Rolando Meléndez

Director

BIOGRAPHIE

Rolando Meléndez is from the self-taught school of cinema. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Course a B.A. in Audiovisual Communication of the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. While completing his studies, Meléndez worked in the local film and advertising industry, serving as assistant director and independent editor for different producers and international projects. In 2016 he made his debut in the cinema with Chatarra and was recognized at the European Film Festival of Puerto Rico, where he received the award for the best short film in four categories: best photography, best script, best sound design and best short film. Chatarra was presented at the Clermont-Ferrand (Short Film Corner) and Nouveaux film festivals in France, in the following year. In 2017 the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture recognizes his talent for telling stories and collaboration to collaborate with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in the creation of a documentary by the artist Modesto Cepeda, awarded for devoting a lifetime to native music from Puerto Rico; bomba and plena. The documentary The Purist was presented at the Library of the United States Congress, in Washington, DC, in September 2018. For the same year, Meléndez was selected to attend the international workshop "Working with Actors: Meisner / Mamet Technique" for actors and directors at the Film School of San Antonio de los Baños, in Cuba. He recently completed the post-production stage of his documentary "San Jerónimo: A struggle through time" which he presents as one of the most valuable historical monuments in Puerto Rico, facing government abandonment and climate change. His first feature film “La Fuga” is on stage of development with the help of Ibermedia program, that supports the audiovisual industry and Ibero-American cinema.

FILMOGRAPHIE