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Andrés Useche
Andrés Useche
	Andres Useche
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Origin	Manizales, Colombia
Occupation(s)	Singer; songwriter; film director; writer;
Instrument(s)	Vocals; guitar; piano;
Website	https://www.facebook.com/andres1/

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Andrés Useche is a Colombian American writer, film director, graphic artist, singer-songwriter and activist.

Early life[edit]

Andres Useche was born in Manizales, Colombia where he wrote and drew his first published political cartoon, "Soy Libre", at age 11. In high school, he won the Colombian Ministry of Culture Individual Creation Prize in Graphic Arts with his graphic novel Vana Espuma ("Idle Mist"). Upon high school graduation Useche scored documentaries and composed "Azul de Noche", a quintet performed by members of the Manizales Chamber Orchestra.

Career[edit]

Useche wrote and drew comics as a child, turning 11 years old by the time his political cartoons were first published. While in high school he created award-winning comics which led to his multiple roles, writing, directing, editing, scoring and starring in a film adaptation of one of his graphic novels. The movie had a minuscule $100 budget ^[1] but won the Best Fiction Film, Best screenplay and Best actress César Awards,^[2] along with other nominations for Useche for Best Actor and Best Music.

After graduating as a visual designer with emphasis on Film from the Universidad de Caldas, Useche moved to Los Angeles, California to work as a filmmaker, eventually gaining dual citizenship.

In 2008, in support of Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign, Useche volunteered, sang and spoke at rallies and wrote, performed and co-directed in the viral video "Si Se Puede Cambiar", a Spanish language music video also directed by Eric Byler and Warren Fu, which debuted on YouTube on February 22, from the group United For Obama. On April 8, 2008, "Si Se Puede Cambiar" was chosen by YouTube to represent Obama in the first-ever "Trendsetter Tuesday".

Andres continued pushing for immigration reform in the United States and wrote the song "Dream to Belong" in direct support of the DREAM Act. Actor John Leguizamo has featured Andres Useche on his page.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Brunell, Doug (28 August 2003). "Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat". Film Threat. Archived from the original on 28 December 2007. Retrieved 9 March 2008.
^ "Big Film Shorts: The Source for Short Films". www.bigfilmshorts.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2007. Retrieved 9 March 2008.
^ Gastelum, Juan (21 February 2012). "Univision News Tumblr, Colombian singer-songwriter dedicates song to …". univisionnews.tumblr.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.^{[verification needed]}

External links[edit]

Andrés Useche at IMDb

Borges: Influence and References - Andrés Useche by Manu El on www.themodernworld.com
"Election rocks to a new Latin beat "Andrés Useche", and other artists express their support on The Miami Herald
Protagonistas del Mundo: Andrés Useche on RCN Radio/TV station
Channel 9 News: Andrés Useche and other young Democrats on Vice-Presidential debate on CBS Television
Frontline on PBS on PBS Television
Andrés Useche hosts Wondercon Panel on Temple of Geek

[1] Brunell, Doug (28 August 2003). "Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat". Film Threat. Archived from the original on 28 December 2007. Retrieved 9 March 2008.

[2] "Big Film Shorts: The Source for Short Films". www.bigfilmshorts.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2007. Retrieved 9 March 2008.

[3] Gastelum, Juan (21 February 2012). "Univision News Tumblr, Colombian singer-songwriter dedicates song to …". univisionnews.tumblr.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.^{[verification needed]}

