Director’s Bio

Antonio Dorado is a Social Communicator with a Master’s degree in Colombian and Latin-American Literature and a specialist in Audiovisual Practices. He is professor in the School of Social Communication at the Universidad del Valle. He wrote the screenplay and directed the film EL REY, Colombian entry for Best Foreign Film in Oscar´s 2005 (USA), nominated in Goya Awards 2005 (Spain), and Best Colombian Film in the Bogota Film Festival.

He has participated in the production of documentaries and fictional projects which have been broadcast nationally and internationally. As documentary director, he has produced twenty-eight projects and has received recognition in twenty-six important events such as the San Juan Cinema Fest of Puerto Rico, the Bogotá International Film Festival, and the Cartagena International Film Festival, and has been named among the best audiovisual artists of Latin America at Encounter II, an event organized by UNESCO and INPUT (International Public Television).

His documentary project “In search of the river” won a grant from the Cinematography Affairs - Colombian Ministry of Culture and a fund from the Valle del Cauca Government. In 2006 Antonio Dorado directed the feature film “Adios Ana Elisa”, this film received a grant for production and postproduction.

Films: EL REY , ADIÓS ANA ELISA - Documentaries: Estanislao Zuleta, biografía de un pensador; Buenaventura; Tiempos de Guerra; Diario de una plaza; Hernando Tejada, tejedor de sueños; Historias de Ambulantes; Rojos; El último tramoyista.

DISTINCTIONS
• Invited to the Film Festivals: Chicago Latino, Miami Latino, Palm Springs, Santa Barbara, Providence (EEUU); Mostra de Lleida, Pamplona, Ourense, Huelva (España), Reel World (Toronto-Canadá), Rencontres de Cinema d’ America Latine(Toulouse-Francia), Villeurbane (Lyon-Francia).
• Film El Rey nominated in Goya Awards 2005 (Spain) as Best Spoken Spanish Film.
• El Rey Colombian entry for Best Foreign Film in Oscar´s 2005.
• El Rey Oficial Selection in Cartagena (Colombia 2005) Film Festival and Best Film in Bogota Film Festival (Colombia 2004).
• Award to Best Documentary for “Estanislao Zuleta, Biografía de un Pensador”, XX Festival de Cine y Video de Santa Fe, Argentina, 2002.
• “Estanislao Zuleta, Biografía de un Pensador” between fifteen latinamerican documentaries for the II Latinamerican Meeting, organized by UNESCO and INPUT (Television International Public), Panamá 2001.
• “Murmullos de Agua” Best Documentary Award in Hispanoamerican Meeting of Independent Documentary Video, San José, Costa Rica, 2000.
• XXXVI Cartagena International Film Festival. Award to Best Documentary “BuenAVENTURA”, 1996
• San Juan Cinema Fest (Puerto Rico) Pitirre Award to Best Short Documentary Internacional “BuenAVENTURA”, Octubre 1995.
• “BuenAVENTURA”, Best Documentary, Simon Bolivar-National Journalism Award, Bogotá, Colombia, 1995.
• “Tiempos de Guerra”, Best Documentary of Telepacífico XXXII Cartagena Film Festival, Cartagena, Colombia, 1992.
• “Diario de una plaza”, Best Research Journalistic Documentary, XXXI Cartagena Film Festival, Cartagena, Colombia, 1991.