Alexis Morante
Credits
Year | Job Title Project Type |
Project Name Director / Company |
Location |
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2017 |
Director / Editor
Event |
700G Films / Freelance 700G Films |
Education
Year | Qualification | Where |
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2010 | MASTER FINE ARTS FILMMAKING | NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY |
2008 | Bachelor Degree in Communication | University of Cadiz (SPAIN) |
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About me
Alexis Morante (SPAIN) is an award-winning film director (also Latin Grammy nominated and twice pre-selected for the Goyas Spanish Academy Awards short category) based in Los Angeles, California.Alexis’ work has more than 80 international awards (among them best short in Recent Spanish Cinema Series in Hollywood, Kuala Lumpur International Festival in Malaysia and Mestre Film Festival in Venize) and more than 250 international official selections (in festivals like Clermont-Ferrand, HBO NY Latino Fest, Shanghai Int Fest and Monterrey Int Fest). In addition, he has been awarded twice as the New Talent FNAC in the prestigious Spanish Film Fest of Malaga. With multiple music videos and commercials broadcast on TV in Europe and America his videos accumulated on youtube more than 40 million views.
Alexis’ graduated from Cadiz’s University in Spain with the extraordinary award for the best record of his promotion. He also studied film in Sweden and Cuba (San Antonio de los Baños School) before achieving the Talentia Scholarship, that provided him with the chance to complete a two year MFA program in filmmaking between New York and Los Angeles.
Strong in his passion for filmmaking as a way to create stories, Alexis Morante usually directs, writes and has the ability and talent to edit his projects, always trying to surround himself with the best team possible. He is partner and co-director of 700G Films. He’s also founder and artistic director of the International Film Festival in Los Angeles Rock&Doc.
Recently Morante was nominated for a Latin Grammy Academy award for ‘Best Long format video’; his last short film in 2015 was the most nominated and awarded film in the 3 of the most important online festival in Europe; and his 2016 feature rockumentary ‘Bunbury: El Camino Más Largo’, recently premiered in ‘Guadalajara Int. Fest. (Mexico), has been released in more than 100 theaters in all Latin-American countries, besides Spain and USA, with an International distribution of Eagle Rock Entertainment. With 2 fiction features project in development and other 2 new music documentaries, Alexis Morante is now living in Los Angeles, working in commercials and in the development of his first feature film ‘Island of Last Resort’.
Additional information:
EDUCATION
- MFA Filmmaking – New York Film Academy (USA) – removed
- Media and Films Studies – Karlstad University (Sweden) – 2007
- Communication Bachelor’s Degree – Cadiz University (Spain) - 2006
- Scriptwriter Course – San Antonio de los Baños school (Cuba) - 2003
- Direction and Production Studies – Sevilla Institute (Spain)– 2002
- Law Degree – Granada University (Spain) - 2000
MEDIA SKILLS
> Direction: Filmmaking - TV production – Scriptwriter - Editor
> Edit: Final Cut - Adobe Premiere Pro – Edius Pro – Canopus – Adobe Encore – Avid Media Pro - Adobe After Effects – RedCine Xpro – Sony Xcam
> Camera: Camera Operation (16mm/DVC-Pro/HD/HDV/RED ONE/Canon 5D&7D/Sony EX1&3)
> Design: Microsoft Office Pack – Adobe Photoshop CS – Adobe Illustrator – Macromedia Freehand
*I have my own editing station (MAC) with Final Cut and Adobe Creative Suite.
OTHERS SKILLS
> Languages: Spanish (mother tongue) - English (high level) - French (low level) – Swedish (knowledge)
> Driving Licence (European and Californian)
> Working Visa (Green Card)
EXPERIENCE
+2011/Present:
5 years of experience Filmmaking Teaching in different schools, courses, lectures and conferences: UCA, UCLA, Andalusia Film School, APADIS, Pontificia University of Salamanca.
