Andrés Useche
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| Origin | Manizales, Colombia |
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| Website | https://www.facebook.com/andres1/ |
Andrés Useche is a Colombian American writer, film director, graphic artist, singer-songwriter and activist.
Early life
[edit]Andres Useche was born in Manizales, Colombia. He wrote and drew his first published political cartoon, "Soy Libre", at age 11. In high school, he won the Colombian Ministry of Culture Individual Creation Prize in Graphic Arts with his graphic novel Vana Espuma ("Idle Mist"). Upon high school graduation Useche composed music and scored documentaries.
After graduating as a visual designer with emphasis on Film from the Universidad de Caldas, Useche moved to Los Angeles, California to work as a filmmaker, eventually gaining dual citizenship.
Career
[edit]Useche wrote, directed, edited, scored and starred in a short film adaptation of his graphic novel Idle Mist on a minuscule $100 budget.[1] The short won the Best Fiction Film, Best Screenplay, and Best Actress César Awards,[2] and was also nominated for Best Actor and Best Music.
In 2008, in support of Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign, Useche volunteered, sang and spoke at rallies and wrote, performed and co-directed in the viral video "Si Se Puede Cambiar", a Spanish language music video also co-directed by Eric Byler and Warren Fu, which debuted on YouTube on February 22, from the group United For Obama. On April 8, 2008, "Si Se Puede Cambiar" was chosen by YouTube to represent Obama in the first-ever "Trendsetter Tuesday".
Andres continued pushing for immigration reform in the United States and wrote the song "Dream to Belong" in direct support of the DREAM Act.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Brunell, Doug (28 August 2003). "Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat". Film Threat. Archived from the original on 28 December 2007. Retrieved 9 March 2008.
- ^ "Big Film Shorts: The Source for Short Films". www.bigfilmshorts.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2007. Retrieved 9 March 2008.
- ^ Gastelum, Juan (21 February 2012). "Univision News Tumblr, Colombian singer-songwriter dedicates song to …". univisionnews.tumblr.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.[verification needed]
External links
[edit]- Borges: Influence and References - Andrés Useche by Manu El on www.themodernworld.com
- "Election rocks to a new Latin beat "Andrés Useche", and other artists express their support on The Miami Herald
- Protagonistas del Mundo: Andrés Useche on RCN Radio/TV station
- Channel 9 News: Andrés Useche and other young Democrats on Vice-Presidential debate on CBS Television
- Frontline on PBS on PBS Television
- Andrés Useche hosts Wondercon Panel on Temple of Geek