Ricardo de Montreuil
Encyclopedia
Ricardo de Montreuil has achieved recognition in a wide range of media, including film, television, advertising and print.
, Peru
, de Montreuil was raised in the coastal city of Trujillo
, a midsize city in north Peru. He is the son of Ricardo de Montreuil and Carolina Iturri. As a child, de Montreuil studied painting at the Trujillo Fine Arts School and later he was trained by the renowned Peruvian painter Pedro Azabache. After finishing high-school in Trujillo, de Montreuil travel to the United States to study film. De Montreuil graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design
with a BA in Graphic Design, an MA in Graphic Design and a minor in Film and Art History. He later studied directing under Judith Weston
in Los Angeles.
and was the recipient of a Jury Selection prize at the Biarritz Film Festival.
His debut feature film, La mujer de mi hermano
(My Brother's Wife), based on a novel by the controversial Peruvian author Jaime Bayly
, was acquired by distributors Twentieth Century Fox for distribution in Latin America, and by Lionsgate for U.S theatrical distribution. My Brother's Wife is one of the most successful films in the history of Latin American exhibition, and enjoyed both the largest release and biggest opening weekend box-office for a Latin film in the USA at the time. The film features some of Latin America's leading actors, including Bárbara Mori
, Christian Meier
, Manolo Cardona
, Angélica Aragón
, Beto Cuevas
and Bruno Bichir
.
His last film Mancora
was selected for competition in the World Drama category at the Sundance Film Festival
2008. The film cast includes Elsa Pataky
, Enrique Murciano
, Jason Day, Phellipe Haagensen
and Liz Gallardo. Mancora
was also invited and presented to be screened at South by South West film festival by Elizabeth Avellan
, producer of Sin City
and Grind House
.
Mancora
was also selected at several other prestigious films festivals around the world, such as Edinburgh International Film Festival
, Mill Valley Film Festival
, Stockholm International Film Festival
, São Paulo International Film Festival
, Seattle International Film Festival
, Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival
, Miami International Film Festival
and Bergen International Film Festival
.
His newest work, "The Raven"- shortmovie was developed on April, 21st 2010.
Story: "Chris Black possesses a power that could lead to the destruction of the current regime, and they will stop at nothing to destroy him." Universal has acquired the rights to Ricardo De Montreuil's short film The Raven. Mark Wahlberg
is producing the feature-length project alongside partner Steve Levinson in what is being developed as a starring vehicle for the actor.
Print
De Montreuil's first job out of college was as Art Director for Contents, an art magazine published in Savannah, Georgia
. De Montreuil's first task was to redesign the whole magazine, and to come up with a new grid for it. That issue was published in Print
magazine as one of the best works from the region. Since then the magazine has won several awards for its design. Contents a consistent winner in the annual design competitions of Print magazine, Communication Arts magazine and the Society of Publication Designers" Print magazine. PDN (Photo District News
) honored Contents magazine on an Award of Merit for Design Excellence in their annual issue of editorial design. The magazine still makes use of de Montreuil's design and grid 10 years after his departure from the magazine.
, Plastilina Mosh
and Nicole
. Plastilina Mosh's music video "Peligroso Pop" was nominated for Best Alternative Video at the MTV Video Music Awards Latin America
in 2003 and Nicole's music video "Vida" was selected at South by South West film festival.
De Montreuil has also been active in the world of television commercial directing. He directed several commercial spots for "Truth", a nationwide anti-tobacco campaign, and was the first Latin director invited to participate in the campaign. He has directed spots for a wide range of major companies including Coca-Cola
, McDonald's
and MTV
. His commercials for Hewlett Packard were nominated at the Cannes Lions Advertising Festival in France. He has also won several Promax and BDA
awards for his achievement in television creative and art direction.
De Montreuil is currently Creative Director at newly launched NBC Universal channel Mun2
. Since his involvement with the company began, the channel has had massive ratings growth. Prior to this, De Montreuil was Senior Creative at MTV Networks Latin America
for many years, where he oversaw the overall promotional design and content of MTV channels throughout the Latin American region.
De Montreuil was selected as one of Advertising Age
s 40 Under 40 of 2006 and one of the 10 Hispanic raising starts in Hollywood according to Hispanic
magazine in its 2008 entertainment issue.
Early life
Born in LimaLima
Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...
, Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
, de Montreuil was raised in the coastal city of Trujillo
Trujillo, Peru
Trujillo, in northwestern Peru, is the capital of the La Libertad Region, and the third largest city in Peru. The urban area has 811,979 inhabitants and is an economic hub in northern Peru...
