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Lucas de Barros - Director & Producer
Director, Photographer, DOP, DIT, Editor, Colorist and Post-production coordinator with over 10 years of experience, Lucas is real a jack of all trades in the digital media world, having worked in virtually any function on the business in countless productions all over the world, from Argentina to the United Kingdom. As a director he made videoclips, short films and the feature documentary The Sound of Chamamé - about South American Folk Music. He's a friend of Jonathan Shaw since 2005 and lives in Florianópolis, Brazil with his wife and son.
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Mariana Thomé - Director & Producer
Award-winning filmmaker, Mariana graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Filmmaking. Her hometown is the island of Florianopolis in South Brazil, but she resides in Los Angeles where throughout her years in film school, she produced over 15 projects, including the live performance recording of My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way and a commercial spot for NASA. As a director, her first short-film The Food Truck Deal has won the prizes of Best Screenwriting, Best Acting, and Best Editing in a student film, as well as the Audience Award. Currently, other than working in Scab Vendor, Mariana is developing her TV-Show Desterro, based on the folclore of her hometown.
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Sebastian Arrachadera - Executive Producer
Creative Entrepeneur, Podcaster, Activist, Good Samaritan. Sebastian has been considered one of the 20 Latin American creatives of the decade by Adlatina magazine.
He is the founder of Rainbow Lobster in Los Angeles: A creative collab with diverse talent dedicated to producing intellectual property for transmedia narrative projects.
Sebastian has won more than 60 prizes in festivals worldwide. He was juror at Clio and two times juror at Cannes Lions. President of the Jury at the Iberoamerican Festival El Sol in Spain and President of Mexico's Creative Circle.
Talk to him on Twitter and check out his amazing podcast “El Martinez”
Jean Sharony - Producer
Jean Sharony is a country manager and partner at Whisky with more than 600 commercial, short films and music videos filmed he has many international awards such as Clio Awards, the New York Festival, London International Advertising Awards, Cresta Awards, El Ojo de Iberoamerica, FIAP, PROMAX and more.
Marlene Figueroa - Producer
Producer at Rainbow Lobster Los Angeles. Producer of the TV docuseries “A Godinez Lost in Tokio” for Televisa Mexico. As a Voiceover, expertise in Latino Market in Mexico, LATAM, and the USA in Digital, Television, and Radio campaigns. She has been years track record of providing quality advertising account management, creative and talent to world-class client companies. Keen understanding of both client and agency sides of the Advertising industry. She has demonstrated success working across sectors with recognized clients on institutional campaigns and promoting multiple products and various brands.
Juan Bernardo González - Executive Producer
Juan Bernardo has over 25 years of experience as an executive producer, working for companies such as Leo Burnett, D-Linea Films, McCann Erickson and Nexus Producciones. He is one of the founding partners of Whiskey Films, where he produced over 1500 commercials, earning prizes at Cannes, New York Festival, London International Advertising Awards, FIAP, Ojo Iberoamérica, amongst others.
Arturo Pereyra - Executive Producer
Born in Venezuela in 1964, Arturo grew up in New York. He obtained a BA in Communications (RTvF) from the University of Maryland in 1988 and an MFA from the Syracuse University in 1993. For over 20 years and counting he has directed over 1000 spots throughout the continent, and his work has been recognized by all the major advertising awards. After having partnered with Prime Time (Venezuela 1999-2002), República (Colombia 2002-2004) and Catatonia (Mexico 2005-2009) in 2009 he becomes a founding partner of Whiskey Films.