Ricardo de Montreuil

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name = Ricardo de Montreuil

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birthname = Ricardo Elias de Montreuil Iturri
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occupation = Film director, producer, screenwriter
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Ricardo de Montreuil (born May 17, 1974) has achieved recognition in a wide range of media, including film, television, advertising and print.

Early life

Born in Lima, Peru, de Montreuil was raised in the coastal city of Trujillo, a midsize city in north Peru. As a child, de Montreuil studied painting at the Trujillo Fine Arts School and later he was trained by the renown Peruvian painter Pedro Azabache. After finishing high-school in Trujillo, de Montreuil travel to the United States to study film. De Montreuil graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design with a BA in Graphic Design, an MA in Graphic Design and a minor in Film and Art History. He later studied directing underJudith Weston in Los Angeles.

Print

De Montreuil's first job out of college was as Art Director for "Contents", an art magazine published in Savannah Georgia. De Montreuil's first task was to redesign the whole magazine, and to come up with a new grid for it. That issue was published in Print (magazine) as one of the best works from the region. Since then the magazine has won several awards for its design. "Contents (magazine) is a consistent winner in the annual design competitions of Print (magazine), Communication Arts (magazine) and The Society of Publication Designers" Print (magazine). PDN (Photo District News) honored Contents (magazine) on an Award of Merit for Design Excellence in their annual issue of editorial design. The magazine still makes use of de Montreuil's design and grid 10 years after his departure from the magazine.

Film

For his first short film "Amiga," de Montreuil received a Creative Achievement Award at the Festival du Cinema de Paris and was the recipient of a Jury Selection prize at the Biarritz Film Festival.

His debut feature film, "La mujer de mi hermano" ("My Brother's Wife", based on a novel by the controversial Peruvian author Jaime Bayly, was acquired by distributors Twentieth Century Fox for distribution in Latin America, and by Lionsgate for U.S theatrical distribution. "My Brother's Wife" is one of the most successful films in the history of Latin American exhibition, and enjoyed both the largest release and biggest opening weekend box-office for a Latin film in the USA at the time. The film features some of Latin America's leading actors, including Barbara Mori, Christian Meier, Manolo Cardona, Angélica Aragón, Beto Cuevas and Bruno Bichir.

His latest film "Mancora" was selected for competition in the World Drama category at the Sundance Film Festival 2008. The film cast includes Elsa Pataky, Enrique Murciano, Jason Day, Phellipe Haagensen and Liz Gallardo. "Mancora" was also invited and presented to be screened at South by South West film festival by Elizabeth Avellan, producer of Sin City and Grind House.

Television

De Montreuil has also enjoyed success in the music video world. He has directed videos for such leading artists as Andrea Echeverri, Plastilina Mosh and Nicole. Plastilina Mosh's music video "Peligroso Pop" was nominated for Best Alternative Video at the MTV Video Music Awards Latin America in 2003 and Nicole's music video "Vida" was selected at South by South West film festival.

De Montreuil has also been active in the world of television commercial directing. He directed several commercial spots for "Truth", a nationwide anti-tobacco campaign, and was the first Latin director invited to participate in the campaign. He has directed spots for a wide range of major companies including Coca-Cola, McDonald's and MTV. His commercials for Hewlett Packard were nominated at the Cannes Lions Advertising Festival in France. He has also won several Promax and BDA awards for his achievement in television creative and art direction.

De Montreuil is currently Creative Director at newly launched NBC Universal channel Mun2. Since his involvement with the company began, the channel has had massive ratings growth. Prior to this, De Montreuil was Senior Creative at MTV Networks Latin America for many years, where he oversaw the overall promotional design and content of MTV channels throughout the Latin American region.

De Montreuil was selected as one of Advertising Age's 40 Under 40 of 2006 and one of the 10 Hispanic raising starts in Hollywood according to Hispanic magazine in its 2008 entertainment issue.

Filmography

Feature Films

*Mancora (2007)

*La mujer de mi hermano (2005)

hort Films

*La Amiga (2003)

References

* [http://sundance.org/festival/insider/2008-01-26-MTA-montreuil.asp Meet the Artist: Ricardo de Montreuil, Máncora]
* [http://pro.imdb.com/name/nm1662693/bio Ricardo de Montreuil's bio ]
* [http://www.arienholden.com/contents/ Contents Magazine website]
* [http://hol.hispaniconline.com/HispanicMag/2008_03/Feature-Entertainment.html The next big things]
* [http://www.hispaniconline.com/magazine/2006/april/ltn_frm/film_tv.html Three of Hearts]
* [http://www.hispaniconline.com/magazine/2006/may/features/Feature_6.html The Future of Hispanic TV ]

External links

* [http://pro.imdb.com/name/nm1662693/maindetails Ricardo de Montreuil] at the Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.mancorafilm.com/ Mancora official website]
* [http://ricardodemontreuil.com/ Ricardo de Montreuil official website]