, a midsize city in north Peru. He is the son of Ricardo de Montreuil and Carolina Iturri. As a child, de Montreuil studied painting at the Trujillo Fine Arts School and later he was trained by the renowned Peruvian painter Pedro Azabache. After finishing high-school in Trujillo, de Montreuil travel to the United States to study film. De Montreuil graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah College of Art and Design
SCAD, the Savannah College of Art and Design, is a private, accredited and degree-granting university with locations in Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia, Hong Kong, and Lacoste, France.-History:...
with a BA in Graphic Design, an MA in Graphic Design and a minor in Film and Art History. He later studied directing under Judith Weston
Judith Weston
Judith Weston is an American author, script analyst, actress and teacher.-References:* Weston, Judith Directing Actors: Creating Memorable Performances for Film and Television Michael Wiese Productions, 1996. ISBN 9780941188241...
in Los Angeles.
Film
For his first short film Amiga, de Montreuil received a Creative Achievement Award at the Festival du Film de ParisFestival du Film de Paris
The Festival Du Film De Paris was a film festival held annually in Paris, France. It was launched in 1986 as a youth-oriented festival. In 2002, the municipal government withdrew funding and began Festival Paris Cinéma. It continued through 2007 as Festival Du Film De Paris -...
and was the recipient of a Jury Selection prize at the Biarritz Film Festival.
His debut feature film, La mujer de mi hermano
La mujer de mi hermano
La mujer de mi hermano is a 2005 Mexican film directed by Ricardo de Montreuil, based on the novel of the same name by the Peruvian writer, journalist and TV host Jaime Bayly...
(My Brother's Wife), based on a novel by the controversial Peruvian author Jaime Bayly
Jaime Bayly
Jaime Bayly Letts is a Peruvian writer, journalist and television personality. He is the third of 10 children and is known as "el niño terrible" .-Early life:...
, was acquired by distributors Twentieth Century Fox for distribution in Latin America, and by Lionsgate for U.S theatrical distribution. My Brother's Wife is one of the most successful films in the history of Latin American exhibition, and enjoyed both the largest release and biggest opening weekend box-office for a Latin film in the USA at the time. The film features some of Latin America's leading actors, including Bárbara Mori
Bárbara Mori
Bárbara Mori Ochoa is a Mexican actress and model. She became famous for being the female lead in the Bollywood film, Kites....
, Christian Meier
Christian Meier
Christian Dietrich Meier Zender is a well-known Peruvian actor and singer in Latin America.-Biography:Christian Dietrich Meier Zender was born in Lima, Peru, the youngest of four children. He is the son of Gladys Zender, Miss Universe 1957, and Antonio Meier. His father is from Peru and his mother...
, Manolo Cardona
Manolo Cardona
Manolo Cardona is a Colombian actor.-Personal life:Cardona was born in Popayán, Cauca, Colombia. At the age of seven Cardona's family baptized him "Manolo".This would later be used as his name as an actor.When he was eighteen he moved to Cali, Colombia, to finish his studies. Manolo studied...
, Angélica Aragón
Angélica Aragón
Angélica Aragón is a Mexican actress of telenovelas and such films as Dune, A Walk in the Clouds, Bella, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, Vivir un poco, Mirada de mujer, Novia que te vea, and the blockbuster film Sexo, pudor y lágrimas.-Early life:Aragón was born Angélica Espinoza Stransky in Mexico...
, Beto Cuevas
Beto Cuevas
Luis Alberto "Beto" Cuevas Olmedo is the former lead singer of the now-defunct Chilean rock band, La Ley. He grew up in Montréal, Quebec, and is fluent in French, English, and Spanish. He was born in Santiago, Chile, and now resides in Los Angeles and is pursuing a solo career.-Biography:His...
and Bruno Bichir
Bruno Bichir
Bruno Bichir is one of the most prolific actors of the contemporary cinema of Mexico as well as telenovelas and theater....
.
His last film Mancora
Mancora (2008)
Máncora is the second film of Peruvian director Ricardo de Montreuil. Mancora was premiered as an official selecction at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.- Synopsis :...
was selected for competition in the World Drama category at the Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
2008. The film cast includes Elsa Pataky
Elsa Pataky
Elsa Lafuente Pataky is a Spanish actress.-Personal life:Pataky was born in Madrid, Spain, the daughter of José Francisco Lafuente, a Spanish biochemist, and Cristina Pataky Medianu, a publicist of Hungarian and Romanian ancestry. Pataky attended the Universidad de San Pablo CEU and studied...
