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JOSÉ IGNACIO VALENZUELA
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TELEVISION
  • WRITER & CONSULTANT
    1994 – Present
    The Catholic University TV Channel, Santiago, Chile.
    Responsible of the creation and writing of several soap operas, exhibited with big audience success. In charge of developing and implementing publicity campaigns and programs, and workshop with actors.

    •    SOAP OPERAS:
       Don Amor, 2008
       Lola (adaptation), 2007
       Papi Ricky (collaboration), 2007
       Sabor a Ti, 2000
       Marparaiso, 1998
       Amor a Domicilio, 1995

       SITCOM:
       Amor a Domicilio, la comedia, 1996

       DOCUMENTAL:
       La Ruta del Cambio: Las Comidas Chilenas, 1997

  • WRITER
    2006
    Chilevision, Santiago, Chile.
    Writer of three episodes for the Second Season Prime Time TV Show entitled Historias de Eva.

  • WRITER
    2006
    Roos Films – Megavision, Santiago, Chile.
    Writer of five episodes of La otra cara del espejo, a prime time horror Chilean serial.

  • CREATIVE DIRECTOR
    2005
    Promofilm US, Miami, Florida.
    Creative director and consultant for several TV projects.

  • WRITER
    2005
    Leo Burnett, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
    Writer of a television announcement for the product Secret.

  • WRITER
    2005
    Tu Universo Televisión, San Juan, Puerto Rico
    Creator and writer of the serial of four episodes entitled Vidas como la tuya.

  • WRITER
    2005
    Chilevisión, Santiago, Chile.
    Writer of three episodes for the TV serial entitled Historias de Eva, prime time show.

  • WRITER & PRODUCER
    2004 – 2005
    Tu Universo Televisión – Caleidoscopio, Inc., San Juan, Puerto Rico.
    Creator and writer of the serial Amores. Also, responsible for the shooting and editing process as an executive producer
    Nominated for an Emmy Award (Suncoast Chapter), in the category of Writing (2005).

  • CREATIVE DIRECTOR
    2004
    America Online, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
    Conexis by AOL new television marketing campaign.

  • CREATIVE WRITER
    2004
    Promofilm US – Telemundo, NBC, Miami, USA.
    Protagonistas de la Fama VIP, a prime time reality show, exhibited by Telemundo USA.

  • CREATIVE DIRECTOR
    2003
    P.E.S., San Juan, Puerto Rico.
    Reality show 360 Estudio, Televicentro, Channel 4, Puerto Rico.

  • WRITER
    2003
    The Joey DiPaolo AIDS Foundation – Telecare, New York, USA.
    Script for the Joey DiPaolo AIDS Foundation's PSA.

  • WRITER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR
    1998 – 2006
    Televisión Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico.
    As a writer, responsible of creating stories for soap operas, serials, and telefilms, showed with big success in Mexico, and exhibited in more than 30 differents countries. As creative director, in charge for developing projects, manage a team of writers and supervision of the quality and content of the scripts.

    •    SOAP OPERAS:
       El País de las Mujeres, 2002
       Lo que es el Amor, 2001
       Marea Brava, 1999
       A Contratiempo, 1998

       SITCOM:
       S.P.P., Sin Permiso de tus Padres, 2002

       SERIES:
       La Vida es una Canción, 2005
       Vivir Así, 2001 – 2002
       Lo que Callamos las Mujeres, 2001 – 2002

  • WRITER
    2000 – 2001
    Megavisión, Santiago, Chile.
    Fifteen episodes for La otra cara del espejo, the first horror Chilean serial.

  • WRITER & PROFESSOR
    1996 – 1998
    Televisa, Mexico City, Mexico.
    Creation and writing of two soap operas; in charge of a creative workshop for executives and writers.

    •     SOAP OPERAS:
        Piensa en Mi, 1997
        Bésame Mucho, 1996

  • WRITER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR
    1994
    The Catholic University TV Channel, Valparaiso, Chile.
    Creator and writer of the show Torni Quete y Ventolera, selected that year for representing Chile in an international television fair, in Madrid, Spain.

  • CO-WRITER
    1992 – 1993
    National Television of Chile, Santiago, Chile.
    Help to write scripts in the TV show Arboliris, created and written by Ana Maria Guiraldes, a famous Chilean writer

    • FILM
  • SCREENWRITER
    2008
    Isla Films, Inc. – Partnership of the San Juan Bay Estuary, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
    Screenwriter of the screenplay entitled Las Estrellas del Estuario.

  • SCREENWRITER
    2008
    Isla Films, Inc., San Juan, Puerto Rico.
    Screenwriter of the screenplay entitled Miente Conmigo, based on the book Different, written by Javier Ávila.