+2005/present:
Co-director and co-owner 700G FILMS / Freelance Editor and Director
+2010/present:
Director and Editor in Commercials, Marketing Events, TV Interviews, TV Reports, Documentaries shot and Edit between New York and Los Angeles (for clients such as ‘The Children’s Place’, ‘Girls Scout’, ‘New York Film Academy’, ‘Volkswagen’, ‘Capitol Records’, ‘Omnitel’, ‘Warner Music’, ‘Eagle Entertainment’, etc)
+2007/2008:
Tv Producer Assistance Canal Sur TV (prime time programme)
+2004/2005:
Director, Editor, Camera operator, scriptwriter Uvedos producción
+2003/2004:
Editor and Camera operator Omnibus Pictures
+2002/2003:
Tv productor assistance, scriptwriter Savitel Production
+2002:
Tv Producer Assistance and Scriptwriter Canal Sur TV (prime time
programme)
LECTURES
- University of Cadiz (UCA): teacher of Filmmaking and Editing (extra-lectures for Communication Degree)
- UCLA (Extention Course Filmmaking): speaker in a Filmmaking course ‘The Short Film’
- Pontificia University of Salamanca: teacher of a long term course ‘how to direct a short film’
- APADIS Bahía de Algeciras (Disability Centre): teacher of Filmmaking for Disabled
- Government of Andalusia (summer camp): teacher of Summer group ‘Filmmaking in Documentary’
- English/Spanish School of South Europe: Spanish for Foreigners teacher
ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS
Alexis Morante (1978, Algeciras, Spain) is an award-winning film director (also Latin Grammy’s nominated and twice pre-selected for the Goyas Spanish Academy Awards), based on between Los Angeles (California) and Andalucia (Spain). Alexis’ work has more than 80 international awards (among them best short in Recent Spanish Cinema Series in Hollywood, Kuala Lumpur International Festival in Malaysia and Mestre Film Festival in Venize) and more than 250 international official selections (in festivals like Clermont-Ferrand, HBO NY Latino Fest, Shanghai Int Fest and Monterrey Int Fest). In addition, he has been awarded twice as the New Talent FNAC in the prestigious Spanish Film Fest of Malaga. With multiple music videos and commercials broadcast on TV in Europe and America his videos accumulated on youtube more than 40 million views.
DIRECTOR & EDITOR:
+Fiction:
- Island Of Last Resort (development-2017)
- Bla Bla Bla (HD-2015): More than 15 Int. Awards and more than 70 Festival Selections.
- Matador on the Road (35mm-2011): More than 20 International Awards and 90 Festival Selections.
- Voltereta (35mm-2010): More than 30 International Awards and more than 110 Festival Selections.
- Setenta (Seventy) (2008): Direction, Script and Editing.. 3 National Awards in some Spanish Festivals. Selected in Official Showing in 4 International Festivals (New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, La Habana).
- Tic Tac (Tick Tock) (2000): Direction, Script and Edit. 4 National Awards in some Spanish Festivals.
+Documentary:
- Camarón Vive (development-2017)
- Bunbury: El Camino más largo (Bunbury: the longest road) (2016): Direction, Script and Editing. World Wide distribution by Eagle Rock Entertainment (shot in USA tour). 5 Int. Fest. Selections.
- Objetivos del Milenio (Millennium Objectives) (2008): Direction, Script and Editing (around the world in Centre America, Africa and Asia).
- Buscando un respiro (Looking for a Break) (2005): Direction, Script and Editing. 4 National Awards in some Spanish Festivals. Selected in more than 20 Documentary Festivals.
+Music Videos:
- 2010 - El voltereta by Los Delinqüentes
- 2010 - De todo el mundo by Enrique Bunbury
- 2010 - Los habitantes by Enrique Bunbury
- 2010 - Vámonos by Enrique Bunbury
- 2011 - Puerto presente by Macaco y Fito
- 2011 - Errante by Niños Mutantes
- 2011 - El bandolero by Los Delinqüentes
- 2012 - Licenciado cantinas the movie by Enrique Bunbury (long format music video) (Latin Grammy Nominated)
- 2012 - Ódiame by Enrique Bunbury (Best Music Video of the year in Telehit America)
- 2012 - Llévame by Enrique Bunbury
- 2012 - Hundir la flota by Niños Mutantes
- 2012 - Ánimas que no amanezca by Enrique Bunbury
- 2012 – Náufragos by Niños Mutantes (Best Music Video of the year in Spanish Independent Music Awards)
- 2013 – Goosebumps by Sofia Carlson
- 2013 – The Weight of You by 8mm
- 2013 – Goosebumps by Sofia Carson
- 2014 - Despierta by Enrique Bunbury
- 2014 – Más Alto que Nosotros sólo el Cielo by Enrique Bunbury
- 2014 – Los Inmortales by Enrique Bunbury
- 2014 - Salvavidas by Enrique Bunbury
- 2015 – Calaverita by La Santa Cecilia
+Commercials:
- 2014 – The Astronaut for Doritos (USA)
- 2015 –¿Jugamos? for Kanikas (Europe)
- 2015 – Tablet for Kanikas (Europe)
- 2015 – El Cubo de Rubén for APADIS Personas con Discapacidad (Europe)
- 2015 – Spring Fresh for IKI (Europe)
- 2016 – Music deserves respect 1 for Omnitel
- 2016 – Music deserves respect 2 for Omnitel
Skills
Secondary Job Title | Editor |
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Job Titles | Video Editor, Writer, Director, Videographer, Dubbing Editor / Mixer, Creative Director |
Years in industry | 6+ years |