José Luis Aparicio

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1994-04-01 (31 years old)

Place of Birth

Cuba

José Luis Aparicio

Biography

Independent filmmaker, critic and curator born in Cuba in 1994. He has directed the fiction short films Tundra (2021) and El Secadero (Dryland, 2019), as well as the medium-length documentary Sueños al pairo (Dreams adrift, 2020). His films have been selected by festivals such as Sundance, Locarno, Raindance, Miami, BAFICI, Guanajuato, Curta Cinema and NewFilmmakers LA. Tundra was awarded at Fantaspoa, New Jersey, New York City Independent, Pendance and the Seattle Latino film festivals. In 2022 he was invited to Locarno’s Open Doors program and received one of the Prince Claus Seed Awards. He is currently developing his first feature film,...

Acting

2021

Blue Heart

as TV Cameraman

2021

Tundra

as MC de La Ballena Blanca

Production

2019

Dryland

as Director

2019

Dryland

as Screenplay

2019

Dryland

as Executive Producer

2021

Dreams adrift

as Executive Producer

2021

Dreams adrift

as Director

2021

Dreams adrift

as Editor

2021

Dreams adrift

as Screenplay

2021

Tundra

as Executive Producer

2021

Tundra

as Director

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