Biography

Germán Tejada is a Peruvian director, screenwriter, and photographer. He studied Audiovisual Communication at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and Acting Direction at the International School of Film and Television in San Antonio de los Baños. For the past five years, he has worked as a director at the production company Señor Z, where he creates advertising campaigns for Peru's most important brands and produces music videos for local bands. He has also directed two short films: The Hole (2015), which won the Best International Short Film award from Canal+ at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival and has been featured in other festivals, and Retukiri Tukiri (2019), which won the Best Short Film award at the Los Angeles Film Awards and is currently competing in several festivals. In addition, Germán has worked as a video artist for various theatrical productions and is the director and founder of the Olaya Cinema Cultural Center, an independent multidisciplinary space in Lima.