MAYRA DANIELA SÁNCHEZ BENAVIDES
Minnervaah
Address: Quito- Ecuador
E-mail: minnervaah@gmail.com
Tel: +593 98 334 5816
Watsapp: +44 7576789476 (UK number)
Professional info
MA PERFORMANCE DESIGN AND PRACTICE
UAL- Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. London, UK 2015
B. DES. PRODUCT DESIGN
PUCE (Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador). Quito, Ecuador, 2011
See below for further education or click HERE
Work experience
Feature Films
“LOS CANALLAS” (Riff-Raff), Feature Film
Wrote and Directed by Ana Cristina Franco, Diego Coral López, Jorge
Feganand Nathaly Valencia. Produced by Camilo Luzuriaga.
Quito Ecuador
Jan /July 2008
Awards: Winner of the Bronze Best First Feature Award at the 2009
Montreal World Film Festival. Official Selection of the 34th Cleveland
international film festival, USA 2010,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYIFGRJHqdU
“DISTANTE CERCANÍA” Period Feature film placed in 1945
(An Intimate Distance: The Law of the Swindler)
Wrote and Directed by Alex Schlenker.
Quito- Ecuador
May /August 2011
Awards: WBK Berlin 2004, Writing Promotion Award. Script Development
Award (CNCINE, 2007). Feature Film Production Award (CNCINE, 2010).
Feature Film Post-production Award (CNCINE, 2012).
Official selection of the 29th Bogota Film Festival
http://www.distantecercania.com/
“KILLA”, Ethnic Feature Film.
Wrote and Directed by the Native Quichwa Documentary Maker Alberto Muenala.
Otavalo –Ecuador
May /August 2012
Awards: The CNCINE (The Ecuador’s National Council of Cinematography)
Film Production Award (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN8zmaRHk30
Short Films and Teasers
“Mi Familia 2.0” (My Family 2.0)
Tv Serie Project
Wrote and Directed by Nataly Valencia.
Quito -Ecuador / September 2012
“Casi Amantes” (Almost Lovers)
Feature film project Teaser
Wrote and Directed by Gonzalo Estupiñán.
Quito Ecuador / March 2011
“Retratando el Vacío” (Picturin the Void)
Feature film project Teaser
Wrote and Directed by Patricio Capelo.
Quito Ecuador / April 2011
“Sopa de Bichos” (The bugs soup),
Shortfilm
Wrote and Directed by Juan Proaño.
Quito Ecuador / September 2010
Sketches and promotionals
Internet Publicity Sketches
Touché Films – Enchufe tv
Quito- Ecuador / October 2012/ January 2013
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o77Gxw3Bu4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtD-RuMSnPI
“Esmeraldas, despierta tus sentidos ”
(Esmeraldas, Awaken your senses)
Government of the Province of Esmeraldas promotional
Esmeraldas-Ecuador
April 2012
“INCINE promo ”
Publicity
Quito-Ecuador
April 2011
TV programs
Interviews TV Show IBERGENTE (4 programs)
About the Latin American new cinema produce by INCINE and
playedby Ecuador TV, Ecuador’s public television channel.
Quito Ecuador / April 2011
Educative Talk Show “FAMILIAS TRIUNFADORAS”
Educative program addressed to parents of 0 to 6 years old kids to be played
at the government TV educational space at all the Ecuadorian non paid channels.
Quito Ecuador / April 2011
Theater
“UNCLE VANIA” by Anton Chéjov
Played by actors from “El Estudio de Actores” Theater Company.
Directed by Leon Sierra
Awards: Winner of the Ecuador Ministry of Culture Award for Diffusion of Theatrical Arts.
Quito-Ecuador/ October -November 2012
http://www.facebook.com/VaniaUnaComediaNegraDeAntonChejov?ref=ts&fref=ts
ART DIRECTOR / PRODUCTION DESIGNER
2008 - present
Languages
Spanish (mother tongue - Latin American Ecuadorian)
English (Fluent)
French (intermediate)
Italian (basic)
Skills
PHOTOSHOP
ILLUSTRATOR
FINAL CUT PRO
MODELING with diverse techniques on different materials such as: Wood, metal, ceramics, paper, plastic, seeds, and fabrics.
HANDING of carpentry manual tools and industrial machines, like electric compass or circular saws, electric, gas and shielded metal arc welders, etc.
