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Lorena Bobbitt was born in 1970 in Quito, Ecuador. She is an actress, known for I Was Lorena Bobbitt (2020), Lorena (2019) and Good Morning America (1975). She was previously married to John Wayne Bobbitt.

Diego Serrano was born in Quito, Ecuador. He is an actor, screenwriter and producer. He began his acting career on the long-running, soap opera "Another World" as Tomas Rivera (1993-97). In (2000-2002), he starred alongside star Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jennifer Gardner on the Fox television series Time of Your Life. He then starred opposite Rosie Perez, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, and Tony Award winner Patti Lupone in Nancy Savoca's' "The 24 Hour Woman" where he played Eddie Diaz. He has also has appeared on, "The Young and the Restless" as Diego Guittierez (2001-03) . In 2005, he starred in the film "The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green" playing "Kyle Underhill" which premiered in Sundance. Serrano then played the role of Richard in the film "The Ode" (2008) based on the novel Ode to Lata by Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla, as well as appeared in other numerous movies, including, "The Men who Stare at Goats", alongside George Clooney and Ewan McGregor. Most recently he has appeared in TV shows such as, INSECURE on HBO where he recurs as "Nico", as well as Ray Donovan, Valor, Agents of the Shield, Blackout, Touch ,CSI MIami, Mystery Girl, 24, Second Chances, and many others to name a few. Currently he is in development on ("HACKED"). An autobiographical thriller co- written and produced by "Serrano" and Brian Bloom, (The A-Team), and ("Suit of Lights"). An epic entangled love story set in Sevilla, Spain.

Chediak was born in Quito, Ecuador. He studied communication science in Santiago de Chile and photography in Madrid before studying film at New York University from 1992 to 1996. He participated in the production of American Southern-released in 1995 and directed by John Joshua Clayton-as a Cameraman. Another film he worked on in 2010, the drama 127 Hours, was based on a true story. Chediak collaborated with the British cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle and was subsequently nominated for several awards, including the 2011 British Academy Film Award for the Best Cinematography.

Liliana De Castro was born in Quito, Ecuador. She is an actress, known for Psi (2014), The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2006) and Ilha Rá-Tim-Bum (2002).

Sebastián Cordero was born on 23 May 1972 in Quito, Ecuador. He is a director and writer, known for Europa Report (2013), Cronicas (2004) and Ratas, ratones, rateros (1999).

Jorge Fegán was born on 3 August 1931 in Quito, Ecuador. He was an actor and writer, known for Red Dawn (1990), Arizona (1984) and Sweet Challenge (1988). He died on 10 July 1993 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico.

Luciano Alzate was born on 14 February 2006 in Quito, Ecuador. He is a director and actor, known for Asfixia (2023) and Con El Sudor De Tu Frente (2024).

Ecuadorian actress and screenwriter based in Mexico. She graduated from C.E.C.C. (Barcelona, Spain), and is an alumni of the Art of Acting Stella Adler Studio (Los Angeles, USA), specializing in the Stella Adler technique. With a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and a Master's in Screenwriting, she has been a key member of the main cast in several episodes of the successful Ecuadorian web series "Enchufe TV".

In Mexico, she has appeared in series like "Clínica X" (Sony) and "Ojitos de Huevo" (Netflix), and films such as "La Madre" (Tubi) and "Los dos hemisferios de Lucca" (Netflix). Additionally, she's worked in Mexican telenovelas like "Mina de Pasiones" and "Juegos Interrumpidos" (Televisa). Alejandra has also directed casting for films, including the student EMMY winner "Welcome Back" (HBO Max).

She's written and directed numerous theater plays. In 2022, she premiered her first solo performance, "Abril y su sombra", in Ecuador and Mexico.

Ana Cristina Barragán was born in 1987 in Quito, Ecuador. She is a director and writer, known for Alba (2016), Octopus Skin (2022) and Religar (2019).

Giselle Calderón was born on 9 August 1987 in Quito, Ecuador. She is an actress, known for The Boat (2011), Tierra de Serpientes (2016) and Red Eagle (2011).

David Bercovici-Artieda is an award-winning Latin-American filmmaker whose career started in TV at the age of six on the very popular children's variety show Telejardin in his Native Ecuador. By the time I turned eight David fell in love with photography and started taking, developing and printing color and black & white photographs under the guidance of his cousin opening. Passionate about storytelling and the power of the image, David majored in Film Studies earning a BFA at Concordia University in Montreal, and a Certificate of Excellence from Vancouver Film School. He has honed his craft rising from an apprentice to cinematographer and now directing on hundreds of film and TV productions working alongside some of the very best Hollywood actors, directors and producers. As a testimony of his artists skills David has been nominated twice at the LEO's for Best Cinematography. In July 2020 during the height of the COVID pandemic David officially earned his studio directing cap by acting as both director and cinematographer on the TV movie Pearl In The Mist. This film has led to a succession of directing jobs. He produced and directed the award-winning short Boulevard. Among various festival accolades and awards, the film was notably selected for the December 2019 Content London's - From Short to Series program. As committed children's rights activist, David co-produced, lensed and co-edited Think Again, a documentary about the sexual exploitation of youth, for which he received The Beyond Borders Media Award. Between 1995 and 1997, he volunteered to work as Cinematographer, Interviewer, and Regional Production Manager for Steven Spielberg's Survivors Of The Holocaust Visual History Foundation, documenting testimonies from Holocaust survivors now housed in the USC Shoah Foundation. David is a long-standing member of the Canadian Academy of Film and TV, the International Cinematographers Guild, the Canadian Society of Cinematographers and the Directors Guild of Canada. Lastly, he is noodling in the development of numerous TV projects and feature films hoping to give a voice to the underrepresented minorities in an industry he is passionate about.

