Horacio Maldonado

Horacio Maldonado was born on Nov 10, 1963 in Argentina. Horacio Maldonado's big-screen debut came with El desvío directed by Horacio Maldonado in 1998.

In 1988 he graduated from the career of Film Director at IDAC - Film Art Institute. He made his debut with the feature sci-fi - horror film Alguien te está mirando - (Someone is watching you - R 1988) at the age of 23 years. This film was a great success in theatrical and also his career thesis. He continued his studies at UCLA - University of LA, California - Extension Department, between 1990 and 1992. Besides of his career as Director, screenwriter and film producer - Horacio Maldonado led -within a group Film Directors colleagues - the struggle that concluded with the recognition and full execution of the Author's Rights for film and television Directors in Argentina. Since 2005, he has been repeatedly elected as General Secretary for DAC - Argentinian Film Directors -General Association for Film and Audiovisual Authors Directors from Argentine Republic. Since 2008 he is chief editor in several media content as: Revista Directores and DirectoresAV.com.ar website. In November 2017 he was elected President of Writers & Directors Worldwid (W&DW), International Council of Creators of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC), where he will serve a two years term (2017-2019)