  • SCREENWRITER
    2007
    Isla Films, Inc., San Juan, Puerto Rico.
    Adaptation of the script entitled Miente Conmigo, based on the book Different, written by Javier Ávila.

  • SCREENWRITER
    2007
    Isla Films, Inc. – Caleidoscopio, Inc., San Juan, Puerto Rico.
    Screenwriter of the motion picture entitled “Manuela y Manuel, todas esperan por él”, starring by Humberto Busto (Amores Perros).

    “Manuela y Manuel is a very easy and witty comedy, very “Pedro Almódovar”. It has a smart balance between agility and tragicomedy”.

    Francisco López Villarejo
    Movie Critic
    Huelva, Spain.

  • SCREENWRITER
    2001 – 2007
    13 Lunas, Mexico City, Mexico.
    Co-writer with Iván Ávila, of the screenplay La Sangre Iluminada, released in February 27th 2007, in Mexico. Awared with the Prize of the European Young Jury to Best Movie, Biarritz Festival, France (2007).

  • INVESTOR
    2004
    13 Lunas, Mexico City, Mexico
    Investor of the film Adán y Eva (todavía), directed by the mexican director Iván Ávila, and released on March, 2004, exhibited in several Film Festivals such as Chicago International Film Festival, USA, 49 Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid, Spain, Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil, 25 Festival des Trois Continents, Festival International du Film, Nantes, France, and 26 Festival Internacional de Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, La Habana, Cuba, and in 2005, winner of a Mexican Academy Award Ariel.

  • SCREENWRITER
    2002
    Chile Films Productions – Warner Brothers, Mexico City, Mexico.
    Corazón de Melón, Filmed in Mexico and premier on August 7, 2003 Chicago Film Festival, 2005.

  • SCREENWRITER
    2001 – 2002
    Artimag, Sevilla, Spain.
    Los Ladrones no Tocan el Timbre, written for the Spanish director Pilar Tavora.

  • SCREENWRITER
    2001 – 2002
    13 Lunas, Mexico City, Mexico.
    Co-writer with Iván Ávila, of the screenplay La Sangre Iluminada.

  • SCREENWRITER
    2001
    Johnny Walker, Santiago, Chile.
    Screenwriter of Decision, short film for Johnny Walker, under the guidance of Rodolfo Pérez, Johnny Walkers' Chilean CEO.

  • SCREENWRITER
    2000
    Videocine, Mexico City, Mexico.
    Cómo casarse con el hombre equivocado.

  • SCREENWRITER
    2000
    13 Lunas, Mexico City, Mexico.
    Shortfilm Definitivamente entre sus brazos, for Mexican Director Iván Ávila.

  • CONSULTANT
    1998
    JL Producciones, Santiago, Chile.
    Revision and rewriting of movie script Los Pioneros del Fin del Mundo, written by the Chilean filmmaker Jorge López.

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    LITERATURE
  • WRITER
    2010
    Suma de Letras, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
    Author of the fiction book entitled La Mujer Infinita.

  • WRITER
    2007
    Alfaguara, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
    Author of the fiction book entitled El caso de la actriz que nadie queria.

  • WRITER
    2006
    Ediciones Vértigo, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
    Publication of the book El Filo de tu Piel.

  • WRITER
    2005
    Karma Sensual Contest, El taller del poeta, Italy.
    Selected to be part of the anthology of erotic short stories entitled Karma Sensual, published by El taller del poeta, with the short story Malos habitos.

  • EDITOR ASISTANT
    2003
    Hoy Newspaper – Promolatino, New York, USA.
    Collaborator with content and book reviews for the first literary supplement in Spanish Tinta Fresca.

  • LITERARY COLLABORATOR
    2000
    VidaLoca.cl, Santiago, Chile.
    Collaborator with entertainment news and literary articles for the web site vidaloca.cl.

  • WRITER
    1999
    LOM Ediciones, Santiago, Chile.
    Publication of the short stories book Con la Noche Encima.

  • WRITER
    1996
    Andujar Ediciones, Santiago, Chile.
    Publication of the novel Qué Pasó con Sofía Alcántara.

  • LITERARY EDITOR & WRITER
    1995 – 1997
    Revista De Novios, Santiago, Chile.
    As a literary editor, in charge of the quality and responsible of all the content of the magazine. As a writer, author of a monthly column El diario de una novia.

  • COLLABORATOR
    1991 – 1992
    Periódico El Mercurio, Santiago, Chile.
    Collaborator with articles and short stories in Chilean El Mercurio's supplement Zona de Contacto.

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    INTERNET
  • WRITER
    2006
    Guionistas Online, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
    Author of articles published on www.guionistasonline.com web page, directed by the Argentinean writer Jorge Maestro.

