Adonay M. A. GUERRERO CORTÉS 1

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1 Adonay M. A. GUERRERO CORTÉS 1 Artist Statement Adonay Guerrero is a filmmaker and educator who specializes in fiction production and screenwriting. Exploring issues of identity, marginalization, and popular culture. He is currently expanding his interests to video games, new media and graphic novels. His films have screened at festivals in Canada, New Zealand, Mexico and the U.S. E ducation York University - M.F.A. in Film Production University of Guadalajara - B. F. A. in Audio- Visual Arts University of Central Mexico- B. A. in Graphic Communication A reas of S pecialization Film and Video Production Montage Screenwriting Digital Video Editing Visual Storytelling Mexican Cinema Comics and Graphic Novels Recent Media Production Work Film and Video As Writer and Director 2015 Hidden Gods // HD Digital Video 2012 The Last Deaths of Joe // HD Digital Video Official Selection at Māoriland Film Festival 2016 // New Zealand Official Selection at imaginenative Film+Media Arts Festival 2014// Toronto, Canada Official Selection at Depth of Field Series 2012 at the Art Gallery of Ontario Toronto, Canada Making Sones and Memories // Documentary // HD Digital Video Awarded 1 st place in the documentary category at Rodando San Luis International Film Festival // Mexico // I Live Here: Windows // Documentary // HD Digital Video Official Selection at the Diaspora International Film Festival 2012 // York U Students Showcase Section // Toronto, Canada 2008 El hijo del Santo (The Son of Santo) // HD Video Official Selection at the Edmonton International Film Festival 2008 // Edmonton, Canada Official Selection at San Diego Comic Con International Independent Film Festival 2009 // U. S. La Semilla (The Seed) // Animation Official Selection of the Doorpost Film Project La Duda Mata (Doubt Kills) // Super 16mm Official Selection Metro TV 2006 // Edmonton, Canada 1

2 Adonay M. A. GUERRERO CORTÉS 2 Elegy // Digital Animation Official Selection Metro TV 2007 // Edmonton, Canada 2004 Cuando las piedras gritan (When the Stones Scream) // Documentary // Digital Video 2002 El blues del buen samaritano (The Good Samaritan s Blues) // 16 mm Official Selection at Censured in Canada Film Festival 2015 // Toronto, Canada Screenplay awarded 1 st place of contest Una idea hecha cine from UVM (Universidad del Valle de México) Campus Queretaro and Kodak Mexico 1998 Manuel José Othón, el hombre y el poeta (Manuel José Othón, the Man and the Poet) // Documentary // Video As Photographer Hidden Gods // Dir. Adonay Guerrero // 2015 Plata Vudú (Silver Voodoo) // Dir. Gamaliel De Santiago // El lejano mar (The Far Sea) // Dir. Daniel Larracilla // Humanidad (Humanity) // Dir. César Padilla // El viaje (The Journey) // Dir. César Padilla // 2002 o Awarded First Prize at the Tlaquepaque Film Festival 2002, in Jalisco, Mexico. Amor por $17.50 (Love for $17.50) // Dir. Luis Carlos Cuevas // As Editor Women Building Peace in Africa// Dir. Colleen Wagner // HD Digital Video. 377, The Revenge of History // Long Length Documentary // (Assistant Video Editor) // Dir. Nancy Nicol // HD Video // Work in Progress. The Hull Block // Documentary // Dir. Dixon Christie // HD Digital Video // As Sound Recordist Short film A List // Dir. Matthew Rogers // HD Video //2015. Short film Making Coffee // Dir. Reiner Bello // HD Video Short film Lazarus // Dir. Nathan Skulstad // HD Video //2012. Short film The Ticket / Dir. Reiner Bello // HD Video //2012. Short film Púrpura (Purple) // Dir. Jorge Araujo// 16 mm // New Media Vessels of Memory - Augmented reality docu- fiction Demo presented at the HASTAC 2013 congress at York University, Toronto, ON. Land/Slide: Possible Futures sponsored by York University and Markham Museum. Collaborator of development of the App and artist advisor Teaching E xperience University of New Brunswick Part- time Professor - ENGL / FILM 3183: Screenwriting for Short Formats, English Department, Faculty of Arts Part- time Professor - MAAC3362 Sound Design, Culture and Language Studies, Faculty of Arts York University Teaching Assistant - FA/FILM1020 Introduction to Filmmaking, Department of Film

