines the causes of the present healthcare crisis in Haiti.
2006 - 2007 director/producer ForEverglades a short documentary narrated by Tom Brokaw exploring viable solutions to save the Florida Everglades eco-system. Phonograph Films/ Everglades Foundation
2003 produced/director Salsa for Peace a documentary and HD concert DVD about Orquesta de la Luz, a Japanese salsa band that created salsa industry history by generating the fastest ever sales for a debut album--for Berko Productions in collaboration with NHK Educational, Japan and Vividworks.("Salsa for Peace" is the first DVD to be authored in Panasonic's new 30 di technology.)
SOUND DESIGN/SUPERVISING
1996-2000 Supervised and sound designed the post-production of over 20 award-winning independent films such as the Academy Award nominated "On the Ropes", "Sense and Sensibility" (also nominated for a Golden reel Award by the Academy of MP Sound Editors). Have worked with renowned directors such as Ang Lee, Steve Buscemi, Tom Noonan, Nanette Burstein and Bart Frundlich, among others. Received an Emmy nomination for excellence in a craft: Sound for HBO's America Undercover. (Adt'l sound credits available on IMDB.com and upon request)
OTHER SHORTS OF NOTE
1998 director/writer/producer-THE STORY OF THE RED ROSE (Showtime)
*Official Selection to the Sundance Film Festival Shorts Competition;
*1997 Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Semi-finalist, student film division.
*Recipient of a Grant from the Warner Bros. Production Fund
*Winner of a Silver Plate Award at the Chicago Int’l Film Festival, 1997
1990 writer/director-PALINGENESIS
*Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Nominee, student film division.
*Recipient of a Malcolm Ross film production award.
PROGRAMMING AND CURATING EXPERIENCE
2009 Founder/Cutting the Edge Coordinator for The Miami International Film Festival. Co-curated and produced a new competition of the festival that showcases video art and experimental work.
2009 Senior Education coordinator for The Miami International Film Festival. Coordinated student film screenings, wrote study guides for selected films and supervised outreach screenings.
2007 Senior outreach and education coordinator for The Miami International Film Festival. Coordinated student film screenings, wrote study guides for selected films and supervised outreach department for the festival with a staff of four.
2002 – 2006 founder/director/ programmer for The Florida Room Documentary Film Festival, (www.TheFloridaRoom.org) An outdoor documentary film festival in the heart of South Beach.
2003 Curated New Directors/New Frontiers Film Program as well as panels with Academy Award nominated filmmakers and top film critics in Brazil at the Banco do Brasil Cultural Center, RJ, Brazil. Produced for Banco do Brasil and the IFP-NY chapter. Program and press kit available upon request.
Recent film screenings/exhibitions:
December 2010
• Art Miami, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery
December 2010
• Verge art fair, Miami Beach, FL
Artformz group show
November 2010 – January 2011
• “Lust” curated by Brian Dursum (executive director and curator, Lowe Art Museum)
SIN!, group show,
November 2010
• Mustra Curta, Rio de Janeiro International short film festival.
November 2010
• Cali International Film Festival – Cuban film retrospective.
October 2010
• Made in Miami, group video show curated by Rene Morales (Miami Art Museum, MAM)
- preview at The Gansevort’s Louis - Oct 1st 10 PM
- Miami Arena’s giant media mesh Screen - October 7th, 8 pm – Midnight
September 2010
• RUTA 2010, group show curated by Nina Torres (Bakehouse Art Center, Miami)
August 2010
• Optic Nerve film/video art competition, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (MOCA- NOMI)
June 2010
• Cinema Paradiso, Ft. Lauderdale
April 2010
• Space 4004- Miami, FL “Seriously Speaking” group show curated by Aldo Castillo
March 2010
• British Film Institute- London Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
February 2010
• St.Louis African and Caribbean Film Festival
• Barbados African and Caribbean Film Festival
November 2009
• Sleepless Night Arts festival, Miami Beach, FL (Colony Theater)
OTHER RELEVANT CV (chronological):
Additional Skills
• Cinematographer. Still photography. Producer. Writer. Director.
• AVID, FInal Cut, Photoshop, Quark, Microsoft Word and Excel
• HTML programming
• Pro-Tools/Sound Design (separate resume available upon request)
• Fluent Spanish, some French.
[Additional credits and references are also available upon request.] [Additional credits and references are also available upon request.]
IN DEVELOPMENT
(1) writer/director-Violenta, a feature screenplay about a Latino superhero whose powers come to full force when he is dressed like a woman.
•Sundance Film Institute Filmmaker Fellow, 1998
(2) writer/director-Jesus and Mary Jane, a feature screenplay about an unexpected romance between an older widow and a reckless young man trying to find his identity.
