Juan Manuel Acuna Guzman

Autonomous university of Occident

Social Communicator from Universidad del Valle, he initially worked in documentary photography (El proyecto del diablo, 1997, Tiempo de miedo, 2001) before finding 3D animation as an audiovisual tool. From this new path arises El último coup del caballero (2004) was the first short film to be exhibited in national theaters under the umbrella of the New Film Law (2003), and which was the winner in the category of best animated short film at the international festival movie theater in Viña del Mar. Later he premiered, accompanied live by the Bogota Philharmonic Orchestra interpreting the original music, the short film Los Ciclos (2006), which was made in part thanks to the incentives granted by the FDC and the Bogotá District Cinematheque. Recently, within the framework of the Cali International Film Festival, he premiered his feature film El Padre, El Hijo y El Espíritu Santo (2019), made in co-production with the Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, using motion capture technology. Between 2000 and 2012 he worked as a freelance 3D animator, or associated with companies such as Patofeofilms, Efe-X and Cinecolor Digital. Since 2013 he has been dedicated to teaching and research. He is currently doing doctoral studies in design, related to the relationship between human dramaturgy and animated dramaturgy.