Carlos Lechuga

Carlos Lechuga, born in Havana 1983, is a Cuban film director, writer, producer, and author. His formation as a Director starts at the Cuban University of Arts and continues his studies at San Antonio de Los Baños International School of Cinema and Television (EICTV) to specialize in script writing. He has worked as advisor, script doctor and second unit director side by side with directors like Humberto Solás, Juan Carlos Tabío, Juan Carlos Cremata, Iciar Bollain and Ernesto Daranas. He has written several screenplays for films such as "El Eden Perdido" (The Lost Eden), "Club Habana" and "Penunbras" (Shadows). He has been awarded with relevant writing distinctions like the Julio Alejandro Award, Havana Film Festival Unpublished Screenplay Award and the Screenplay Award at Gibara Film Festival. As a writer - director he has made short films such as "Los Bañistas" (The swimmers), which won the Best Short Film Award at Havana Film Festival, as well as a Silver Hugo at Chicago Internation