Alfonso Quijada

Mr. Quijada is a multi award winning international film producer, writer and director. His films have been officially selected to more than 45 film festivals around the world, including: The American Film Institute, Chicago International Film Festival, New York Latino Film Festival, Festival of New Latin American Cinema (Havana), Innsbruck International Film Festival (Austria), Whistler Film Festival and Panama International Film Festival.In the last three decades he has worked in more than 70 film and TV projects.He has produced 5 full length feature films: "Fabula" (shot entirely on location in Havana/Cuba), "Black Box" (shot in LA and Vancouver), "Malacrianza" ("The Crows' Nest") shot in El Salvador and post production in Mexico City, "La Palabra de Pablo" ("Pablo's Word"), also shot in El Salvador and post production took place in Bogota/Colombia: HBO bought the rights for the USA and Sony Pictures acquired the Latin American rights.He is the writer, producer and director of "EL Suspiro del Silencio" (The Whisper of Silence), shot in El Salvador and post production in Bogota/Colombia. The film was funded by Apex Studios, the first film studio in El Salvador. He is one of the founders and Head of Production of Apex Studios.He is the writer/director of "Tomorrow Before After" a post-apocalyptic movie to be shot in Latin America, the film is in the early stages of pre-production.He was one of the writers of the TV series "Duality" (in development). He has also produced/written and executive produced several short films and proof of concepts (HereAfter, Meridian/Random Walk/Somnolence/SW). His production company Sivela Pictures is in development with the films: "Random Walk (a consequential odyssey)" - "Embracing The Sun", "Infamy" and "killO".::AK