Alex Méndez Giner

Biography

Alex Mendez Giner is a filmmaker who explores the symbolic power of images through narratives at the intersection of subjective experience, reality and the fantastical. His carefully crafted films depict a fragmented world rich in allegory, challenging the perception of reality.

His work has been featured at prestigious international film festivals, including Clermont-Ferrand, Interfilm Berlin, Milan, Viña del Mar, Sapporo, Guadalajara, Bilbao and Durban. His most recent film, “Domestic Animals,” was awarded at the International Film Festival The Hague in the “Women in Focus: Social, Political and Spiritual Stories” category. Other notable awards include the Audience Choice Award from the Shanghai International Film Festival, Best Film at the Antakya Film Festival, Grand Prize from the Snowtown Film Festival, Best Directing from the Caracas City Hall Film Awards and Best Story from the Buffalo-Niagara Film Festival. He has also received production grants from the New York State Council of the Arts and the Venezuelan Film Commission.

He is a founding artist of the Multimedia Center for the Arts at the Contemporary Art Museum of Caracas and has served as a guest speaker at institutions including the Santa Maria Della Scala Museum in Siena, University of the Andes in Colombia, Università Degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Wits School of Arts in Johannesburg, Metropolitan University of Science and Technology in Panama, and the National University of Laos.

He is currently the film program coordinator and a faculty member at Syracuse University’s Department of Film and Media Arts, where he continues his practice as a filmmaker while developing innovative curriculum in film and emerging technologies.

Education

• M.F.A., Syracuse University
• M.A., Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain
• B.A., Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Venezuela