Juan Paulo Laserna

Columbia University

BIOGRAPHIE

Juan Paulo Laserna is a Colombian director, producer and writer. He graduated with honors from the School of Visual Arts in New York, where he won awards for best directing, editing and film for his feature film Las Malas Lenguas. His stories often utilize magical realism and dark humor to develop contemporary dramas and crime narratives related to immigration. He graduated with honors from the MFA program at Columbia University. He was awarded the Sloan Screenplay Competition award for his story on the indigenous rehabilitation of the land during the war in Colombia, as well as the KOB Mentorship grant for his film, Not My Name.

FILMOGRAPHIE