Diego Quemada-Díez

Born in the iberian peninsula. He has lived in the American continent for over two decades. Nationalized Mexican. His first job in the film industry was in Ken Loach's film Land and Freedom. His graduation film at the American Film Institute (AFI) as writer/director/DoP, A Table is a Table, won the Best Cinematography award given by the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). He then went on to collaborate as camera operator with directors Alejandro Gonzalez-Iñarritu (21 Grams), Tony Scott (Man on Fire), Fernando Meirelles (The Constant Gardener), Spike Lee, among others, as he wrote and directed his own short films and documentaries. In 2006 he premiered his second short film I Want to Be A Pilot at the Sundance Film Festival. The film played at over 200 festivals and won over 50 awards, including Audience Award at La Mostra Sao Paulo Film Festival, Special Mention at the Amiens Film Festival. That same year he directed in Mexico his short documentary La Morena, that premiered at