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Biography

ELISEO Altunaga
Born in Camaguey, Cuba, in 1941, graduated in English Language and Literature from the University of Havana, becoming one of the most important Cuban storytellers and writers through a prolific career.
In his teaching, is one of the most internationally recognized professionals. Assistant Professor Institute of Art, in the chair of playwriting and screenwriting at the School of Art Media Communication Studies, and Head of the Chair of script for the International School of Film and Television of San Antonio de los Baños .
Turn, has been handling multiple audiovisual projects as experimental theater space Testimony, channel 6 Cuban TV.
His books storybook highlights the All Mixed (1984) and novels moaning Canto (1988), A Midnight arrive the Dead (1998), and the recent In the prison of Dreams (2003).
He has performed hundreds of adaptations of literary works written radio and hundreds of original programming. As a writer has feature films (Among cyclones, Resurrection ...), TV series (Some more than dream, The Great Rebellion, Exit l9 ...) and soap operas (The time does not die young, The road at night with white horses ...).
Also, among other works, was a script consultant (script editor) in "Atlas of Human Geography" series of eight chapters from the novel by Almudena Grandes, directed by Boris Quercia, "Machuca" Andrés Wood and feature " The Gift "by Cristián Galaz. In turn, was a screenwriter in the films "Drama" Matias Lira and "Violet went to heaven" by Andrés Wood.

GUILLERMO CALDERON
He was born on August 18, 1971. He graduated Bachelor of Arts with a major in Theatre Performance from the University of Chile in 1993. Studied one year in the master's program (MFA) of the Actor `s Studio and the New School for Social Research in New York in 1997-1998. Also studied at Dell `Arte School of Physical Theater in California, in the Scuola Internazionale Dell'Attore Comico in Italy and a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies with a minor in Film Studies at the University of New York.
He has participated in various works as Manu Militari, Mala Onda, Cagliostro, The Lord Galindez, Cuddling, Sexual Perversion in Santiago, after rain and Mad Love. He also directed plays such as The Fall of the House of Usher, Family Stories, Metrofilia, Witness 4 Teh Chekhov Sisters, among others.
Among his works may be mentioned as a teacher teaches the subject Introduction to Performance, Integrated workshop Realism and Performance theatrical career Department of the University of Chile between 2001 and 2003.
Acting coach in the School of Theatre Facets in 2002, at the School of Image Theatre between 2002 and 2003 and Professor of Installing Realism, second year in the School of Theatre at the Catholic University in the second half of 2006.