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Cristina Kotz Cornejo - Director/Writer/Producer

General Info

  • Website

    wildwimminfilms.com
    3americasmovie.com
    ouatmedia.com

  • Influences

    Nancy Savoca, Spike Lee, Zeinabu irene Davis, Victor Nunez, John Sayles, Lynne Ramsay, Julie Dash, Wong Kar-Wei, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Martin Scorcese, Zhang Yimou, Carlos Reygadas, Lucrecia Martel, Jim Sheridan, Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu, Ken Loach

  • Awards

    Warner Bros. Pictures Post Production Award; 2007-08 Mann Stearns Distinguished Faculty Award (Emerson College); 2002 UFVA Juried Award of Merit for "Ernesto;" 2003 UFVA Juried Award of Merit for "Ocean Waves;" 2005 UFVA Juried Award Finalist for "The War That Never Was (La Guerra Que No Fue);" California Arts Council Fellow, CORO Foundation; 2004 LEF Foundation Moving Image Fund Grant; 2007 LEF Foundation Moving Image Fund Grant; Tisch School of the Arts Dean’s Post Production Grant; IFP/NY Director’s Lab Participant; NALIP Writer’s Lab Participant; 2004/05 Sundance Screenwriter’s Lab Finalist; Partnership for a Drug Free America Face of Drugs Award; NYU Craft Award for Musical Score (Andy Kotz) for "The Appointment;" 2 NYU Craft Awards in Acting (Godfrey L. Simmons & Nannette Deasy) for "The Appointment"

  • Festivals

    Yale University; Hartford International Film Festival; XXVI Festival Internacional Cinematográfico del Uruguay; 7th Tiburon International Film Festival; Olafest: Orlando Latin American Fim and Heritage Festival; Woodstock Film Festival (New York), Seattle International Film Festival, Sao Paulo International Film Festival (Brazil), Palm Springs International Short Film Festival, New York Latino Film Festival, Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival, Buenos Aires Human Rights Film Festival, Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, (Havana, Cuba), Psarokokalo Short Film Festival, (Athens, Greece), XXIII Festival Internacional Cinematográfico del Uruguay (Montevideo), Sydney Latin American Film Festival (Australia), 5th Tiburon International Film Festival, International Festival of Short Films of Cusco, Peru, IV Muestra de Cine Iberoamericano, (Canary Islands, Spain) 12th Chilean International Short Film Festival (Santiago, Chile)

  • Professional Affiliations

    New York Women in Film, Women Make Movies, IFP/New York, NALIP (National Association of Latino Independent Producers), Ouat Media! (distributor of La Guerra Que No Fue)

Blurbs

About me:

Cristina is an independent filmmaker. She was raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina and the United States. Her most recent film, 3 Américas (a feature) premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival in October 2007. Please visit www.3americasmovie.com or myspace.com/3americas for more info. Her short film, The War That Never Was/LA Guerra Que No Fue (2004) has screened in 11 countries and at over 20 film festivals and is distributed by Ouat! Media (Toronto, Canada). Cristina received her M.F.A. from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in Film Production, a M.A. in Management from Antioch University and a BA in International Relations from the University of Southern California. She resides in Boston, MA (USA) and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Who I'd like to meet:

My grandfather Agustin Cornejo (Composer & Musician) died before I could meet him. He was a guitarist and composer from San Juan, Argentina. His musical love was folklore but ended up composing and performing many tangos. From 1927 to 1935 he lived in New York City where he was hired by Argentine legend Carlos Gardel to perform in several films for Paramount Pictures (Latin America) directed by French filmmaker, Louis Gasnier. He can be seen in "El Tango en Broadway", "Cuesta Abajo" with Astor Piazzola and "El Dia Que Me Quieras." He recorded albums for RCA Victor and Columbia Records.

Details

  • Status: In a Relationship
  • Ethnicity: Latino / Hispanic
  • Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
  • Occupation: Filmmaker

Interests

  • General

    Oxfam America banner

  • Music

    My talented brother Andy Kotz - check him out at myspace.com/andykotz

  • Heroes

    My mom Sara.

Schools

  • New York University

    • New York,New York
    • Graduated: 2000
    • Student status: Alumni
    • Degree: Master's Degree
    • Major: Film Production
    1995 to 2000

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