  • WRITER
    2000
    Mellafe y Maguire, Santiago, Chile. Creator and writer of a 12 episodes web sitcom La Vida Regia.

    • THEATRE
  • PLAYWRITER
    1997 – 2004
    Chile and Mexico. In 2004 he wrote the play Manuela y Manuel esperan por él, exhibited in Santiago de Chile in September, 2004. In 2002 wrote the monologue El consumidor de pornografía, written for Mexican actor Odiseo Bichir, at stage now in Mexico City, Mexico. In 1997 wrote and put on the play Para que Nunca Amanezca, directed by Odiseo Bichir, in Mexico City, Mexico. In 1987, wrote and put on the play Reunión de fantasmas, in Punta Arenas, Chile.

    • RADIO
  • CO-HOST
    2006 – 2007
    11Q Radio Station, 11.40 AM, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Co-host of the radio show entitled Tardes de Tertulia, hosted by the journalist Nieves Gonzalez Abreu, and aired Friday at 5 pm.

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    TEACHING
  • PROFESSOR
    2007
    New Cinema Academic Foundation. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Teacher of the workshop “Creative Writing”.

  • PROFESSOR
    2007
    New Cinema Academic Foundation. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Teacher of the workshop “Screenwriting”.

  • PROFESSOR
    2007
    Altos de Chavon Foundation - New Cinema Academic Foundation, Dominican Republic. Teacher of the workshop “Creative Writing”.

  • PROFESSOR
    2006
    Screenplay Projects Development Workshop, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Professor of the workshop organized by the Screenwriters Center of the Sacred Heart University, the Puerto Rico Film Commission, and the Audiovisual Investigation Foundation of Valencia, Spain.

  • PROFESSOR
    2006
    Seminary, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Professor of the seminary organized by the Screenwriters and Playwrights Association of Puerto Rico, Interamericana University of Puerto Rico, NALIP (National Association of Latino Independent Producers), the Puerto Rico Film Commission, and the Movie and Audiovisual Producers Association of Puerto Rico.

  • PROFESSOR
    2006
    Universidad Sagrado Corazon, San Juan, Puerto Rico Professor of the Master Degree Class Television script.

  • PROFESSOR
    2005
    Universidad Sagrado Corazón, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Professor of the Master Degree Class Ideas development workshop.

  • PROFESSOR
    2005
    Universidad Sagrado Corazón, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Professorof the Master’s class Television Formats.

  • PROFESSOR
    2005
    Universidad Central del Caribe, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Professor of the workshop Creative Writing.

  • PROFESSOR
    2004
    Universidad Sagrado Corazón, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Master's class Writing for Television.

  • PROFESSOR
    2004
    Actors Studio & Workshop, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Workshop How to Write a Screenplay.

  • PROFESSOR
    2003
    Universidad de Puerto Rico – Séptimo Arte, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Teacher of the seminary entitled How to write a screenplay, given in December of 2003.

  • PROFESSOR
    1991 – 1992
    Lycée de l’Alliance Française, Santiago, Chile. Professor of the literary workshop, with more than twenty students.

  • PROFESSOR
    1990 – 1997
    Several institutions, Chile. Professor of differents independents literary workshops, in cities like La Serena, Talca, Ovalle, Viña del Mar and Santiago, in Chile, and in several cultural centers.

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    HONORS & AWARDS
  • 2008 – Selected to be a participant in the exclusive screenwriting workshop, organized by Dreamago (www.dreamago.com), and given by Maggie Soboil, Arturo Arango, Randa Haines, John Shane, among others, in Sierre, Switzerland.

  • 2007 – Awared the Prize of the European Young Jury to Best Movie for La Sangre Iluminada, Biarritz Festival, France.

  • 2007 – Selected to be a participant in the Linda Seger Screenwriting Seminar, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

  • 2006 – Nominated for an Altazor Award, in Chile, for his TVmovie entitled Malamor.

  • 2005 – Nominated for an Emmy Award (Suncoast Chapter), in the category of Writing.

  • 2005 – Selected with the screenplay Tina Modotti: mi corazón late en mi contra to be part of the Third Writing Workshop, organized by Puerto Rico Film Commission, National Association of Latino Independent Producers, and Audiovisual Investigation Foundation, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

  • 2005 – His screenplay Manuela y Manuel Esperan por Él, was honored by Puerto Rico Film Commission with a production grant, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

  • 2004 – Corazón de Melón, nominee for MTV Movie Awards, as Best Movie of the Year, in Mexico City, Mexico.

  • 2004 – Il Calice della Colina Award, in Festival of Monfort D'Alba, Italy, for the movie Corazón de Melón.

  • 2004 – Nominee for a Diosa de Plata Award, as best screenwriter of the year, Mexico City, Mexico.

