| Arambilet | |
| Birth Name: | Ángel Luis Arambilet Alvarez |
| Birth Date: | 16 September 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| Nationality: | Dominican, Spanish |
| Spouse: | Victoria Díaz Bonnelly |
| Children: | 2 |
| Relatives: | Idelisa Bonnelly (aunt-in-law) |
| Occupation: | Novelist, poet, screenwriter, painter, graphic artist, filmmaker |
| Awards: | Dominican National Literary Awards: Short Story (1994), Novel (2005) |
Ángel Luis Arambilet Álvarez (born September 16, 1957), generally known professionally as simply Arambilet, is a novelist,[1] poet, screenwriter, painter,[2] graphic artist and filmmaker[3] of Spanish-Dominican descent.
Arambilet was one of 34 people interviewed for The History of Computer Graphics and Digital Art Project.[4] His work is mentioned in compArt | center of excellence digital art” (a project at the University of Bremen).[5]
He has been awarded by the Ministry of Culture of the Dominican Republic with the National Short Story Award (The Cayenne petals, 1994) and National Novel Prize (Neguri's secret, 2006).
| Year | Títle | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Miriam Calzada: Montecristi | Director, producer, screenwriter | Documentary I from series: "Art and artists" | |
| 2003 | Marcos Lora Read: Kid Kapicua | Director, producer, screenwriter | Documentary II from series: "Art and artists" | |
| 2005 | Neguri's Secret – El secreto de Neguri | Director, producer, editor, screenwriter | Documentary with the insertion of two Short Films by Pedro Guzmán and Esteban Martin. | |
| 2006 | Waltz – Vals | Director, producer, screenwriter | Official selection Rainier International Film Festival (RIFF) 2007 | |
| 2006 | Sepiablue – Sepiazul | Director, producer, editor | Premiered at XVI Spanish and Latin American International Film Festival. Cervantes Institute of Manchester & Leeds, Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK. | |
| 2006 | Luck – La suerte | Director, producer, editor, screenwriter | Official Selection and nominated as Best Foreign Film at the San Fernando Valley International Film Festival (VIFFI) 2007. | |
| 2007 | A imagen y semejanza | Director, producer, editor, screenwriter | Selección Oficial XXII Bienal de Artes Visuales ELJ; Santiago, R.D. Honorable Mention of the Jury. | |
| 2007 | Efecto Kuleshov Caribe | Director, producer, editor, screenwriter | Official Selection at the XXIIELJ Visual Arts Biennial; Santiago, Dominican Republic. Honorable Mention of the Jury. | |
| 2010 | Spécimen 1111 | Director, producer, editor, screenwriter | Premiered at XVI Spanish and Latin American International Film Festival. Cervantes Institute of Manchester & Leeds, Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK.; Online Digital Gallery D-ART 2011 for the International Conference Information Visualization iV 2011 (London), and the International Conference “Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualization” CGIV 2011 (Singapur). | |
| 2011 | Diáspora Caleidoscópica | Director, producer, editor, screenwriter | Official Selection XVI National Visual Arts Biennial, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | |
| 2011 | Sureya: Mother of everyone | Director, editor | Documentary on the life and works of a Dominican social activist in Catalunya, Spain | |
| 2013 | The aragone's Memoirs – Memorias de un aragonés | Director, producer, editor | Official Selection Premios Platino del Cine Iberoamericano. Nominated as best documentary for Dominican Republic / Spain. | |
| 2013 | Culture Shock: It’s a rocking new life | Content Producer | Reality Show for TV: Pilot. | |
| 2013 | Shadows – Sombras | Director, producer, screenwriter, editor | Official Selection: Llatinoamerica ProjecCat, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 2014 | Código Paz | Screenwriter, Post-Production Supervisor | Official Selection: Prize ADOCINE "La Silla", Best Screenplay Award Winner. Official Selection and nominated as Best Latinamerican Film at Premio Cinematográfico José María Forqué Premio Cinematográfico José María Forqué, Madrid, Spain. Dominican REpublic's Official Selection to Premios Goya, Madrid, Spain. Official Selection as Best PIcture and Best Screenplay to the II Platinum Awards for the Iberoamerican Cinema/II Premios Platino al cine Iberoamericano Premios Platino. | |
| 2016 | Dr. Nasha | Director, producer, screenwriter, editor | Documentary about a talented Catalan artist with Crohn's Disease, that dissects society through the eyes of his Comic Book character, Dr. Nasha. |