Alberto Ortega
Country: SpainUpon finishing his cinematography studies at the TAI school in Madrid (2003), he began his career directing two short films: "Oculto" (2005) and the award-winning "Dia de perro" (2006) while beginning his career on various television channels such as graphic designer (FOX Spain, Globomedia and La Sexta). As a director, he has since signed multiple advertising pieces for brands such as Movistar, Amazon Prime, Sony, Warner, VISA, Cartoon Network, among others.
In 2016 he premiered the award-winning documentary film “Even though you don't know it” (RTVE, Canal Sur) which he co-directs with Charlie Arnaiz, with whom a year later he will found the production company Dada Films & Entertainment to create and develop new formats and content.
He immediately directed the fiction project called "EI Punto Frío" (RTVE, 2018), Branded Content projects such as "Poesia tu tu" (Loewe, 2018), advertising campaigns and new formats such as "Memoria de futuro" (RTVE, 2017 ) and "Call it X" (PlayZ, 2021). In 2021 he received a Goya nomination with the documentary film "Anatomía de un Dandy".
In 2022, he premiered the documentary series "Raphaelismo" (Movistar+), which he co-directed and produced with his partner Charlie Arnaiz, and premiered the fiction short film "Denali", with a futuristic cut.
He has recently become a member of the Film Academy.
Craig Ouellette
Country: United States of AmericaCraig grew up in Denver, Colorado and Dallas, Texas. He graduated with honors from the University of Iowa. He also studied directing with Judith Weston.
Craig is the writer/director of the independent feature “All The Days Undone” and more than 25 short films, most in the horror, thriller and action genres. They have over 70,000,000 views online, have played numerous festivals and won multiple awards.
He also co-produced the award winning feature “Ball of Wax”. And was director of photography and editor on the feature “I Was A Teenage Wereskunk”, available on Amazon.
When his Mom was diagnosed with Cancer, Craig captured much of her year-long ordeal on video. The resulting feature “The Closer She Gets” was accepted into Slamdance, won best documentary feature at the Zero Film festival and has been used by hospice care professionals to help families cope with their own cancer journeys.
In addition to film, Craig is an avid traveler. He has been to 44 countries, all 50 United States and always finds inspiration in the uniqueness of other places and cultures. He blogs about it at CraigoTravels.com.
