Florencio Paiva – Writer . Producer . Director
WORK EXPERIENCE
- 10/2003 – 10/2011: Professor of Film Analysis. Universidad Central de Venezuela (Central University of Venezuela) (Caracas, Venezuela)
- 08/2004 – 10/2011: Senior Writer / Producer. HBO Latin America (Caracas, Venezuela)
- 09/2002 – 08/2003: Assistant Editor for the documentary “A Better Way” directed by Micki Dickoff. Pro-Bono Productions (Los Angeles, CA, USA). Avid.
- 08/2002 – 03/2003: Assistant Editor for the feature narrative film “Baño de Damas” directed by Michel Katz. Framework Editorial (Los Angeles, CA, USA). Final Cut Pro.
- 01/2001 – 08/2002: Assistant at the Television Department. Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
- 01/2002 – 05/2002: Graduate Teaching Assistant, School of Communication and Fine Arts. Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
- 02/2002 – 08/2003: DJ and Producer of the radio shows “Alma del barrio” and “The Gift of Jazz”. KXLU Los Angeles 88.9 FM (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
- 01/1997 – 08/1999: Journalist and Film Reviewer. Revista Encuadre (Caracas, Venezuela)
EDUCATION
- 2003: Master of Fine Arts Television Production. Loyola Marymount University, (Los Angeles, CA, USA
- 1998: B.A. in Arts with an emphasis on Film Theory. Universidad Central de Venezuela (Caracas, Venezuela
OTHER CREATIVE WORKS
- 05/2002: Writer / Producer / Director / Editor of the short film “Riot Guaguanco”. Thesis film for the MFA obtained at Loyola Marymount University.
- 08/2007: Director of a video finalist on the Guilt by Association Music Video Contest, for the song Can’t Take That Away de Will Oldham.
- 04/2010: Conference presentation: Fluid Movement: The close boundaries between the musical and the documentary in Our Latin Thing. Ramapo College of New Jersey (Mahwah, NJ, USA)
- 1988 – 1996: Music studies
LANGUAGES
- Spanish: First Language
- English: Bilingual
- French: Advanced
SPECIALS SKILLS
Ability to work with several editing systems, including Final Cut Pro and Avid.