Juan Alejandro Ramírez

Born and raised in Peru, Juan Alejandro Ramírez studied Anthropology in Lima and later in the US, as a Fulbright Fellow. After an extensive work experience as a still photographer, Ramírez enrolled in film school in New York. He has since written, directed, photographed, and edited his own film narratives while living and working in various parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America. His films --a mix of fact and fiction held together by a rare reflective stance, have shown at The Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA), New York's Lincoln Center, Rotterdam, Sundance, The Pompidou Center among others venues, earning him over thirty international awards.