filmmaker / video artist
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica;">ZALDIVAR</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica;">BIO</p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica; min-height: 16.0px;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">A filmmaker and video artist, Zaldi­var completed both his BFA and a Masters of Fine Arts at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he has also taught as an adjunct faculty. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; min-height: 15.0px;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">His film and video art works have been screened at many festivals, museums and galleries worldwide and have been broadcast on PBS, ABC, IFC, Showtime and WE. He is the recipient of numerous grants and awards. His directing credits include "<a href="http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2003/90miles/">90 Miles</a>" (PBS), "<a title="" href="http://vimeo.com/33495233" target="">The Story of the Red Rose</a>" (Showtime), "<a title="" href="http://vimeo.com/33495815" target="">Palingenesis</a>" and "<a href="http://www.soldierspaythemovie.com/home.html">Soldiers Pay</a>," co-directed with David O. Russell (Three Kings; The Fighter) and Tricia Regan (Autism, the musical).</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; min-height: 15.0px;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">Zaldi­var started his film career as a sound editor and designer, his work can be heard in Academy Nominated films such as Ang Lee's "Sense and Sensibility", in Nanette Burstein and Bret Morgan's "On the ropes" and on HBO's America Undercover, for which he garnered an Emmy nomination.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Helvetica; min-height: 16.0px;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">He has served as a Juror for several mayor film festivals including the <a href="http://www.sundance.org/">Sundance</a> International Film Festival. He presently serves on the board of directors of <a title="" href="http://flahertyseminar.org" target="">The Flahety Film Seminar</a> and of <a title="" href="http://nalip.org" target="">NALIP</a> (The National Association of Latino Independent Producers). He is a <a href="http://www.sundance.org/">Sundance</a> Film Institute Fellow. He teaches at Miami International University's Art Institute. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px 'Helvetica Neue';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><a title="" href="http://www.Zaldivar.info" target="">www.Zaldivar.info</a></span></p>