Director

Oscar Ruiz Navia

Directing

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Directed movies: 6Directed series: 0All crew credits: 15

TMDB ID: 928979

IMDb ID: nm2697540

Known for: Directing

Born: June 22, 1982

Age: 43

Place of birth: Cali, Colombia

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2009 - 2025

Years active: 17

Average TMDB rating: 5.4

Wikidata: Q21071423

Also known as

Óscar Ruiz Navia

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Director (5)Director of Photography (1)Producer (6)Cinematography (1)Executive Producer (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

Oscar Ruiz Navia is a cinephile who never attended a proper film school. Part of a new generation of Colombian filmmakers, he developed his interest in film on his own, and in 2006 founded Contravía (“Another Way,” in English), a production company to develop art house films in his country, where there is not a huge film industry. His first feature, Crab Trap (2010), won several awards, including the FIPRESCI prize at the Berlin Film Festival that year.

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