  • 2003 – Selected by Television Azteca to be nominated to the INTE Awards, with the TV Sitcom SPP, Sin permiso de tus padres, Miami, Florida.

  • 2002 – Selected to be a participant in the Robert McKee Story Seminar, Los Angeles, California.

  • 2002 – INTE Award, for the serial Lo Que Callamos las Mujeres, Miami, Florida.

  • 2001 – Selected to the Screenplay Workshop in Barcelona, organized by Sundance Institute, Barcelona, Spain.

  • 2001 – Selected to be a participant in the Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival, with the script La Sangre Iluminada, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

  • 2001 – Selected to be a participant of Boundaries of Writing, Creative Writing Workshop, organized by Creative Content Foundation, Miami, Florida.

  • 2001 – Winner of Huber Bals Foundation scholarship, with the movie script La Sangre Iluminada, Rotterdam, Holland.

  • 2001 – Selected to be a participant in the workshop of soap opera, given by Fernando Gaitan, author of Yo Soy Betty, la Fea Santiago, Chile.

  • 2001 – Selected to be part of the workshop of soap opera, given by Argos Television, with the project Sobre Vivir, Mexico City, Mexico.

  • 2000 – Selected by the Sundance Institute with the movie script La Sangre Iluminada, written in collaboration with the Mexican movie director Ivan Avila, to take part in a workshop with a selected group of international script writers, Mexico City and Oaxaca, Mexico.

  • 2000 – Awarded a Rockefeller Foundation scholarship, together with the movie director Ivan Avila, to take part in an international meeting of movie directors and scriptwriters in Bariloche, Argentina.

  • 2000 – Awared with support to development to the script La Sangre Iluminada, given by IMCINE, Institute of Cinematography of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.

  • 1998 – Homage as the best writer of the year, given by The Catholic University TV Channel, Santiago, Chile.

  • 1996 – Selected to be participant in the workshop of Dramaturgy, given by the French writer and scriptwriter Michel Azama, Santiago, Chile.

  • 1995 – Winner of the Best Scriptwriter of the year, granted by Institute of Communication PROCOM, Santiago, Chile.

  • 1994 – 1995 – Honorary Scholarship by the Catholic University of Chile to study, granted because of high academic achievement, Santiago, Chile.

  • 1994 – First place in Literary Contest organized by the Students Union of The Catholic University of Chile, with the short story Definitivamente Entre Sus Brazos, Santiago, Chile.

  • 1993 – Third place in Literary Contest Instituto de Letras, organized by The Catholic University of Chile, with the short story Después de Eso, el Mar, Santiago, Chile.

  • 1993 – First place in a Video Contest organized by the Students Union of The Catholic University of Chile with the video ¿Ha Cambiado?, Santiago, Chile.

  • 1992 – Selected to be part of the international Scrip-writing workshop for Television and Cinema at The Goethe Institute, under the guidance of Antonio Skarmeta, writer of the 1996 academy winner film Il Postino, Santiago, Chile.

  • 1988 – 1989 – Selected to be part of the workshop of soap opera, under the guidance of the Chilean author Sergio Vodanovic, Santiago, Chile.

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    PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
  • 2005 – Member of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Suncoast Chapter, USA.

  • 2005 – Member of NALIP, National Association of Latino Independent Producers, USA.

  • 1998 – present – Member of SOGEM, Sociedad General de Escritores de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.

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    INTERVIEWS & CONFERENCES
    Interviewed in several opportunities by the most importants magazines and newspapers in Chile, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and The United States, like El Mercurio, La Tercera, Las Útimas Noticias, la Nación, La Segunda, Vea, Ercilla, Qué Pasa, TV y Novelas, TV Notas, Reforma, El Nuevo Día, El Vocero, Primera Hora, Daily News, Miami Herald, Las Américas, In Newsweekly, El Nuevo Herald and many others in Latin America. Participant of the Chilean TV Shows Viva el Lunes, Noche de Gigantes, Estación Insomnio, Plaza Italia, Festival de Viña del Mar, La Mañana del 13; the Mexican TV Shows Con Sello de Mujer and Aquí está la papa; the puertorrican En Todas and En Cinta, the American TV shows Sucedió Así, Seguro que Yes, Quiéreme Descalsi, A las 7 con Fernando y Daily News, Miami Herald, Las Américas, In Newsweekly, El Nuevo Herald, and many others.

    Conferences in many literary events, such as Chilean and Mexican Book Fairs and Cultural Centers.

    EDUCATION
  • 1990 – 1996 Literature and Filos Aesthetics at the Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.

  • 1977 – 1989 Lycée de l‘Alliance Française, Santiago, Chile.

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    LANGUAGES
  • Fluent in Spanish, English and French, reading, writing and speaking.
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