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Oscar Ruiz Navia

Oscar Ruiz Navia

Personal Info:

KNOWN FOR

Directing

GENDER

male

BIRTHDAY

1982-06-22(42 years old)

PLACE OF BIRTH

Cali, Colombia

ALSO KNOWN AS

Óscar Ruiz Navia

BIOGRAPHY

Oscar Ruiz Navia is a cinephile who never attended a proper film school. Part of a new generation of Colombian filmmakers, he developed his interest in film on his own, and in 2006 founded Contravía (“Another Way,” in English), a production company to develop art house films in his country, where there is not a huge film industry. His first feature, Crab Trap (2010), won several awards, including the FIPRESCI prize at the Berlin Film Festival that year.

production

directing

writing

camera

crew