ABOUT ME
I was born in Buenos Aires. I attended the Philosophy and Literature School and got a degree in Combined Arts from the National University of Buenos Aires (UBA).
I later obtained a Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) in Film and Opera from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University (NYU). I hold both Argentine and Spanish citizenship.
Since 1995, I have worked in Argentina and internationally designing feature films, series and commercials. I have collaborated with the Oscar winning directors Juan Jose Campanella and Luis Puenzo, as well as numerous well-known directors around the world as Rodrigo García, David Schurmann, Pablo Trapero, Lucía Puenzo, Paula Hernández, Gerardo Olivares and Daniele Luchetti.
I have been honored to receive numerous awards for production design, including:
- Silver Condor Award for Best Art Direction (Five times recipient: 2004,2005,2018,2021/22; and five nominations).
- Platinum Konex Award from the Konex Foundation for Best Scenic Designer of the Decade (2021).
- Lifetime Achievement Award, Tandil Film Festival (2010).
- Lifetime Achievement Award, Cievyc Film Festival (2010).
- Best Art Direction Award Cievyc Film Festival (2010).
- Merit Konex Award from the Konex Foundation for Outstanding Person of the Decade in the Field of Visual Arts (2011).
- La Habana Film Festival Coral Award for Best Art Direction (Two times recipient: 2004, 2005).
In 2016 I published my first book Punto Ciego (Blind Spot) as part of the Biblioteca Enerc/INCAA program with Libraria Editions. The book charts my experience in the filmmaking industry over the last 25 years designing films thru a recollection of various working diaries that go over the creative process and the visual concept developed for each project.
I have also designed the sets for Michel Gondry exhibit L’Usine de Films Amateurs that took place in La Usina del Arte, Buenos Aires, November 2017.
My stage work includes Art Direction for Shrek the Musical at the Maipo Theater, which won the Hugo Award for Best Musical of the Year in 2015.
Additionally I have been teaching Art Direction for Films at the National Film School (ENERC) and at the Graduate Program at the Argentine Catholic University (MACA) and other institutions for the last twenty years.