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-'''Andres Useche''' (born November 7, 1977 in [[Manizales]], [[Colombia]]) is a writer, graphic artist, musician, singer/songwriter and filmmaker.
+'''Andrés Useche''' is a Colombian American writer, film director, graphic artist, singer-songwriter and activist.
 ==Early life==
-Useche published his first [[political cartoon]], "Soy Libre", at age 11. In high school, he won the Colombian Ministry of Culture Individual Creation Prize in Graphic Arts with his [[graphic novel]] ''Vana Espuma'' ("Idle Mist"). Upon high school graduation Useche composed "Azul de Noche", a quintet performed by members of the Manizales Chamber Orchestra. Its conductor, lead violinist [[Gillermo Gomez]], would go on to perform with Useche on the compositions and live [[multimedia]] projects Useche created during his college years.
+Andres Useche was born in [[Manizales]], [[Colombia]] where he wrote and drew his first published [[political cartoon]], "Soy Libre", at age 11. In high school, he won the Colombian Ministry of Culture Individual Creation Prize in Graphic Arts with his [[graphic novel]] ''Vana Espuma'' ("Idle Mist"). Upon high school graduation Useche scored documentaries and composed "Azul de Noche", a quintet performed by members of the Manizales Chamber Orchestra.
 ==Career==
-In the late 1990s, Useche also [[film score|scored]] [[documentary film|documentaries]] and wrote, directed, edited, scored and starred in ''Vana Espuma'' (1998), a 25-minute film adaptation of his graphic novel.<ref>[http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=4896 Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The film had a $100 budget and won the Best Fiction Film, Best screenplay and Best actress [[Cesar Award]]s,<ref>[http://www.bigfilmshorts.com/catalog/target.asp?FilmNumber=S-0601 Big Film Shorts: The Source for Short Films<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> along with other nominations for Useche for Best Actor and Best Music.
+Useche wrote and drew comics as a child, turning 11 years old by the time his political cartoons were first published. While in high school he created award-winning comics which led to his multiple roles, writing, directing, editing, scoring and starring in a film adaptation of one of his graphic novels. The movie had a minuscule $100 budget <ref>{{cite web |last1=Brunell |first1=Doug |title=Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat |url=http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=4896 |website=Film Threat |accessdate=9 March 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228184414/http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=4896 |archivedate=28 December 2007 |language=en |date=28 August 2003}}</ref> but won the Best Fiction Film, Best screenplay and Best actress [[César Award]]s,<ref>{{cite web |title=Big Film Shorts: The Source for Short Films |url=http://www.bigfilmshorts.com/catalog/target.asp?FilmNumber=S-0601 |website=www.bigfilmshorts.com |accessdate=9 March 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031073212/http://www.bigfilmshorts.com/catalog/target.asp?FilmNumber=S-0601 |archivedate=31 October 2007 |language=en}}</ref> along with other nominations for Useche for Best Actor and Best Music.
-After graduating as a visual designer with emphasis on Film from the Universidad de Caldas, Useche moved to [[Los Angeles, California]], where he has worked as a script writer and is developing a feature film project.
+After graduating as a visual designer with emphasis on Film from the Universidad de Caldas, Useche moved to  [[Los Angeles, California]] to work as a filmmaker, eventually gaining dual citizenship.
-In 2008, in support of [[Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008|Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign]], Useche wrote, performed and co-directed in the [[viral video]] "[[Si Se Puede Cambiar]]", a [[Spanish language]] [[music video]] also directed by [[Eric Byler]] and Warren Fu, which debuted on [[YouTube]] on February 22, from the group [[United For Obama]]. On April 8, 2008, "Si Se Puede Cambiar" was chosen by YouTube to represent Obama in the first ever "Trendsetter Tuesday". The video was featured on the main page of the site along with videos about the other remaining US presidential candidates. "Si Se Puede Cambiar" quickly reached 325,000 views and maintained a rating of 4/5 stars, beating the scores for the [[Hilary Clinton]] and [[John McCain]] videos. The video had been watched in 193 countries. Versions of the video with subtitles in [[German language|German]], [[French language|French]], [[Chinese language|Chinese]], [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]], [[Korean language|Korean]] and [[Arabic language|Arabic]] have also been released.
+In 2008, in support of [[Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign|Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign]], Useche volunteered, sang and spoke at rallies and wrote, performed and co-directed in the [[viral video]] "[[Si Se Puede Cambiar]]", a [[Spanish language]] [[music video]] also directed by [[Eric Byler]] and Warren Fu, which debuted on [[YouTube]] on February 22, from the group [[United For Obama]]. On April 8, 2008, "Si Se Puede Cambiar" was chosen by YouTube to represent Obama in the first-ever "Trendsetter Tuesday".
+Andres continued pushing for immigration reform in the United States and wrote the song "Dream to Belong" in direct support of the [[DREAM Act]]. Actor [[John Leguizamo]] has featured Andres Useche on his page.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gastelum |first1=Juan |title=Univision News Tumblr, Colombian singer-songwriter dedicates song to … |url=http://univisionnews.tumblr.com/post/18043580004/colombian-singer-songwriter-dedicates-song-to-dreamers |website=univisionnews.tumblr.com |accessdate=24 February 2012 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120717073452/http://univisionnews.tumblr.com/post/18043580004/colombian-singer-songwriter-dedicates-song-to-dreamers |archivedate=17 July 2012 |date=21 February 2012}}{{Verify source|date=May 2019}}</ref>
-Through 08 Andres accepted invitations to do radio, newspaper and TV interviews in which he promoted Obama's campaign.
-<ref>[http://www.mega.tv/EkEFEFkZVVutcLgLMP.html Andres Useche in a live news broadcast TV interview]</ref>
 ==References==
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+{{IMDb name|id=0882277|name=Andrés Useche}}
-* [http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Blogs/Screens/?oid=596141 ''Andres Useche sings for Change (the Obama Kind) ''] on [[the Austin Chronicle]].com
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080306234513/http://www.themodernword.com/borges/borges_infl_useche.html Borges: Influence and References - Andrés Useche] by Manu El on www.themodernworld.com
-* ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ky8Hvq-F0U Si Se Puede Cambiar]'' Useche for Obama video on [[YouTube]]
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081012112453/http://www.miamiherald.com/1043/story/585707.html "Election rocks to a new Latin beat'' "Andrés Useche",  '' and other artists express their support] on The [[Miami Herald]]
-* {{imdb name|id=0882277|name=Andres Useche}}
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111006024544/http://media.rcn.com.co/plantillas/audio.php?ubicacion=http%3A%2F%2Faudio.rcn.com.co%2Fmedia%2Frcn%2Faudios%2FAndresUseche081108.mp3 ''Protagonistas del Mundo: Andrés Useche ''] on [[RCN TV|RCN]] Radio/TV station
-* [http://www.themodernword.com/borges/borges_infl_useche.html Borges: Influence and References - Andrés Useche] by Manu El on www.themodernworld.com
+* [http://cbs2.com/video/?id=79092@kcbs.dayport.com ''Channel 9 News: Andrés Useche and other young Democrats on Vice-Presidential debate''] on [[CBS]] Television
-* [http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&ChannelID=328421435 ''Vana Espuma'' trailer] on [[myspacetv]].com
+* [https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/marcos-doesnt-live-here-anymore/transcript/ ''Frontline on PBS''] on [[PBS]] Television
-* [http://www.mega.tv/EkEFEFkZVVutcLgLMP.html ''Andres Useche'' tv interview] on [[Mega TV]].com
+* [https://templeofgeek.com/saturdays-list-of-panels-with-diverse-voices-at-wondercon-2022/ ''Andrés Useche hosts Wondercon Panel''] on Temple of Geek
-* [http://www.miamiherald.com/1043/story/585707.html "Election rocks to a new Latin beat'' "Andres Useche",  '' and other artists express their support] on [[Miami Herald]].com
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