Carlos Diaz Bio

Carlos is a cinematographer and editor from Puerto Rico who relocated to Montpelier VT where he is raising two daughters and working as a Media Teacher at a K12 Tech Center for the past 10 years. He graduated from The American Film Institute with an MFA in Cinematography. His Thesis film was short-listed for the student Academy Awards.
He has worked as a multimedia journalist in the Southeast Boston and New England area, nominated for an Emmy in multimedia journalism. Drawing from his background in experimental media and traditional narrative structures, he explores the life breath of an image and how to translate the words of story into the visual. His projects have ranged from music videos, documentaries, commercials for corporate sponsors such as Gatorade and Sprint and video art for international conceptual artists Allora & Calzadilla and Tania Bruguera. His images have been shown at the MOMA, Istanbul Biennial, Whitney Biennial, Amsterdam International Documentary Festival and Havana Film Festival, and have appeared on MTVLA, and the documentary series ART:21