Jorge Michel Grau

Jorge Michel Grau obtains a BA in Communication from the National Autonomous University of Mexico from 19941998 and then graduates with honors in Film Direction from the Centro de Capacitacion Cinematografica CCC in his professional career he has started as a producer of documentaries and cultural and educational television programs Jorge has participated as a production manager on several films produced by the Mexican Film Institute the CCC as well as independent productions In 2004 he specializes in film direction at the Escola Superior de Cinema I Audivisuals de Catalunya ESCAC at Barcelona Spain He receives a scholarship from FONCA National Fund for Culture and Arts in support program for overseas studies and in 2009 he receives funding for a film project In 2005 he studied Stage Direction at the National University Theatre School CUT with Raul Quintanilla and Art Direction with professor Alejandro Luna at the CCC As a film director he has worked on short films from 2003 to 2007 He debuts as a feature film director with the film Somos lo que hay aka We are what we are selected to compete at the 42th Directors Fortnight Quinzaine des Realisateurs at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010 in Official Selection for the Camara Dor and at 48th New York Film Festival 2010 The film has received the Silver Hugo Special Jury Prize for the international feature competition at the Chicago International Film festival Sequense Prize at the Fantasia International Film Festival Montreal Best Picture and Script Next Wave at the Fantastic Fest Austin He was selected to participated at the Young Producers Lab a the Morelia International Film Festival and for the Visionary Talent Campus organized by the Berlin Film Festival at the Guadalajara International Film Festival in March 2008 He is a professor of Production Assistant Direction and Set Logistics at the Centro de Capacitacion Cinematografica CCC as well as an advisor of thesis projects He also teaches Film Produciton at the Extracurricular Program at the Political and Social Sciences Faculty of the National Autonomous University UNAM as well as Film Direction at KMZ Workshops He published the article Un pays pris en otage par linsecurite in the Le Monde Magazine Special Cinema in France during the Cannes Film Festival 2010