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ANDREA SAID CAMARGO
DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER
Nationality: British and Colombian
Mobil (+57) 3193997223
http://vimeo.com/saidk/videos
E mail: saidca@gmail.com / maquinaandante@gmail.com
www.maquinaandante.com
 

SKYLLS 
EDUCATION 
 

  • Master’s degree in Creative Documentary. Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia. 2012

  • Course in Production and Editing. Kensington and Chelsea College, London, England. 2002

  • Workshop on Documentary Film and Television. City lit, London, England. 2002

  • Workshop in Direct Documentary. Ateliers Varan, Bogotá, Colombia. 2002

  • Bachelor of the Arts in Social Communication and Journalism. Universidad Los Libertadores. Bogotá, Colombia. 1993 – 1999 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

DIRECTOR​

  • Documentary director ¨Yo Pakistán¨. Bogotá - Colombia

  • Documentary director "Masacre de Santo Domingo" Public Channel Señal Institucional. September 2017

  • Documentary director "Lejos de Casa". Public Channel Señal Colombia. November / December 2016

  • Documentary director. "La Paz silenciosa". Public Channel Señal Institucional. August / December 2016 

  • Documentary director, “Paciente”. Barcelona / Colombia. February. 2015

  • Program Director for Webtv channel “Doointv”. Bogota Mayor’s office Secretary of Education. Bogotá / Colombia • 2012- 2014

  • TV Director for Documentary tv programme “Cinco Maneras de Reconocer a un colombiano”. Bogotá /Colombia. June-October 2012

  • Documentary director, producer and Camera. Looking for... Bogotá. Colombia. September 2012 • TV Director “Protagonistas de nuestra tele”. an in-house production of RCN TV. Colombia. May-

  • June 2012

  • TV Director “Colombia Tiene Talento”, “Factor XS” an in-house production of Teleset/RCN.

  • Colombia. January 2012

  • Make note program “Saving the planet word,” Film production time. Bogotá / Colombia. 2009

  • Documentary film director and camera note Program “Revealed”. Citurna programmer Channel

  • 13. Bogotá / Colombia. 2008

  • TV director Programs “Personal trainer”, “Behind the fashion,” “Model Story”Body channel,

  • Bogotá / Colombia. 2006 / 2008

  • Documentary film director for “Temps de Refuge,” La Louviere, Belgium. 2007

  • Documentary film director for “Old, and Fighting Pulque,” México-Colombia. 2007 • Documentary film director for “La Terapia del Pelo”, Bogotá - Colombia. 2000

 

PRODUCER​

  • Line Producer. Documentarie. Como Queriendo Gatos. Mintic. Bogotá. 2021

  • Assitent Director. Congreso Internacional de Brujería. Mintic. Bogotá. 2021

  • General Producer. La Tercera. Canal Capital. Bogotá. 2021

  • General Producer. Documentary Clara. Bogotá. 2021

  • General Producer. Documentary "These are not our memories". Bogotá. 2021

  • Producer. Documentary "Memoria Histórica y construcción de paz". Bogotá. 2019 / 2020

  • General Producer. Documentary Feministas. Bogotá. 2018 / 2020

  • General Producer. Documentary Parador Húngaro. Bogotá / Hungary. March. 2014

  • Assistant director and line producer for Independence Television. Chapters Bicentennial Project.

  • Ministry of Culture, Bogotá / Colombia. 2009 – 2010

  • General Producer for documentary show “Flags on Mars”, Director – producer and Line research

  • Chapter “Life is just one”UNTV Bogotá-Colombia. 2005 – 2006

  • Producer and director for marketing of CityTV, Notes director for CityTV program “CityX” Bogotá –

  • Colombia. February/March 2005

  • General and line producer in Marketing area for CityTV, Bogotá. February 2003 – February 2004 • Production Assistant for Cultural TV “Los hijos de la tele”, Bogotá-Colombia. 1998

 

EDITOR

  • Editor of Behind The Scene. Neath Films. London. November. 2014

 

RESEARCH

  • Research for fiction series. Crimen Stories. Madrid / Spain. 2019

  • Research and General Assistant. Documentary Travels with the Spy for Love. Maquina Andante Media Lab. France. February. 2015

  • TV Archive Researches Project: 50 years of television in Colombia, Bogotá. February – April 2004

 

OTHER JOBS

  • Curator in New public and education. Cinemateca de Bogotá. Bogotá / Colombia. 2022 / 2024.

