Andrés Baiz Explained

Andrés Baiz
Birth Name:	Andrés Baiz Ochoa
Birth Place:	Cali, Colombia
Othername:	Andi Baiz
Occupation:	Director, screenwriter
Yearsactive:	2007 – present

Andrés Baiz Ochoa (born 1975), also known as Andi Baiz, is a Colombian film director and screenwriter. As a film director, his first feature was Satanás, based on the novel of the same name. He is known also for directing the film The Hidden Face and for the TV series Metástasis and Narcos.

Life

Graduated from New York University Tisch School of the Arts with a major in Film and TV and a minor in Cinema Studies. After graduating he was mentored by French director Raphael Nadjari, with whom he produced four horror short films. He then worked for the video production company Centro-Films as producer, director and editor for two years. He also worked as a film critic for Loft magazine between 2001 and 2004. He also worked in the production department of five feature films: Bringing Out the Dead, Zoolander, Cremaster 2, Maria Full of Grace and The Fittest. His short film Hoguera (Bonfire) was selected to participate in 2007 Cannes Director's Fortnight. Baiz has written and directed five short films, three music videos and one documentary. Satanás was his debut feature film.^[1]

Filmography

Short film

Year	Title	width=65	Director	width=65	Writer	width=65	Producer	width=65	Editor
2000	Payaso Hijueputa
2007	Hoguera
2008	Passing By

Feature film

Year	Title	width=65	Director	width=65	Writer	width=65	Producer
2007	Satanás
2011	The Hidden Face
2013	Roa
TBA	Pimpinero

Television

Year	Title	width=65	Director	Executive Producer	Notes
2010	El cartel			1 episode
2011	Infiltrados			Episode "El asesinato de un Coronel"
2014	Metástasis			8 episodes
2015-2017	Narcos			12 episodes
2018				4 episodes
2022	The Sandman			2 episodes
2024	Griselda			Miniseries

Notes and References

Web site: Perfiles: Andrés Baiz . Proimágenes Colombia . Spanish . 8 February 2016.