Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Socialmedia
Filmdirector
Crew
Awards
Timeline
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Noel Rodriguez Portuondo

Tampa,USA

Summary

With extensive experience in the audiovisual industry, I have developed in various roles within the field and executed several projects, including many of my own authorship and direction. Additionally, I have worked as a researcher and ethnographer for example the Casa del Caribe (Santiago de Cuba) focused on indigenous religious groups and their characteristics, CIPS centro de investigaciones psociologicas y sociologicas (Havana, Cuba), Crexendia which is a project on citizen security and social prevention of violence and crime (Jalisco MX). I also have stable collaborations with journalism as a columnist and photojournalist; for example, El Oficio, Magazine AM:PM, On Cuba, and Diario de Cuba. I am currently working multimedia design and production management with Floridian Brand Labbros LLC (Florida, USA)

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Crew member

La Havana, Cuba
06.2019 - 02.2022
  • Assistant Direction: Virgilio Desde El Gabinete Azul
  • Doc, 85 min

Crew member

Universal Studios
Los Angeles, CA
04.2016 - 04.2017
  • Assistant Location Manager: The Fate and Furious 8

Film director

ICAIC
La Havana, Cuba
01.2015 - 02.2017
  • Iyanifa
  • Doc, 50 min

Film director

Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
06.2014 - 01.2015
  • Sin Ti
  • Fic, 22 min

Crew member

ICAIC
La Havana, Cuba
09.2013 - 10.2014
  • First Assistant Director: Siervos
  • Fic, 67 min

Crew member

Catholic Community Services
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
03.2012 - 11.2012
  • Producer: La Caridad que nos une
  • Doc, 27 min

Film director

Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
03.2012 - 08.2012
  • Huellas
  • Fic, 12 min

Film director

Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
02.2011 - 07.2011
  • El Golpe
  • Fic, 5 min

Film director

Kinomada
Quebec, Canada
11.2015
  • Tom and Jerry
  • Fic, 5.12 min

Education

Associate of Applied Science Social Sciencies -

Universidad de Guadalajara
Jalisco, MX
03.2020

Bachelor of Arts Photography -

International school of film and television
San Antonio de Los Baños, Havana
01.2016

Bachelor of Science Civil Engineering -

Univesidad de Oriente
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
07.2013

Skills

  • Film and Video Producer and director
  • Journalistic Reporting
  • Production Management
  • Graphic Arts Design
  • Cinematographer
  • Film Editing

Socialmedia

Youtube and Vimeo: Swing Creativo, Swing Creativo

                Instagram: swing.creativo

                 www.swingcreativo.com

Filmdirector

  • El Golpe, Fic, 5 min, 02/2011, 07/2011, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
  • Huellas, Fic, 12 min, 03/2012, 08/2012, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
  • Sin Ti, Fic, 22 min, 06/2014, 01/2015, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
  • Tom and Jerry, Fic, 5.12 min, 11/2015, Kinomada, Quebec, Canada
  • Iyanifa, Doc, 50 min, 01/2015, 02/2017, La Havana, Cuba

Crew

  • Producer, La Caridad que nos une, Doc, 27 min, 03/2012, 11/2012, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, Catholic Community Services
  • First Assistant Director, Siervos, Fic, 67 min, 09/2013, 10/2014, La Havana, Cuba, ICAIC
  • Assistant Location Manager, The Fate and Furious 8, 04/2016, 04/2017, Los Angeles, CA, Universal Studios
  • Assistant Direction, Virgilio Desde El Gabinete Azul, Doc, 85 min, 06/2019, 02/2022, La Havana, Cuba

Awards

  • Best Documentary and Animation, Gibara International Festival, 2023
  • Mention in the documentary category, Plaza Film Festival, 2023
  • Honorable mention in the documentary category, Yale University Hispanic Latin American Film Festival (LIFFY), 2023
  • Kinomada Official Selection Shorts Film
  • Almacen de la Imagen Award, Best Director Documentary
  • Santiago Alvarez Award, Best Largo Documentary and Director
  • Official Selection Festival of the International Festival of new Latin Cinema

Timeline

Crew member

06.2019 - 02.2022

Crew member

Universal Studios
04.2016 - 04.2017

Film director

Kinomada
11.2015

Film director

ICAIC
01.2015 - 02.2017

Film director

06.2014 - 01.2015

Crew member

ICAIC
09.2013 - 10.2014

Crew member

Catholic Community Services
03.2012 - 11.2012

Film director

03.2012 - 08.2012

Film director

02.2011 - 07.2011

Associate of Applied Science Social Sciencies -

Universidad de Guadalajara

Bachelor of Arts Photography -

International school of film and television

Bachelor of Science Civil Engineering -

Univesidad de Oriente
Noel Rodriguez Portuondo