SALOMÓN SIMHON

Salomón was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. In 2002 he enrolled at the Universidad de Los Andes to study philosophy, but dropped out to pursue filmmaking. After studying at Black Maria, and the Academy of Photographic Arts Film School in Sydney, Australia, his film Sonrisa was nominated for Best Dramatic Short Film at the Los Angeles Short Film Festival. He went on to direct music videos and award-winning commercials for brands such as Toyota, Pepsi, Axe, Renault, and Unilever. In 2011 he was hired by the production company Ennova to direct commercials in Beijing, China. Returning to Bogotá, Salomón opened the city’s first independent cinema, Cine Tonalá, a cultural space where cinema and art intertwine. Simultaneously, he was commissioned by Dynamo Productions to direct the film Detective Marañón (2015). He has worked with top artists such as Nicky Jam, J Balvin, Shaggy, Karol G, Sech, Chocquibtown, among others.