ABOUT
EXE. PRODUCER
MUSIC COMPOSER
Nicolas Giordano
Nicolás is half Uruguayan and half Italian. He is a formal artist and music producer. He has studied sound design at ORT University in Uruguay, and music production at Berklee College of Music. He is the founder and CEO of Octógono Estudio, a recording studio in Uruguay where he records artists, composes music for movies and works for the advertising industry. Giordano is also a real estate investor and, occasionally, a film production investor.
ASSOCIATE
PRODUCER
Katie O’Mahoney
Katie was born in England, studied at Bristol University and works as a producer for commercials and films. She is the executive producer of Breaking Through The Lens, where she works with female artists to finance their films. She has been working as a producer for more than ten years, for brands like Burberry. She also worked as a VFX producer at the leading London post-production houses MPC, Prime Focus, Glassworks, and The Mill. She has produced many short films including "The River", which premiered at Palm Springs International Short Film Fest.
MOTION GRAPHICS
DIRECTOR
Alejo Fernández
Alejo was born in Uruguay and he studied cinema at the School of Cinema in Uruguay. He is a director with more than twelve years of experience and he also works as a post-production producer, 2D, and 3D animator. He has worked for production companies like Skycube, Bokeh, Paris Texas, Pando, Granja films, among others. He is most recognized for being a DJ and music producer in Latin America.
MOTION GRAPHICS
DESIGNER
Andrés Levy
Andrés was born in Uruguay and he is a post-producer, 2D animator and senior graphic designer, specialized in branding. He has developed projects for brands, shows and international channels such as NBC, Telemundo, Univision, Fox, and others. He has twelve years of experience in the audiovisual industry, graphic designing, and photography. He has worked for production companies like Ska Films, Skycube, Bokeh (Paris Texas), and more.
CREW
DIRECTOR - PRODUCER
Carolina Sosa
Carolina was born in Uruguay and she lived in Argentina, Mexico and Los Angeles, where she completed a master's degree in documentary filmmaking at the New York Film Academy. She has been directing and producing documentaries for the last seven years in different countries. She is an active member of IDA, a Fulbright scholar, and her most recent short documentary, "Exit the shelter", received the award for best film at the L.A. Television, Script and Film festival and an award of Excellence from the Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards in 2018.
In 2013, she directed Okurelo Cine, the first film festival for blind and deaf people in Uruguay, which received a grant from the Uruguayan Film Commission. Later, she was invited by the International film festival, CinemaFest 2014, in Mexico, to direct the Audiovisual Inclusion and Accessibility Department and she currently directs the Okurelo organization in Uruguay. She has a BA in Communication and works freelance for different production companies, mainly as a producer, camerawoman, and editor. While she was living in Los Angeles, she worked closely with hip hop legend, Damon Dash, for his streaming platform, and worked as a camera-woman with Harrison Engle, former president of IDA. In addition, she wrote the script for the successful feature documentary "From core to Sun".
Her latest work is her first feature documentary, Trumphobia: what both sides fear. She has also received the Fulbright Scholarship, sponsored by the U.S. State Department (2015-2017), the New York Film Academy Tuition Award (2015-2017), the Movilidad Mercosur scholarship sponsored by the European Union and Mercosur (2012), the Studies of the U.S. Institutes for Student Leaders scholarship funded by the U.S. State Department (2010) and received the Academic Excellence scholarship of Universidad de Montevideo (2009-2012).
COMPLETE LIST OF CREDITS
DIRECTED BY
Carolina Sosa
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Carolina Sosa
Nicolás Giordano
WRITTEN, PRODUCED & EDITED BY
Carolina Sosa
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Carolina Sosa
GuangLi Zhu
MOTION GRAPHICS DIRECTOR
Alejo Fernández
MOTION GRAPHICS DESIGNER
Andrés Levy
MOTION GRAPHICS ANIMATORS
Alejo Fernández
Andrés Levy
MUSIC BY
Nicolás Giordano
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Katie O'Mahoney
Sam Vinal
Andrew Reeder
SOUND PRODUCTION
Nicolás Giordano
Camilla Borel-Rinkes
Lifu Chen
NARRATED BY
Paul Daniels
RESEARCH BY
Carolina Sosa
Katie O'Mahoney
Nicolás Giordano
ADDITIONAL CAMERA OPERATORS
Carolina González
Emmanuel Salgado
Lifu Chen
DRONE FOOTAGE
Edward Digges
ADDITIONAL DRONE FOOTAGE
John Brankin
Qiuyu Chen
ADDITIONAL FOOTAGE
Emmanuel Salgado
ASSISTANT CAMERA
Lifu Chen
Guillermo Guacte
Zhengyi Zhong
ADDITIONAL INTERVIEWER
Theresa Myklebost
SOUND POST-PRODUCTION DIRECTOR
Federico Moreira
RE-RECORDING MIXER & DIALOGUE EDITOR
Alejandro Grillo
SOUND EFFECTS DESIGN
Nicolás Giordano
Joaquín Moreira
POST-PRODUCTION SOUND ASSISTANTS
Pablo Fernández
Juan Andrés Lépore
POST-PRODUCTION SOUND MANAGEMENT
Gonzalo Moreira
Guillermina Moreira
Julio Di Bono
COLORIST
Daff Schneydher
COLOR GRADING PROJECT SUPERVISOR
Germán Nocella
CONFORMING & QC
Cyndi Akita
ORIGINAL MUSIC RECORDED AT
Octógono Estudio
POST-PRODUCTION SOUND SERVICES BY
Estudio LaMayor Cine
COLOR GRADING AND FINISHING BY
Colour Studio
CREATIVE ADVISORS
Sanora Bartels
Mary Beth Fielder
Paola DiFlorio
Huch Platt
Barbara Multer-Wellin
POSTER DESIGN
Paula Collazo
Nicolás Tasende
LEGAL SUPPORT
Donaldson + Callif LLP
Chris L. Perez
Megan Smallen
THIS DOCUMENTARY WAS MADE WITH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF
AWARDS & FESTIVAL SELECTIONS
Trumphobia: what both sides fear has received an award of Merit at the Impact Docs Awards in the USA and it has been selected to the Charlotte Film Festival (NC), the Social Change Film Festival (Chicago, NY & LA), American Presidents and Literary Festival (Ohio), the Marda Loop Film Festival (Alberta, Canada), and the Detour Film Festival (Uruguay).