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PEDRO CRISTIANI is an argentine film director, professor and screenwriter. He broke into the filmmaking scene as screenwriter of the hard fantasy feature MOEBIUS [1996]. MOEBIUS won the Manuel Barba Award for Best Screenplay at the Huelva Film Festival, Spain, as well as the Golden Egret in the same category at the Miami Film Festival. It has also been distinguished with the FIPRESCI Award at the Viennale - Vienna Film Festival -.

In 1997 he was Story Editor for the TV Thriller THE SIGN, and in 2001 he became showrunner of his own Prime-Time Show: THE HACKER. He traveled to LA in 2000, adapting the Disney CGI feature ‘Dinosaur’ to comic book format, as his feature spec ‘Heaven And Hell’ was requested by both AMG and The Gage Group. In 2003, his original TV series - PUBLIC HOSPITAL - was produced in Argentina.

Over the following years, Pedro has collected a body of work as an advertising executive producer, an independent story consultant for both film and TV, and writer & director of the supernatural thriller for television GIRLS’ NIGHT [2004]. In 2008 he is commissioned as screenwriter of the fantasy action feature LAZARUS by major companies PampaFilms [Argentina] and filmax entertainment [Spain].

From 2003 to 2008 he was invited by the New York University to become the youngest professor at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, with his writing arts workshop GUERRILLA SCREENWRITING.

In 2009, Pedro takes the plunge as genre director in an intimate story that explores the descent of three characters into horror: MAN IN A BAG, winner of 5 International Awards including Best Horror Short Film and Best Creature [Sao Pablo, Brazil], Honorary Mention for Best Short Film [Los Angeles, USA]. Official Selection, Closing Night, 2009 New York City Horror Film Festival, NYC.

And in 2010 the bar is raised with DEUS IRAE: a short film/feature work-in-progress that took over the Festival arena with 16 International Awards, including Best Potential [Fantastic Fest, USA], ‘New Blood’ Award for Best Director [Santiago, Chile], Audience Award [Toronto After Dark], Honorary Mention: Best Short Film [Los Angeles], Best Professional Short Film [Spain]. Official Selection at SITGES, Sao Pablo, Athens, Leeds, Mar del Plata, Sheffield, Turkey, Knoxville, San Sebastian,...