Álvaro Silva

STUDIES

1994  Graduated as a film and television maker with a specialty in sound at the San Antonio de los Baños International Film and Television School in Havana, Cuba.

SOUND TECHNICIAN IN FEATURE LENGTH FICTION FILMS
                         
2006  “Mataharis” by Icíar Bollain
2003  “Sinfonía de ilegales” by José Luis de Damas
2002  “Mundo Fantástico” by Max Lemcke             
                           

SOUND TECHNICIAN IN DOCUMENTARIES

2005 “Anatomía de un complot” feature length documentary by Emilio Pacull
         “Elías Querejeta: cómo es y cómo trabaja” by Fernando Méndez-Leite.
2004  “Las hijas de Belén” by Javier Corcuera
2003  “Salvador Allende” feature length documentary by Patricio Guzmán
2003   “Lola” by Jerome Pim
          “Los huérfanos del cóndor” by Emilio Pacull
2002   “Madrid” by Patricio Guzmán
          “El Violento Oficio de la Historia” by Oscar Martínez
          “Catedral” by Xavier Baudoin
2001  “Real Madrid / FC Barcelona” by Emilio Pacull.
2000 “Un profesor rural en la escuela Linda Vista” by Ricardo Carrasco.
“La última huella” by Paola Castillo.
“Los escolares se siguen amando” by Paco Toledo.
“Mémories de la Terre de Feu” by Emilio Pacull.       
1998 “Neruda” by Amalia Escrivá.
         “Oficios de la tierra” by Aldo Oviedo.
1996 “Divertimento” by Diego Meza.
“Los hijos de Nebraska” by Sergio Gándara.
1994  “Now y siempre” by Anais Domínguez.
1993  “La voz de la tierra” by Francisco Gedda.
1192  “Los mineros del carbón” by Ricardo Carrasco. Special jury award in the IX Paris Scientific Film Festival. For sound and image.
“Añihué, la isla del tiempo detenido” by Oscar Garaicochea.
“Tierras Magallánicas, Alberto De Agostini” by Francisco Gedda.

“El cajón del Melado, los hijos de la cordillera” by Ricardo Carrasco.

“Tres fiestas religiosas” by Ricardo Carrasco.
“El mar de los yamana” by Ricardo Carrasco.
“Una piccola Italia en tierras araucanas” by Francisco Gedda.
“Sobre rieles” by Oscar Garaicochea.
“Valdivia 1960, el gran terremoto” by Francisco Gedda.
1991 “La carretera Austral” by Francisco Gedda.
         “Maria Graham, aventuras de una viajera inglesa” by Oscar Garaicochea.

SOUND TECHNICIAN IN SHORT FILMS

2003  “Lo que quieren las mujeres”  by Pablo Fernández
         “Telepapaya dígame” by Tomas Jimeno    
2002  “Al correr del tiempo” by Manuel Avia.
          “En el puente” by Tomas Jimeno
          “Notmatof (fotomatón)” by Ruben Coca
2001  “Inocencia” by Sergio García
“El jardín de los sueños” by Alex Villagrasa
“Alas de ángel” by Ricardo Aristeo
“Rex cinema” by Manuel Marzel.
1999 “Los Chanchos” by Sergio Pineda
1996  “Fábula soul” by Samuel León. Award for the best soundtrack in the International Short Film Festival of Santiago de Chile

Sound technician for television

2002-2003     “Historia de España”, documentaries for the Planeta broadcasting channel.
2000-2001    “Al sur del mundo”, documentary, 2 episodes of various directors for Canal 13, Catholic University for Television.
1997-1999   “El show de los libros”, “Cine video”, magazine, various episodes of Nueva Imagen for Canal 7, Chile National Television.
1996-1997   “Las historias de Sussi”, fiction, 12 episodes of Gonzalo Justiniano and Vicente Sabatini for Canal 7, Chile National Television.
1991-1992   “Bajo la cruz del sur”, documentary, 7 episodes of various directors for Megavisión.

    1. “Al sur del mundo”, documentary , 6 episodes of various directors for Canal 13, Catholic University for Television.

1989  “Montaje de una fotonovela”, reportage by Ricardo Carrasco for Canal 11, University of Chile TV.
1989  “Marketing político”, reportage by Alejandro Schlesinger, for Canal 11 University of Chile TV.
1989  “De lo público, lo privado”, reportage , 6 episodes by Alejandra Toro and Ricardo Carrasco for Canal 11, University of Chile TV.

    1. “La cámara de los comunes”, reportage, 26 episodes by Alejandro Slesinger for Canal 11, University of Chile TV.

SOUND ENGINEER IN FEATURE LENGTH FILMS

2005 “Los aires difíciles” by Gerardo Herrero
2004  “Maria y Assou” by Silvia Quer
         “El camino de Víctor” by Dácil Pérez
“Habana Blues” by Benito Zambrano
2000  “Esta noche, no” by Álvaro Sáenz de Heredia
1998 “Tuve un sueño contigo” by Gonzalo Justiniano
1996 “La vida según Muriel” by Eduardo Milewich
“Diario para un cuento” by Jana Bokova
“Secretos y mentiras” by Alberto Lecchi
1995 “No te mueras sin decirme a dónde vas” by Eliseo Subiela 

FILM SCHOOL

1993  Producer of “Alambre de púas”, fictional short film.
         Producer of “Crunch”, documentary short film.
 1994 Sound technician in “Piggy”, documentary by Kwesi Dickson.
Sound technician in “Silencios” by Jesús Sanjurjo and “Pisis” by Paola Castillo, of the feature length film “Amores”
Sound mixer of numerous short films with Antoine Bonfantí.
Recording technician of the music by Juan Antonio Leyva for the feature length film “Amores”. 

OTHER EXPERIENCES

2000  Production assistant on set in Chile of “El caso Pinochet”, feature length documentary by Patricio Guzmán.
1999  Assistant director in “Isla de Robinson Crusoe” documentary by Patricio Guzmán.
1999  Teaching assistance as a sound advisor for the short films of the first year students of the regular course at the San Antonio de los Baños International Film and Television School in Havana, Cuba.
 1996 Assistant Director in “Chile la memoria obstinada”, feature length documentary by Patricio Guzmán.
1987  Assistant Director in several productions of the NGO ECCO and Proceso in Santiago de Chile.

 


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