  • Teacher of documentary for Indigenas and Vulnerable people. Bogotá / Colombia 2016 / 2017.

  • Jury in documentary area in Ministry of Culture. Bogotá / Colombia 2017

  • Jury in documentary area in Festival FESDA. Cali / Colombia 2016

  • Organization Film Shows. Hambre and Colombian Film Panorama. University of Birkbeck. London. May 2015

  • Host in project. Colombian Film Panorama. “The Garrison”. House of Art. London. November. 2014

Director and producer

  • I can work independently on projects that I have developed myself.

  • I am extremely well organized and know how to manage a crew.

  • I’m an expert in developing and producing non-fiction content.  

  • I am also able to plan and draft budgets, then execute and manage them successfully.

  • I enjoy working as an independent contractor, but also enjoy working as part of a team 

  • I work as an editor in Final Cut 7 and Final Cut X. Adobe Premiere

  • I am very patient, disciplined, creative, punctual, and diligent.

  • I am also a fast learner 

LANGUAGES

  • Spanish: Native

  • English: Advanced Level

AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS

  • Grant to producer the documentary film "Yo Pakistan" Bogota - Colombia 2022

  • Grant to producer the documentary film "These are not our memories" Bogota - Colombia 2021

  • Grant to producer the documentary film "Clara" Bogota - Colombia 2021

  • Grant to write documentary project. Beca deEscritura. Mujeres Creadoras. Ministry of Culture. Film Feministas. Bogota - Colombia 2019 

  • Grant to producer shot documentary film "These are not our memories" Bogota - Colombia 2021

  • Grant to write documentary project. "Dancing on the graves" Bogliasco Foundation Residence. Genoa - Italy 2015

  • Grant to write research about Frontiers. "En la Frontera" Fondo para el desarrollo cinematográfico. Bogota - Colombia. 2011

  • Grant to make a short film. "Temps du Reduge". La Louviere - Belgium 2007

  • Grant to writers. Madrid - Spain 2001

 

DOCUMENTARY “LOOKING FOR...” 

  • Official Selection of Phoenix College Latino Film Festival, May 2014

  • Official Selection of Colombian Film Festival – New York – USA, March 2014

  • Official Selection of Regards sur le cinéma de Colombie et d’Amérique du Sud Montpellier –France Dec 2013

  • Official Selection of Opera Prima at Miradas Doc in Canarias/Tenerife, November 2013

  • Official Selection of Opera Prima at Documenta 2013, Caracas/Venezuela, November 2013

  • Official Selection in National Competition at International Festival of Cali, Cali/Colombia, November 2013

  • Special invited guest at El Perro que Ladra. Colombian Film Panorama. Festival in London, England, November 2013

  • Special invited guest at Festival El Perro que Ladra Festival, Paris-France, 2013

  • Official Selection at Festival de Cine Documental Atlanticdoc, Atlántida-Uruguay, 2012.

  • Official Selection at Festival de Cine en Femenino, Bogotá, 2012

  • Official Selection at Muestra Internacional Documental, Bogotá, 2012

AWARDS won by “LOOKING FOR...”
• Winner of Best Feature-length Film at Festival Internacional de Cine de Cali, 2013
• Winner of Best Documentary Director at Festival de Cine en Femenino, 2012
• Winner of Pre-purchase for Colombian public channel Señal Colombia at Cartagena-FICCI, 2012 • Selected with for Project Development meeting at DocMontevideo, 2011
• Winner of Coproduction Documentary Project by Tv Cultura, Brasil at Inside DocMontevideo,

2011

 

DOCUMENTARY “HAIR THERAPY ” (LA TERAPIA DEL PELO) 

Official Selection at:

• Festival International du documentaire “Ficcion du Réel” in Marseille, July 2001

• Regards sur Les cinemas d’Ameriique Latine, Geneve, November 2001
• Caracas Film Festival, February 2002
• Film Festival Viana do Castelo, Portugal, May 2002 

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