Andrés Useche
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Andres Useche (born November 7, 1977 in Manizales, Colombia) is a writer, graphic artist, musician, singer/songwriter and filmmaker.
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.
Career
In the late 1990s, Useche also scored documentaries and wrote, directed, edited, scored and starred in Vana Espuma (1998), a 25-minute film adaptation of his graphic novel.[1] The film had a $100 budget and won the Best Fiction Film, Best screenplay and Best actress Cesar 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, where he has worked as a script writer and is developing a feature film project.
In 2008, in support of 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, French, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and Arabic have also been released.
Through 08 Andres accepted invitations to do radio, newspaper and TV interviews in which he promoted Obama's campaign. [3]
References
External links
- Andres Useche sings for Change (the Obama Kind) on the Austin Chronicle.com
- Si Se Puede Cambiar Useche for Obama video on YouTube
- Andres Useche at IMDb
- Borges: Influence and References - Andrés Useche by Manu El on www.themodernworld.com
- Vana Espuma trailer on myspacetv.com
- Andres Useche tv interview on Mega TV.com
- "Election rocks to a new Latin beat "Andres Useche", and other artists express their support on Miami Herald.com