Sébastien Blanchard was born on 21 July 1984 in Quito, Ecuador. He is a production manager and producer, known for The Darkest Hour (2011), Thor (2011) and Phase Finale (2023).

Diego Araujo is a writer/director from Ecuador, currently based in Norway.

Feriado (Holiday), his debut feature, premiered at the 64th Berlinale in 2014, after receiving the Tribeca Film Institute's narrative Voces Award in 2012. His second feature, Agujero Negro (Black Hole), an existential romantic comedy, premiered at Bafici in Buenos Aires in 2018 and went on to play in various festivals. In 2019, he directed the music video Talisa for Italian composer Daniele Luppi, featuring Karen-O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Araujo is currently developing his third feature, the neo-noir Fango.

Tatiana Merizalde Dobles was born in 1982 in Quito, Ecuador. She is an assistant director and actress, known for Measuring the World (2012), Hai-Alarm am Müggelsee (2013) and Me and Kaminski (2015).

Wolframio Sinué was born on 6 March 1964 in Quito, Ecuador. He is an actor and director, known for Proof of Life (2000), Teknomadz Vol. I (2004) and Nazca (1995).

Tara Khozein is a soprano, theatre-maker, improviser, teacher, and composer. She has lived, studied, and worked throughout the United States and Europe, and was born in Quito, Ecuador to a mixed Iranian-American family. As a performer, she explores the intersections of classical and experimental singing, and physical theatre, usually experimenting with the presence of the audience. She is also a musical director for theater and a performance director for musicians.

Tara holds an artist diploma in physical theatre from The Jacques Lecoq School in Paris, a B.M. in classical vocal performance, and is a lifelong student and explorer of western-classical and extended vocal techniques. After her formal education, she lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico for seven years, where she directed circus, immersive, operetta, and children's performances, and established her improvisation practice. While in Santa Fe, she became a company member of Theater Grottesco, and was on the original sound design and creation team for Meow Wolf's House of Eternal Return, where she later served as the content director for immersive performance. She moved to Budapest at the end of 2019, and established an online voice studio during Covid, where she continues to teach students from around the world.

Her recent creative projects include performance in Once Within a Time, a film by Godfrey Reggio with music by Philip Glass, sound design for Stereo Akt's Addressless at NYC's Rattlestick Theatre, and the central role in Samu Gryllus's interactive opera, Geiseloper. She is a member of The Tara and Rhonda Show, JazzaJ's Budapest Improvisors Orchestra and Timo Kinnunen's International Experimental Orchestra.

She will premiere two new works by Czech composer Ondrej Adámek in 2024: Ines at Opera Köln and Connection Impossible with Ensemble Modern.

Tara is based in Budapest, Hungary

Carlos Andrés Vera is an Ecuadorian filmmaker. He studied communications in UNIACC, Chile; Film Direction in The International Film School of San Antonio, Cuba; and has a Master of the Arts Degree with StaffordShire University, Uk.

He actually is the CEO of Cámara Oscura, a production company based in Quito, Ecuador.

Dani Torres was born on 18 February 1982 in Quito, Ecuador. He is an actor, known for 129 (2023), House of Spoils (2024) and Ransom (2017).

Valentín Mera was born October 2nd, 1979 in Quito, Ecuador under the birth name Diana Mera and the zodiac sign of Libra; strong, independent, creative, and talented. Peruvian by nationality and Mexican by heart is how Mera feels, given he was raised in both countries. With almost two decades in Entertainment, several music productions under his belt, a charismatic personality and a strong passionate voice he is working on a new albums and has returned to acting and hosting.

Valentín has been featured in Despierta America , De Mañanita, El Gordo y La Flaca, America Live, Univisión Radio, Caracol, Azteca America, RitmoSon Latino, CNN, Los Angeles Times, HoyDallas, Cadena Azul, Caracol, among other media outlets that have supported his career. He has been nominated for the E-World Music Awards, Arizoni Award for the Vagina Monologues. Has received a Proclamation by the City of West Hollywood, California and the City of Phoenix, Arizona. Was honorably recognized by the State Senate in California for his music career.