ACTING Three yers training, Ecuador
KAPOEIRA EIght months training iEcuador 2008-20009
TANGO Three months Training LPTA London Summer 2014
2010 - present
2010 - present
ART DIRECTION ASSISTANTSHIP
“El ultimo en morir” (The last one dead), Feature film
Wrote and Directed by Carlos Larrea
Quito Ecuador / Ocrober 2010
"Última Campanada” (Final Bell's Sound), Shortcut
Wrote and Directed by Cristina Coral and Carla Yépez
Quito Ecuador / March 2009
“Plan B” , Feature film teaser project
Wrote and Directed by Ana Cristina Franco
Quito Ecuador / March 2012
“El Secreto del Pingüino” , Feature film teaser project
Wrote and Directed by Nataly Valencia
Quito Ecuador February 2011
“Capaz y te casas” (Maybe you get married), Short film
Final Project of the Panoramic Acting and Filmmaking Workshop at INCINE
Collective project, I share the direction with another classmate.
Quito-Ecuado / March 2010
DIRECTION
B. Des.
Designer Degree with a Major in Product Design
School of Architecture, Design and Arts
2005-2009 /Disertation 2011
Quito-Ecuador
Undergraduate Dissertation Thesis
2010-2011
“Inclusion of Product Design in the Cinema Field as an Instrument to
Support the Development of Art Direction in Ecuadorian Film Productions”
The Pontifical Catholic University, Quito-Ecuador
Advisor: Alex Schelker
http://repositorio.puce.edu.ec/handle/22000/5135
1st Year of Applied Languages to International Trading
School of Comunication, Linguistics and Literature (PUCE)
Quito - Ecuador 2003-2004 (not finished)
Industrial Design Sculpture Workshop with Germán Botero
School of Architecture, Design and Arts (PUCE)
Quito - Ecuador / Jun 2007
Photography Open Workshops
School of Human Sciences (PUCE)
Quito - Ecuador Oct 2003- Jun 2004
El Estudio de Actores Theater Company
2011 - 2013
The Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (PUCE)
2003 - 2009
Education
WORK AND TRAVEL EXPERIENCE PROGRAMS AT US
Ocean Air Enterprises. Kissimmee Florida, USA
Sales (May/September 2010)
La Ponderosa Steak Hose Kissimmee Florida USA
Hostess (May/September 2010)
Legoland Amusement Park. Carlsbad California, USA
Hostess (July-August, 2008)
Wal-Mart. Ocean Side California, USA
Sales (July-August, 2008)
Cedar Point Amusement Park. Sandusky Ohio, USA
Hostess, Waitress, Bar Attendant- (July-September, 2007,
July/October, 2005 – Jun/ September, 2006),
INCINE Filmmaking and Acting School
February-May 2010
Panoramic Workshop on Filmmaking and Acting
Acting Clases
Undertaking Management / Undertaking Fundamentals
CONQUITO (Metropolitan Agency of Economical Promotion)
Jun / July 2009
MA Performance Design and Practice
Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design UAL
2013 - 2015
PRODUCTION DESIGN WORKSHOP
INCINE Filmmaking and Acting School, Quito-Ecuador
2011-2012
Undergraduate Class (Students from the First and Third year)
Covering the following topics: Ecuadorian Painters of the XX Century,
The Idea as a concept, The Visual perception applied to set design,
The object: the reality and the scene, interpretation and re-signification,
The custom communication, the construction of the character, the archetype.
Developed quizzes, exams, and homeworkAt the end of the program students
have to make an art proposal to their shortcuts.
(I led this workshop while I was writing my undergraduate dissertation project,
under the supervision of the Academic Director of the Institute Camilo Luzuriaga)
DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS WORKSHOP
ITHI Instituto Tecnológico Internacional, Quito-Ecuador
2012-2013
Undergraduate Class (1st Year Students of the Technology in Design)
covering the following topics: Design basic elements, configuration’s structures,
Interrelations between shapes and effects, color and design.
Developed quizzes, exams, and homework.
Students apply the design fundamentals in many manual work projects.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2011-2013
Design of handicrafts; clothe accessories, decoration elements, and furniture.
Basic Graphic Design Elements like posters, cards, publicity and so on.
Artisanal Cards making. Microenterprise (October 2005 /Jun 2006).
PRODUCT & GRAPHIC DESIGN
2005 - present (Free Lance)