Juan Carlos Zaldívar

Juan Carlos Zaldívar is a filmmaker and video artist who was born in Cuba.

Zaldivar has lived in the United States of America since 1980 with directing credits including "90 Miles",[1] which aired nationally on PBS/"P.O.V.

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Zaldivar started a film career as a sound editor and designer, and worked in Academy Nominated films such as Ang Lee's "Sense and Sensibility;" "On the ropes" and on HBO’s America Undercover, which garnered an Emmy nomination for Zaldivar.

Zaldivar recently tenured with Doc Society (previously Britdoc Foundation) as the Outreach Director for Good Pitch Miami 2017;[4] associate produced the theatrical feature doc "Buena Vista Social Club, Adios";[5] co-produced the VR film "A history of Cuban dance"[6] (Sundance & SXSW 2016); is directing a second VR doc entitled "SwampScapes"[7] with Elizabeth Miller and Kim Grinfeder and is producing Phonograph Films' first fiction feature film with development support from "La Biennale di Venezia College Cinema" [8] at the Venice Film Festival.