3 Adonay M. A. GUERRERO CORTÉS 3 P ublications Un camino por Palomar. La Guagua. No. 10. October. Edmonton, AB, 2009 Entrevista a Ricardo Copado. La Guagua. No. 7. August. Edmonton, AB, 2009 El cine hecho en casa. La Guagua. No. 5. June. Edmonton, AB, 2009 La vida es una lucha. La Guagua. No. 2. March. Edmonton, AB, 2009 Slumdog Millionaire sí quiere ser millonario. La Guagua. No. 1. February. Edmonton, AB, 2009 G uest L ecturer Short Film El hijo del Santo. English Literature in Global Perspective (English 113). Instructor Dr. Marco Katz. Department of English and Film Studies. University of Alberta. Edmonton, AB, 2008 Honors and Awards Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant // // $17,500. CAN Artistic Education Abroad in the category of Visual Arts grant // FECA (State Funding for Arts and Culture) San Luis Potosi s Government // 2011 // $120, MEX - $ CAN Film production in the category of Visual Arts // FECA (State Funding for Arts and Culture) San Luis Potosi s Government // 2008 // $4000 CAN Film production in the category of Visual Arts // CECA s (State Council for Arts and Culture) Jalisco s Government // 2005 // $140, MEX - $10, CAN Professional Experience 2016 Production of Promotional Video for the Department of Modern Languages - St. Francis Xavier University. Work in Progress 2015 to date Multimedia Lab Assistant - Department of Modern Languages. St. Francis Xavier University. Coordinating assignments for Spanish courses. Technical assistance for students from different programs to date Video Editor - Hype TV TV Show Battle Scars. About Canadian Military in times of peace and war. Editing over 40 segments for various episodes. Research Assistant / Video Editor Assistant - Prof. Nancy Nicol, Director of the Envisioning Global LGBT Human Rights organization. Rental Manager / Video Transfer Services Coordinator - McBain Camera Photo Source Rentals of video and photo equipment. Transfer and conversion of film and video. Video Editor, Cameraman - HypeTV, PunkTV.ca, AlbertaTV.ca. Editing and shooting several Punk- Rock interviews. Editing dozens of corporate, didactic and travel videos. Documentaries. Graphic Artist and Writer - Revista La guagua cultural- First Hispanic cultural supplement in Edmonton. Editorial design, art illustration. Director and producer - Journalistic TV program RAP TV - Universidad de Guadalajara (University of Guadalajara) Script, conducting interviews, 3

4 Adonay M. A. GUERRERO CORTÉS 4 shooting and editing of full episodes Videographer Municipal Government of Tequila. Producing videos and TV Program Tequila Avanza. Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico. Videographer - Government of Jalisco, Mexico. Producing touristy spots for different Municipalities of Jalisco. Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Internship / Videographer - Channel 7, XHSLS, San Luis Potosi s local television. Producing commercial spots, cameraman at studio. San Luis Potosí, México. P rofessional Affiliations Latin American Studies Association New Brunswick Filmmakers Co- operative Languages Spanish English Other C ourses 2016 Understanding Video Games - University of Alberta by Coursera. Certified on Jan. 10, Course of Professional Game Design. University of New Brunswick, NB, Canada 2014 Course of Basic Web Design. University of New Brunswick, NB, Canada 2010 Course of Speech for Academic Purposes. University of Alberta. Edmonton, AB, Canada 2004 Cinematography Workshop on Arriflex SRIII. Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico Screenwriting workshop by Vicente Leñero. Universidad de Guadalajara. Mexico. Skills Software Final Cut Pro 7 Avid Media Composer FCP X Adobe Creative Suite Hardware HD Cinematography DSLR Filmmaking 16mm + Hand Processing Sound Recording Learning tools and other skills MS Office Wordpress, Blogger Screenwriting software (CeltX, Final Draft, Storyst) 4

5 Adonay M. A. GUERRERO CORTÉS 5 Online learning platforms (Desire2Learn, Moodle) Community and Volunteer Work Volunteer / Antigonish International Film Festival Volunteer preparing and helping in cultural events / Edmonton Hispanic Bilingual Association Volunteer / Edmonton International Film Festival Volunteer and Producer of workshops and memory videos / Vida Independiente de México (Mexican association for People with walking disabilities)