Javier Horacio Alvarez

Filmmaker, video and music producer

"If I had to define my vocation, I'd say it's the creative design for an audiovisual production, meaning the capacity to conceive and materialize an audio and/or visual work applying the appropriate technology to the artistic expression of a valuable idea."

Javier Horacio Alvarez

A Renaissance Man

Born in 1981, Javier Horacio Alvarez is an Italian Argentine, characterized by early artistic and technological training, a strong vocation for creative design and a constant self-taught expansion of technical and cultural knowledge in film, video and music production.

Sound & Music... Image & Cinema

His artistic training began at 4 years of age in the family tradition of studying music through the Suzuki Method and at the Provincial Conservatory of Music in Cordoba, Argentina. At the age of 17, he began his cinema studies at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires, where he practiced for 5 years as director, camera operator, film editor, sound designer and music composer of many audiovisual productions. He carried out complementary studies of theatrical performance at the National University of the Arts. In 2003 he completed his degree in cinematography as Film Director and for 5 years he accumulated experience working in Buenos Aires for film, video and advertising production companies such as Matanza Cine, Wanka Cine and Peluca Films. He also worked as a teacher and designed curricular programs for Combined Arts, Artistic Production and Applied Technology at the Glaux Institute's High School.

Artes Andes Americas

In 2008, Javier Horacio Alvarez settled in Bolivia and founded, together with Donald K. Ranvaud and César Brie, the production company Artes Andes Americas on the premises of the Teatro de los Andes. There he made documentaries in defense of human and environmental rights, some of which led to legal trials and served as testimonial evidence. He also supported the new Bolivian constituent process by working as film director and editor for the Vice Presidency of the Plurinational State of Bolivia and many organizations such as the german Friedrich Ebert Foundation in La Paz. In addition, he lectured as a professor of film directing and editing at the School of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts of La Paz, where he created a department of academic production. He also dictated an annual film workshop in Artes Andes Americas, editing his own technical manual for students.

Crossing boundaries

For over 20 years, Javier Horacio Alvarez has served as director, producer, creative director, film editor, sound designer, music composer, camera operator, post-producer of image and sound, actor, announcer, digital animation designer and teacher. He has enriched his socio-cultural experience working in Argentina, Bolivia, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Italy, France and Mozambique. In 2016 he independently produced the web series La Granda Bildo to raise awareness of the world population on climate change and human behavior. In 2017 he settled in Germany as an independent film, video and music producer. He currently produces a pop band and two fiction films.

Films

MAPPING LOVE

2026 - Docufiction (94')

Directing, editing, sound design, camera and producing.

VOCES DESDE EL POOPÓ

(Spanish only)

2016 - Documentary short (8')

Scriptwriting, directing, editing, sound design, camera, voice-over and producing.

REGRESO A AFRICA

(Spanish only)

2016 - Documentary short (10')

Editing, producing and still photography.

UNA BANDA DE ORURO

(Spanish only)

2016 - Documentary (55')

Editing, audio and image post production.

ECO DEL HUMO

(Spanish only)

2015 - Feature film (72')

Editing, audio post production and executive production.

AFRICA DE PIE

(Spanish only)

2015 - Documentary short (35')

Editing.

MONTE SANTO

2014 - Short film (7') Subtitled

Co-directing, co-editing, camera op and post.

LAS DOS ORILLAS

(Spanish only)

2014 - Documentary short (24')

Editing, audio and image post production.

POR SIGLOS DESPIERTOS

(Spanish only)

2012 - Documentary (72')

Co-directing, editing and camera op.

LA CAÑA ES DULCE PERO LA VIDA ES AMARGA

(Spanish only)

2012 - Documentary short (30')

Directing, editing, camera op and audio post.

AREAS PROTEGIDAS DE BOLIVIA EN RIESGO

(Spanish only)

2012 - Documentary short (14')

Directing, editing, sound, music and camera op.

TAHUAMANU

(TO DIE IN PANDO)

2010 - Documentary (90') Subtitled

Co-directing, editing and camera op.

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HUMILLADOS Y OFENDIDOS

(HUMILIATED AND OFFENDED)

2008 - Documentary (44') Subtitled

Co-directing and editing.

Watch full documentary

HERMANA CONSTITUCIÓN

(Spanish only)

2008 - Documentary (70')

Editing and image post.

OTROS AUTOS

(OTHER CARS)

2005 - Short film (8') Subtitled

Scriptwriting, directing, editing, camera op, sound design and producing.

EL PROBLEMA

(THE PROBLEM)

2005 - Short film (1') Subtitled

Scriptwriting, directing, editing and sound design.

SOMOS HUÉRFANOS

(Spanish only)

2005 - Feature film (86')

Scriptwriting, directing, editing, sound design, camera op and producing.

KIRIBATI AIRLINES

2003 - Short film (10') Subtitled

Co-Scriptwriting, directing, editing, sound design, original score music and animation.

TOPOS

(MOLES)

2003 - Short film (8') Subtitled

Sound design and post.

Series

LA GRANDA BILDO

2016 - Docu-fiction web series

Directing, editing, sound design, original score music, camera op, digital animation, scriptwriting, acting and producing.

BOLIVIA EMERGENCIAS

(Spanish only)

2012 - Reality series for television

Directing, editing, sound design, original score music, camera op and producing.

Videos

IKWASHENDWNA

2015 - Music video (7')

Scriptwriting, directing, editing, sound design, camera and producing.

MAMA KOKA

2013 - Music video (4')

Scriptwriting, directing, camera op, editing and producing.

FLEURS DE CORDOBA

2005 - Music video (5')

Directing and camera op.

Music

ENTRELÍNEAS

(Spanish only)

2003 - Short film (2'40'')

Original score music and sound design.

COSAS QUE HICE ANOCHE

(Spanish only)

2003 - Short film (16')

Musical arrangement (with Andrés P. Estrada).

Animation

KUKA

(Spanish only)

2015 - Animated short (3'30'')

Co-scriptwriting, co-directing, animation supervisor, editing, co-production, visual design and co-animation.

Advertising

DRIVE CAR SERVICE

(Spanish only)

2014 - Advertising spot (30'')

Logo design, scriptwriting, directing, digital animation, editing, sound design, announcing, music and producing.

Contact

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