Carlos Durrif
Specialty
Film, Directing, Creativity, Advertising, Graphic Design. Film History/Art History.
Training
Advanced Vocational Training Cycle in Film Production. CEV. (Madrid)
Bachelor of Fine Arts/Design and Image. UCM (Madrid)
Master 1. Arts du Spectacle-Cinéma. Paris8 (Paris)
MFA Directing for film and TV. NYFA (New York)
3rd Year of Doctoral Studies. UCM (Madrid)
Career path
She began her professional career in production companies and media agencies between the United States and Spain after completing her MFA in film production and directing at the New York Film Academy.
He has worked as an advertising director represented by different production companies since 2015.
Carlos runs his own studio specializing in graphic design and creative consulting for agencies and production companies, in addition to directing his own film shoots. Since 2017, his company has operated with a portfolio of clients in the audiovisual and advertising sectors, both nationally and internationally.
In the academic field, he is a professor of advertising management at the undergraduate and master's levels at the University of Arts TAIWhere he also tutors undergraduate and master's thesis projects.
He is currently a doctoral candidate at the Complutense University of Madrid, where he is conducting research on the generational identity of the first European filmmakers of the fantasy genre. His study analyzes, from an iconographic and formal perspective, the imagery of these creators, exploring character development, the use of cinematic techniques, and visual language, with the aim of identifying stylistic patterns that demonstrate their contribution to the development of the genre and of cinema itself.
Subjects and workshops
DEGREE IN CINEMATOGRAPHY AND AUDIOVISUAL ARTS (Title in extinction)
-Advertising production workshop
-Advertising Workshop: Fashion Film and Music Video.
-Film practice II: Advertising.
-Tribunals and tutorials for undergraduate and master's theses.
-Entrepreneurship workshops.
Research lines
Production of advertising, fashion and music videos.
History of cinema / silent fantasy and science fiction cinema.
Experimental projects with a visual and aesthetic emphasis.
Generative AI.
Awards, mentions and recognitions
Pecca de Oro - Jury Prize, Seville Film Contest
Best International Director - FENACIES 2014 (Uruguay International Film Fest)
Other merits
Official selection at Islantilla Cinefórum Film Fest and at Homochrom Film Festival Cologne for Synaptic
Official selection at Long Island International Film Expo (New York) for Solitude