, Enrique Murciano
Enrique Murciano
Enrique Ricardo Murciano is an American actor. He is best known for playing Special Agent Danny Taylor in the CBS drama Without a Trace.-Early life:...
, Jason Day, Phellipe Haagensen
Phellipe Haagensen
Phellipe Haagensen is a Brazilian actor best known for his role of Benny in the 2002 film, City of God .He is the younger brother of model and actor Jonathan Haagensen...
and Liz Gallardo. Mancora
Mancora (2008)
Máncora is the second film of Peruvian director Ricardo de Montreuil. Mancora was premiered as an official selecction at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.- Synopsis :...
was also invited and presented to be screened at South by South West film festival by Elizabeth Avellan
Elizabeth Avellan
- Life and career :Avellán was born in Caracas, Venezuela. Her grandfather, Gonzalo Veloz Mancera, created the first privately-owned Venezuelan television station, Televisa...
, producer of Sin City
Sin City
Sin City is the title for a series of neo-noir comics by Frank Miller. The first story originally appeared in "Dark Horse Presents Fifth Anniversary Special" , and continued in Dark Horse Presents #51–62 from May 1991 to June 1992, under the title of Sin City, serialized in thirteen parts. Several...
and Grind House
Grind House
Grindhouse is a 2007 American action-horror/exploitation double feature co-written, produced, and directed by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. The double feature consists of two feature-length segments, Rodriguez's Planet Terror and Tarantino's Death Proof, and is bookended by fictional...
.
Mancora
Mancora (2008)
Máncora is the second film of Peruvian director Ricardo de Montreuil. Mancora was premiered as an official selecction at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.- Synopsis :...
was also selected at several other prestigious films festivals around the world, such as Edinburgh International Film Festival
Edinburgh International Film Festival
The Edinburgh International Film Festival is an annual fortnight of cinema screenings and related events taking place each June. Established in 1947, it is the world's oldest continually running film festival...
, Mill Valley Film Festival
Mill Valley Film Festival
The Mill Valley Film Festival is an annual, non-competitive film festival presented by the California Film Institute. Known as a filmmakers’ festival, the annual Mill Valley Film Festival offers a non-competitive environment for exhibiting independent and world cinema.Founded in 1978 by MVFF...
, Stockholm International Film Festival
Stockholm International Film Festival
The Stockholm International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Stockholm, Sweden. It was launched in 1990 and has been held every year in the second half of November...
, São Paulo International Film Festival
São Paulo International Film Festival
The São Paulo International Film Festival is a film festival held annually in São Paulo, Brazil since 1976. In 2004 Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami was a member of the jury.-International Jury Award:*2001: The New Country ...
, Seattle International Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
The Seattle International Film Festival , held annually in Seattle, Washington since 1976, is among the top film festivals in North America. Audiences have grown steadily; the 2006 festival had 160,000 attendees...
, Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival
Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival
The Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival includes feature films, documentaries, and short films from the Spanish and Portuguese diaspora. The six-day festival was established in 1997...
, Miami International Film Festival
Miami International Film Festival
The Miami International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Miami, Florida in the late winter. The film festival is sponsored by the Miami Film Society, which has been around since 1983....
and Bergen International Film Festival
Bergen International Film Festival
The Bergen International Film Festival is a film festival held annually in October in Bergen, Norway since 2000, and is the largest film festival in the nation in number of films. The 11th edition of the festival in 2010 featured 150 films in the program, a new record...
.
His newest work, "The Raven"- shortmovie was developed on April, 21st 2010.
Story: "Chris Black possesses a power that could lead to the destruction of the current regime, and they will stop at nothing to destroy him." Universal has acquired the rights to Ricardo De Montreuil's short film The Raven. Mark Wahlberg
Mark Wahlberg
Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg is an American actor, film and television producer, and former rapper. He was known as Marky Mark in his earlier years, and became famous for his 1991 debut as a musician with the band Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. He was named No. 1 on VH1's 40 Hottest Hotties of...
is producing the feature-length project alongside partner Steve Levinson in what is being developed as a starring vehicle for the actor.
Savannah, Georgia
Savannah is the largest city and the county seat of Chatham County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. Established in 1733, the city of Savannah was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Today Savannah is an industrial center and an important...
