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Juan Carlos Martin studied filmmaking at the Cinematography Training Center in Mexico City. He has directed more than 600 commercials for Mexican television and has won a host of prizes, including the Moebius AdvertisingPrize and the Golden Promax Award, along with FIAP, Ojo de Iberoamerica and Circulo de Oro awards.He has also directed an impressive lineup of hit music videos, and among his other honors is an MTV Video Music Award for Best Director. Artists he has directed include the likes of Santa Sabina, Romantico Desliz, Victimas del Dr. Cerebro, Mana, La Ley, Molotov, Shakira, Ian Brown, Moenia and Joselo.In 2002 he came out with his first feature film, Gabriel Orozco, a movie honored with the Ariel for Best First Work, the Mayahuel for Best Director at the 2002 Guadalajara Film Festival, along with Best Film (the first for a documentary) and Best Sound, also at Guadalajara. In 2003 at the Expresion en Corto Festival (now known as the Guanajuato International Film Festival) his movie took home the prize for Best Documentary, and at the Miami International Film Festival it was named Best Latin American Documentary of the Year.In 2005 the short subject Casi nunca pasa nada (Almost Nothing Ever Happens) was honored at the Guadalajara Film Festival and at the Rotterdam Film Festival, later to win the prize for Best Photography at the Morelia Film Festival in Mexico.In 2008 he premiered his second feature film, 40 días (40 Days) in Mexico City movie theaters, and in 2009 wrapped up production of the short subject Hilos y cables (Threads and Cables).Production company: Letca Films, Miami, Florida (EE UU)Contact: {Jorge Espinoza;espi@letca.com} T +1-305-860-3833{Watch video;www.produ.tv/popup.html?noti=6842}