Talents

Andi Baiz: Director, Writer, Editor

After graduating from NYU's film program, Andi was taken under the wing of French director Raphael Nadjari with whom he produced 4 short horror films. From 2001-2004, Baiz was the in-house director, producer and editor at Centro-Films Ltd. in New York while also working as a film critic for LOFT Magazine. He worked in the production department on films like Bringing Out the Dead, Zoolander, Cremaster 2, Maria Full of Grace and The Fittest. His short film Hoguera was selected for the 2007 Cannes Festival "Quinzaine de Realisateurs." Satanás, based on the novel by Colombian writer Mario Mendoza, is Andi's first feature film and Colombia's official submission for the 2008 Oscar Awards.

Filmography

• Satanás (2007, largometraje - 95 minutos)
• Columbia (2006, comercial en defensa de la Ley de Cine Colombiana - 40 segundos)
• Hoguera (2006, mediometraje - 16 minutos)
• Sin decir una Palabra (2006, video musical - 3 minutos)
• Penumbra (2003-2004, documental - 30 minutos)
• Homenaje (2002, video musical - 3 minutos)
• La Sesión (2001, cortometraje - 7 minutos)
• Yo No Quiero (2000, video musical - 3 minutos)
• Payaso HP (1999, cortometraje -14 minutos)
• Mass Production (1998, cortometraje - 5 minutos)
• A Short Statement About War (1997, cortometraje - 2 minutos)
• Billions Served (1997, cortometraje - 2 minutos)

Angie Cepeda: Marina

Born in Cartagena, Colombia, Angie Cepeda has worked in leading and supporting roles in films such as Love in the Time of Cholera directed by Mike Newell, alongside Wilmer Valderrama in The Dead One directed by Brian Cox, Oculto directed by Antonio Hernandez, Love for Rent by Shane Edelman, the acclaimed Pantaleón y las Visitadoras by Francisco J. Lombardi, and Ilona Llega con La Lluvia by Sergio Cabrera. She has also starred in 10 TV series in starring roles.

Filmography

• Love in the Time of Cholera (2007) .... Widow Nazaret
• The Dead One (2007) .... Maria
• "Vientos de agua" .... Mara (11 episodes, 2006)
      - XIII (2006) TV Episode .... Mara
      - XII (2006) TV Episode .... Mara
      - XI (2006) TV Episode .... Mara
      - X (2006) TV Episode .... Mara
      - IX (2006) TV Episode .... Mara
        ( 6 more )
• "Caiga quien caiga" (1 episode, 2005)
      - Episode dated 2 December 2005 (2005) TV Episode
• Oculto (2005) .... Natalia
  ... aka The Hidden (International: English title)
• Love for Rent (2005) .... Sofia
  ... aka Amor en alquiler (USA: Spanish title)
• Paradiso all'improvviso, Il (2003) .... Amaranta
  ... aka Suddenly Paradise (International: English title)
• Destino no tiene favoritos, El (2003) .... María
  ... aka Destiny Has No Favorites (International: English title)
• Samy y yo (2002) .... Mary
  ... aka Sammy and Me (International: English title)
• Leyenda de fuego (2000) .... Cecilia
  ... aka Segmento de oro
• Pantaleón y las visitadoras (2000) .... Colombiana
  ... aka Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (USA)
• "Pobre diabla" (2000) TV Series .... Fiorella Morelli Flores de Mejía-Guzmán (unknown episodes)
• "Luz María" (1998) TV Series .... Luz María 'Lucecita' Camejo (Mendoza y Rivero) (unknown episodes)
• Ilona llega con la lluvia (1996) .... Zulema
  ... aka Ilona Arrives with the Rain
  ... aka Ilona arriva con la pioggia (Italy)
• "Candela" (1996) TV Series .... Candelaria Daza
• "Solo una mujer" (1995) TV Series .... Carolina Altamirano
• "Maldición del paraíso, La" (1993) TV Series

Lucas Akoskin: Producer

Lucas Akoskin has spent most of his life near a camera. By his early twenties, he had already worked as an actor in several Argentine hit TV shows. In 2001, Lucas relocated to NY where he started writing The Doorman, a feature film he starred, wrote and produced with Gigantic Pictures, and currently playing the festival circuit. Lucas was instrumental at bringing together one of the industry's key players, Harvey Weinstein, with Argentine art connoisseur Eduardo Costantini, which resulted in a partnership to produce and distribute films: The Latin American Film Fund. Lucas recently finished producing Terra Shorts: a collection of independent stories woven together by the common Latin American experience. De Paso is one of these stories.

Rodrigo Guerrero: Producer

Rodrigo has worked on 11 feature films in various roles and as director of photography on commercial videos and numerous documentaries. Rodrigo returned to Colombia as Associate Producer of the film Maria Full of Grace, where he also produced the feature film Satanás, and Andi Baiz' short film Hoguera, Cannes selection 2007. He is a founding member of the Dynamo Group, Latin America's pioneer film financing and consulting firm headquartered in Bogotá.