. De Montreuil's first task was to redesign the whole magazine, and to come up with a new grid for it. That issue was published in Print
Print (magazine)
The publication, Print, A Quarterly Journal of the Graphic Arts, was a limited edition quarterly periodical begun in 1940 and continued under different names up to the present day as Print, a bimonthly American magazine about visual culture and design.In its current format, Print documents and...
magazine as one of the best works from the region. Since then the magazine has won several awards for its design. Contents a consistent winner in the annual design competitions of Print magazine, Communication Arts magazine and the Society of Publication Designers" Print magazine. PDN (Photo District News
Photo District News
Photo District News is an American monthly trade publication for professional photographers. PDN was first published in 1980. The publication takes its name from New York City's photo district, an area of photo businesses that was once located in Flatiron District.Originally named New York Photo...
) honored Contents magazine on an Award of Merit for Design Excellence in their annual issue of editorial design. The magazine still makes use of de Montreuil's design and grid 10 years after his departure from the magazine.
Television
De Montreuil has also enjoyed success in the music video world. He has directed videos for such leading artists as Andrea EcheverriAndrea Echeverri
Andrea Echeverri is a Colombian rock/pop singer and guitarist, born in Bogotá in 1965. She is the lead singer in Aterciopelados where she also plays the acoustic guitar. Echeverri has long captivated audiences with her potently melodic brand of feminism...
, Plastilina Mosh
Plastilina Mosh
Plastilina Mosh is a Mexican alternative rock group from Monterrey, México, part of the musical movement known as Avanzada Regia. Jonás González is the lead singer and guitar player. Alejandro Rosso is more involved with the creative process, providing most of the instrumentation and occasional...
and Nicole
Nicole
Nicole is a feminine given name .Nicole may also refer to:- People known solely as Nicole :* Nicole , winner of the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest...
. Plastilina Mosh's music video "Peligroso Pop" was nominated for Best Alternative Video at the MTV Video Music Awards Latin America
MTV Video Music Awards Latin America
Premios MTV Latinoamérica was the Latin American version of the Video Music Awards. They were established in 2002 to celebrate the top music videos of the year in Latin America and the world. They are presented annually and broadcast live on MTV Networks Latin America...
in 2003 and Nicole's music video "Vida" was selected at South by South West film festival.
De Montreuil has also been active in the world of television commercial directing. He directed several commercial spots for "Truth", a nationwide anti-tobacco campaign, and was the first Latin director invited to participate in the campaign. He has directed spots for a wide range of major companies including Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke...
, McDonald's
McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 64 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by the eponymous Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948...
and MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
. His commercials for Hewlett Packard were nominated at the Cannes Lions Advertising Festival in France. He has also won several Promax and BDA
BDA
BDA may refer to:*British Dietetic Association – a professional association and trade union for dieticians in the United Kingdom*Bermuda International Airport - now called L.F...
awards for his achievement in television creative and art direction.
De Montreuil is currently Creative Director at newly launched NBC Universal channel Mun2
Mun2
mun2 is a national cable television broadcast network in the United States owned by NBC Universal and aimed at young Latinos. It is the sister network of Telemundo and was mostly digital television subchannels launched in 2001. The programming of mun2 is primarily music videos and shows designed...
. Since his involvement with the company began, the channel has had massive ratings growth. Prior to this, De Montreuil was Senior Creative at MTV Networks Latin America
MTV Networks Latin America
MTV Networks Latin America is a subsidiary of Viacom-owned MTV Networks International. MTVNLA's operational headquarters is located in Miami, FL, USA soon to be relocated to Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. As currently being based in the United States, all MTVNLA channels are regulated by the...
for many years, where he oversaw the overall promotional design and content of MTV channels throughout the Latin American region.
De Montreuil was selected as one of Advertising Age
Advertising Age
Advertising Age is a magazine, delivering news, analysis and data on marketing and media. The magazine was started as a broadsheet newspaper in Chicago in 1930...
s 40 Under 40 of 2006 and one of the 10 Hispanic raising starts in Hollywood according to Hispanic
Hispanic (magazine)
Hispanic is an American English-language magazine of pop culture, fashion, and politics published by ET Publishing International. The current editor is Daniel Eilemberg. As of 2008, it is the largest English language lifestyle magazine in the U.S...
magazine in its 2008 entertainment issue.
Feature films
- Detroit (2010)
- MancoraMancora (2008)Máncora is the second film of Peruvian director Ricardo de Montreuil. Mancora was premiered as an official selecction at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.- Synopsis :...
(2008) - La mujer de mi hermanoLa mujer de mi hermanoLa mujer de mi hermano is a 2005 Mexican film directed by Ricardo de Montreuil, based on the novel of the same name by the Peruvian writer, journalist and TV host Jaime Bayly...
(2005)