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Juan Camilo Cruz(I)

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Juan Camilo Cruz is an Emmy® and BAFTA®-winning documentary filmmaker and producer. His work centers on character-driven storytelling developed through long-term collaboration and close attention to lived experience. He has directed and produced internationally recognized documentaries including A Simple Soldier and Lost in the Jungle, and served as producer and executive producer on award-winning films and series for major global platforms. He is the founder of Demolition Films.
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    • Won 1 BAFTA Award
      • 1 win & 6 nominations total

    Known for

    A Simple Soldier (2025)
    A Simple Soldier
    8.1
    • Producer
    • 2025
    Children of the Taliban (2023)
    Children of the Taliban
    7.8
    • Producer
    • 2023
    Country of Lost Children (2023)
    Country of Lost Children
    7.2
    • Director
    • 2023
    Zarifa Ghafari in In Her Hands (2022)
    In Her Hands
    6.8
    • Producer
    • 2022

    Credits

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    Producer

    • El Puente - Daddy Yankee en España (2026)
      El Puente - Daddy Yankee en España
      Video
      • produced by
      • 2026
    • A Simple Soldier (2025)
      A Simple Soldier
      8.1
      • producer
      • 2025
    • Lost in the Jungle (2024)
      Lost in the Jungle
      6.4
      • produced by
      • 2024
    • Messi's World Cup: The Rise of a Legend (2024)
      Messi's World Cup: The Rise of a Legend
      8.2
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Children of the Taliban (2023)
      Children of the Taliban
      7.8
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • Tanja: Up in Arms (2023)
      Tanja: Up in Arms
      7.1
      • co-producer
      • 2023
    • Zarifa Ghafari in In Her Hands (2022)
      In Her Hands
      6.8
      • producer
      • 2022
    • J Balvin in The Boy from Medellín (2020)
      The Boy from Medellín
      6.1
      • producer
      • 2020
    • Where the Light Shines (2019)
      Where the Light Shines
      6.9
      • associate producer
      • 2019
    • Drug Lords (2018)
      Drug Lords
      6.8
      TV Series
      • columbian field producer
      • local producer
      • 2018
    • City of Ghosts (2017)
      City of Ghosts
      7.4
      • co-producer
      • 2017
    • Creative Despite War (2014)
      Creative Despite War
      • producer
      • 2014
    • Fredrik Græsvik and Tom Victor Gausdal in Til bords med fienden (2012)
      Til bords med fienden
      5.2
      TV Series
      • Local Producer: Colombia
      • 2012–2013

    Director

    • Canelo
      • Director
      • Completed
    • A Simple Soldier (2025)
      A Simple Soldier
      8.1
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Lost in the Jungle (2024)
      Lost in the Jungle
      6.4
      • directed by
      • 2024
    • Dateline (1984)
      Dateline
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Country of Lost Children (2023)
      Country of Lost Children
      7.2
      • Director
      • 2023

    Writer

    • A Simple Soldier (2025)
      A Simple Soldier
      8.1
      • screenplay
      • 2025
    • Country of Lost Children (2023)
      Country of Lost Children
      7.2
      • written by
      • 2023

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