BIO

Belén Asad nació en 1984 en Buenos Aires, Argentina. Estudió filosofía en la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Es fotógrafa y directora de cine. Su película BOMBACHA, documental ficcion, fue parte del lab de desarrollo de la Escuela de Cine y TV de San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba,parte del WIP del FIDBA y el WIP de La Mujer y el cine en donde gano varios premios. Tambien gano la beca a la creacion del FNA y fue parte del Programa de Cine de la Univ. Torcuato Di Tella. Actualmente se encuentra comenzando a desarrollar la producción de "Escrito en la Pared", largometraje de ficción que escribió con la asesoría de Agustin Mendilaharzu (El Pampero Cine) y Walter Jakob. Dirige videoclips para bandas como Zero Kill, Rocco Posca, Naomi Preizler, No Lo Soporto, etc.

Estudió fotografía con Alberto Goldenstein y Guillermo Ueno. Su mentor fue Ted Polhemus, antropólogo de moda, con quién colaboró para la reedición de su legendario libro "Street Style".

Sus fotografías han sido publicadas en Rolling Stone, El Planeta Urbano, Hunger Magazine (NYC), The Ones 2 Watch (NYC), Fucking Young!(ES), Reflekt Mag(LA), FruitCake Mag (Uk) y Boys By Girls (Uk), entre otras.

En 2016 edita su primer libro, "Perro Pistola", con la editorial Big Sur Books. El libro participa en ferias de arte impreso como arteBA, Paperworks, BAphoto, ARCO madrid, ARTbo, Feria Tijuana, Fully Booked Dubai, etc

ENG BIO

Belén Asad was born in 1984 in Buenos Aires, Argentina under the sun of Libra. She studied philosophy at University of Buenos Aires. She is a photographer and film director. Her photographs have been published at Rolling Stone, Hunger Magazine, The Ones 2 Watch, Fucking Young!, among others.

She studied photography with Alberto Goldenstein and Guillermo Ueno. Her mentor was Ted Polhemus, fashion antropologer and writer with whom she collaborated in the reedition of his legendary book "Street Style".

In 2016 she publishes her first photo book,"Perro Pistola" with Big Sur Books. The book takes part in artbook fairs such as arteBA, Paperworks, BAphoto, ARCO madrid, ARTbo, Feria Tijuana, Fully Booked Dubai, etc. She was selected to be part at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella's Cinema Program with Andres Di Tella where she developed her 1st documentary film,"Bombacha". The project won Fondo Nacional de las Artes Grant and was part of 11 Nuevas Miradas at EICTV, Cuba where she won the Editing Prize. The film was part of FIDBA WIP and won the prize of Subtitles and Translation and the Distribution prize. It has also been part of La Mujer y el Cine WIP and won the HADDOCK FILMS prize. She is now working on the final stages of this movie and starting to develop "Written on the wall" fiction feature film that she wrote with Agustin Mendilaharzu (El Pampero Cine) and Walter Jakob as consultants.

She works for photographer Ale Burset in productions worldwide. She has directed music videos for bands as No Lo Soporto, Zero Kill, Rocco Posca and Naomi Preizler. She has worked for FOX Enterteinment Television, Sony Music, Arturia, etc.

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