Catalina Santamaria

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Santamaria
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Catalina

DIRECTOR/EDITOR/ CINEMATOGRAPHER " September 11 2002 " Digital - 10 min - 2001 Documentary of a photojournalist experience on 9-11 2001 DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/EDITOR " Except my soulÖ"16mm- color - 13mns -2000 DIRECTOR/ EDITOR/ CINEMATOGRAPHER " Derail " - 16mm - color - 8min -1998 Awarded: Kodak Cinematography Award and the First Place Audience Award at The New Haven Film Festival (May 1998) Bogen Tri-pod Award at The 19th Annual New School Invitational Student Film Festival (April 1998) Received a score of 93 out of 100 by the International Film and video critics and aired on Mike McGowan's Cinequest SCREENINGS Latino Filmmakers Showcase, NY , PS99 Short Film Exhibition, New York Latin-American Film Festival, The New Haven Film Festival, The New School Invitational Student Film Festival, International Film Festival of Cartagena,New York Independent Film and video Festival, Two Boots Pioneer Theater, Ocularis, New York underground Film and Video FestivalBogota International Film Festival (Colombia), Vina del Mar Film Festival(Chile) DIRECTOR/ EDITOR/ PHOTOTOGRAPHER " Echoes Through the Jungle " Multimedia- 1993 Screenings: Bogot· -Colombia: Buho's Bar Tertulia, University of the Andes, University Distrital, Colombo American Center, The Spanish House New York: Viva gallery Viva, New York PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITIONS "Colombia in Cambridge", Cambridge, England, 2004 " 7 Colombian Photographers in New York", Rayo Museum, Colombia, 2002 " Abysses", Colombo American Center, MedellÌn. Colombia,1994 " A Flash, a Trace" Colombo American Center, Bogot·, Colombia, 1992 "New York" Buho's Bar Tertulia, Bogot·, Colombia, 1991 " Human Rights " Planetarium, Bogot·, Colombia, 1990 FREELANCE PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE CINEMATOGRAPHER/ EDITOR " Beautiful City" 2003 Documentary directed by Patricia Mulcahy, Sponsored by The New York Foundation for the Arts Funded by The Brooklyn Arts Council VIDEOGRAPHER "In Illo Tempore", 2003 A Butoh installation by Cave Ensemble CINEMATOGRAPHER "Girls, Girls, Girls", 2003 Short film directed by Patricia Mulcahy CINEMATOGRAPHER " A Girl's Best Friend " 2003 Awarded: best short fiction film by cityvisions film and video showcase CINEMATOGRAPHER " Is my Neighborhood Latino?" 2002 Interstitial commissioned by Latino Broadcasting for exhibition on PBS Awarded : Media That Matters Diversity Award VIDEOGRAPHER " A Clear Midnight " 2002 A performance by ID Studio Sponsored by Latin American Integration Center - LAIC Co-sponsored by The America's Society STILL PHOTOGRAPHER Fulltime photographer for El Diario La Prensa, (November 2001-June 2002) " The Sweetest Sound" 2001 CINEMATOGRAPHER " Absentee Father" 2001 A short film directed by Jorge Aguirre Broadcast at the Sundance Channel PRODUCER/CINEMATOGRAPHER/EDITOR " Solo" Digital (20mns) 2001 A short film directed by Wilson Burbano Awarded: Special mention for 3rd place at the XVIII Film Festival of Bogot·, Colombia SCRIPT SUPERVISOR " Time's Up" 2000 16mm feature film directed by Cecilia Barriga CAMERA ASSISTANT " The Sweetest Sound" 2001 A documentary directed by Alan Berliner Awarded: Storyteller Award, Taos Talby Pictures Film Festival Funded by ITVS CINEMATOGRAPHER " The House taking over " A short film directed by José Pel·ez Awarded: Kodak award at the Annual New School Invitational Student Film Festival (1999) Best film at "Mixed Messages", the Annual Showcase of the Media Studies of the Master degree program at The New School TEACHING ASSISTANT/ 16mm Film Production New School for Social Research, September 1997 - May 1999, New York