Javier Fuentes-León

Biography

Writer, director, producer, editor. After graduating as a doctor in Peru, Javier Fuentes-León studied film directing at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Los Angeles. His short film ESPACIOS (1997) won the CONACINE Short Film Award. The National Theater of Peru considered his play SR. NUBES one of the best of 2000 and published it in the compilation Dramaturgia Nacional 2000. His first feature film, CONTRACORRIENTE, had its world premiere at the San Sebastián International Film F...