Valentín is married to artist Lourdes Mera (formerly known as Lourdes Graves). Mera has inspired thousands of people around the world by his visibility as an open LGBTQ performer at the Latin Billboard's 2012 when as Diana (prior to becoming Valentín) she kissed her same sex guest in the green carpet in front of press from all over the world.

Valentín Mera is a singer/songwriter, actor, emcee, vog and producer that advocates that we as a community have the right to be successful, loved and respected. Mera wants to inspire other humans from any sexual orientation and identity to be strong, stand up and be who they are.

Simon Eriksen Valvik was born on 3 December 1987 in Quito, Ecuador. He is a manager and talent agent.

Galo Andrés Semblantes Valdez, born in Quito, is an Ecuadorian filmmaker with a strong academic background and extensive experience in the film industry. He studied Film and Video at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito and earned a Master of Fine Arts in Filmmaking from the New York Film Academy. His career includes key roles in productions like "Mono con Gallinas" (third assistant director), "Dance of Insanity" (gaffer), and "American Dreams" (director of photography). He also directed the documentary "The Legend of Tayos," which premiered in 2021 and became the second highest-grossing Ecuadorian film of that year. During his university years, he interned at the Cero Latitud Ibero-American Film Festival, gaining valuable experience in festival organization. Later, Semblantes served as a producer for the Quito International Film Festival (FICQ) in 2017, 2018, and 2019, showcasing his ability to manage large-scale events. Since 2022, he has been the creator and director of the "Festival Internacional de Cine Friki", focusing on fantasy films.

Paola Gaviria was born on 20 June 1977 in Quito, Ecuador. Paola is an art director and writer, known for Virus tropical (2017) and Uyuyui (2012).

Simon Brauer was born on 22 June 1973 in Quito, Ecuador. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for A estas alturas de la vida (2013), El Empresario (1997) and Octopus Skin (2022).

Amaruk, a name that symbolizes the sovereign serpent for indigenous peoples, was born on January 30, 1970. Indigenous Kichwa from Salasaca, in the Tungurahua Province in the center of Ecuador. Amaruk is an Actor, Writer, Human Rights Activist, Movie Director and Martial Arts Master who has been bringing and promoting his Native culture worldwide for all his life, attending international conferences around the world as well as teaching children Native American History in New York City.

One day a Korean family came to his community, the father of this Korean family introduced him the martial and performing arts at the age of 7, he was then a child restless for sport and the arts. At the age of 9, he started Martial Arts training with Professor Jorge Narváez Narváez. He lived in Salasaca until he was 12 years old, where he only spoke the Kichwa language, then he emigrated to Quito and settled there in the most popular neighborhood, in the south of the city, in Pintado, Calzado, La Magdalena, Quito and Tejar, until the age of 14. At the age of 17 due to professional reasons and to seek a better future in the family burden, by his parents living in New York (USA) with a suitcase full of dreams he left Ecuador and moved to New York City, transforming his life into an eternal pilgrimage to learn, work and spread the millennial culture of his ancestors.

Amaruk graduated as a cinematographic and theatrical artist, in New York, Munich and Seoul, perfecting himself in Cuba in the city of San Antonio de Los Baños in the International Film and Television School founded by Gabriel García Márquez, where he specialized in Cinematographic Direction, but most of his career was developed in other Spanish cities such as Madrid and Barcelona, where he remained since 1997. He worked as a Professor of Cinematographic Direction and as Professor of Dramatic Art at the Academy of Cinematography and Audiovisual of Almodóvar Brothers "15 de Octubre" in Spain; although he performed on his arrival as journalist given his talent for writing and the desire to go after the news of interest, for the group of Latin Americans residing in Spain. In his fight for Human Rights and the Environmental preservation, he was invited to the "Third International Conference for the Equilibrium of the World" as a Lecturer and Journalist for The Unesco and the Embassy of Cuba (2012). In July 2016 he was interviewed by Lic. Evaristo Villar for Christian Networks of the Utopia Magazine, in order to learn about his indigenous roots as Amauta, during a visit to the Pope in the XXX World Youth Day 2016.

It combines works of risk along with the interpretation of characters in Cinema, theatre and TV. He collaborates with several NGOs.

He is a Master of Mixed Martial Arts and Taekwondo (Black Belt 5th Dan WTF), in Barcelona (Spain). He has lived in eight countries and has traveled more than 47 for his journalistic work, making him a World Citizen. He resides in Barcelona where he has been living for 25 years.

Stephanie Mikel was born and raised Quito, Ecuador. In 2003 she moved to Brandon, Florida with her family where she attended school and was part of several community theatre productions. She graduated from Bloomingdale High School in 2011. Stephanie attended college at Florida Atlantic University and graduated in 2015 with a Bachelors degree in Arts and Humanities and a minor in Commercial Music Business. After graduation she moved to Nashville TN, where she interned for an independent record label and continued to pursue her acting and music career. In 2016 she relocated to Atlanta Georgia to pursue acting full time.