Victor Medina-San Andrés
Victor Medina-San Andrés
Date of Birth / Doğum Tarihi
25 September 1974, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Mini Biography / Biyografi
After being in the design business for many years, Victor made a career change into the film industry. He has worked in many industries including fashion, publishing, architecture, web media and branding. His first feature break was as a set decorator for the drama God's Forgotten House (2005), which was directed by Justin Golding. He is the production designer for the urban films The System Within (2006), They're Just My Friends (2006), the comedy _Stanley Cuba (2006)_ and the short drama The Box (2006/I) . Victor is a partner and producer of Appia Film which produced the feature Victoriana (2007) directed by Katka Konecna. Victor helped Carlos Osorio as an art director for pre-production of the feature _Paraiso Travel (2006)_ being shot on location in Bogota, Colombia and New York City. In addition, he's helping produce the action film Malek (2008) to be shot in Hungary and New York City and being directed by Eric Finkelman and Evan D. Schoonmaker. His latest work includes the art direction of the ultra low budget film The Project (2008) which was directed by Ryan Piotrowicz and produced by Tim Duff. IMDb Mini Biography By: AH
Trivia / Önemsiz Şeyler
After working in The System Within (2006) ; director Dale Resteghini chose him to be a lead in the ""What you deserve"" music video for heavy metal band Ill Nino.He was chosen to be an actor in both _The System Within (2006)_ and _They're Just My Friends (2006)__He has a beagle/lab mix dog named Romeo and a Yellow Tab cat named Massimo which he rescued while shooting on location of God's Forgotten House (2005).He was neighbors with Gwyneth Paltrow when they lived in SoHo, NYCVictor was a featured extra in the film My Giant (1998) starring Billy CrystalWhile living in New York City for over a decade, he has met hundreds of top celebrities through his social, design and film connections.Has traveled to many countries including his favorites: Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, Finland, France, Italy, Morocco, Spain and Thailand.Owned a design company in the 90s which he sold to travel.Practices Muay Thai (Thai Kickboxing)He's a snowboarderLoves music and enjoys dancing, his favorites are salsa, merengue and tangoSpeaks fluent Spanish.He was a DJ at his Godfather's restaurant where he met Drew Barrymore on New Years Day, 2003. She came in and asked him for iced tea; but since it was winter, he gave her a free Pellegrino bottle and wished her a Happy New Year.He's a campaign member of the ONE organization to end poverty.He's a partner of director Katka Konecna along with Appia Film, which is producing Victoriana (2007)Became an American citizen on January 2005.Attended First Colonial High School in Virginia Beach where he lived alone during his junior and senior year.
Personal Quotes / Kişisel Alıntılar
Making a film and working with crew and cast is like having a family; you fight, you hug and at the end there's a baby (movie) born! At the end you feel sad leaving them...
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