Rudy Riverón Sánchez

Rudy Riverón Sánchez is an award winning director. He is a Cuban national, born in Holguin in the south east of the island. After working in theatre as an actor in Holguin, he moved to Havana to study Film Direction at El Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) while also working as a 2nd assistant director on channel Tele Rebelde at the Instituto Cubano de Radio y Television (ICRT).

He moved to the UK in 2002. He undertook a BA (Hons) in Film and Television Production at York St. John University where, in his final year, he was awarded a prize for the student who contributed most to the course and his short film 'Beyond Reach' was nominated for the 2009 Royal Television Society Student Award for the Yorkshire Region. He then worked on several low budget independent feature films, shorts, and music videos in a variety of roles. In 2010, Rudy returned to university to undertake the Northern Film School MA Filmmaking. Shortly after this, Rudy set up AlmostFilm Productions through which he directed a strong portfolio of music videos. He then wrote and directed his first feature film, '¿Eres tú, papá?' ('Is that you?'), the first psychological horror film to be made in Cuba. Rudy is currently developing future film projects, such as a psychological drama with the working title 'Carlitos' and is in conversations about adapting a novel into a psychological thriller.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Rebecca Randell