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Mario VELASCO
Screenwriter | Director | Producer

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Born in Santiago, Chile.
Partner and Director of Magallánica.


He studied Art History and Theory at the University of Chile, Chile, and a M.A. in Cinema Studies at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, New York, USA.

He also attended Robert McKee's Story Seminar in Chile (2009), and Syd Field's script writing class at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, USA.

He represented Robert McKee in Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Colombia.
He now represents John Truby in Latin America and Guillermo Arriaga in Chile, Colombia, the United States and the UK.


Awards:
 
2007 NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TELEVISION 2007 (CHILE).
TV series"Monvoisin". Written and directed by Mario Velasco.
2007 AUDIOVISUAL FUND 2007 (CHILE).
Screenplay "Lautaro's Rebellion".
2006 CORFO TV 2006 (CHILE).
Screenplay "Monvoisin".


Screenwriter of:

"Los 33" (2010-2011)
"Lautaro" (2008)
"Allende" (2007)
"Monvoisin" (2007) TV Serie and feature film (see briefing)
"The Barefoot Land" (1991)


Director:

"MONVOISIN" (2009) TV Serie and feature film (see briefing) (see synopsis)


Producer:

- Production of GUILLERMO ARRIAGA IN LONDON, UK (January 28 & 29, 2012).

- Production of GUILLERMO ARRIAGA IN NEW YORK, BOGOTÁ, TORONTO, LOS ANGELES, 2012.

- Production of GUILLERMO ARRIAGA IN CHILE (October 28 and 29, 2011).

- Production of JOHN TRUBY in Latin America: "The Anatomy of Story" (www.trubywriting.com).

- Production of JUAN JOSE CAMPANELLA IN CHILE (23 November 2010).

- Production of ROBERT MCKEE IN LATIN AMERICA (Story and Genre Seminars) in Chile, Argentina, Brasil, Colombia. From April 2009 through April 2011.


- Production of MONVOISIN, a film by Mario Velasco (2009).



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