
RESUME
MATÍAS ALEJANDRO RUBIO
Film Director & Screenwriter
Barcelona, Spain | matiasalejandrorubio@gmail.com | www.matiasrubio.com
🎬 Professional Profile
Award-winning audiovisual professional with a strong background in Image and Sound Design and over 15 years of experience in directing and screenwriting. Recognized for creating innovative, internationally awarded content, with proven ability to manage large-scale projects and teams. I enjoy directing short-form pieces, such as commercials, and also thrive as part of a team developing long-term fiction projects and new formats like TV series and films. Experienced in directing creative teams and providing end-to-end management for projects involving production companies, agencies, and VOD platforms. Proficient in AI tools applied to audiovisual production. My goal is always the same: to tell a compelling story that keeps the viewer glued to the screen, whether for 30 seconds or 120 minutes, and leaves a lasting impression.
Key Skills: Film Direction | Screenwriting (Feature Film, Series, Short Film, Documentary, Transmedia, Video Games) | Storytelling | Creative Production | Actor Direction | Audiovisual Strategy | Filmmaking | AI Filmmaking (Runway, Minimax, Midjourney, Krea, Suno, ElevenLabs) | Editing (AVID, Premiere, Final Cut) | (Premiere, Final Cut, CapCut) | Motion Graphics & 2D animation (After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator).
🎓 Education
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Bachelor's Degree in Image and Sound Design – University of Buenos Aires (UBA), FADU | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 2010
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Certificate in Visual Narrative & Storytelling Techniques – New York National Academy of Design | New York, USA | 2017 (Intensive program in storytelling and visual narrative construction)
🌍 Languages
Español: Native
Inglés: Fluent (Level C1/C2)
Portugués: Basic
Italiano: Basic
📽️ Professional experience
Cofounder & Creative Director
Prisma Digital – Audiovisual Design Studio | Barcelona | 2020 – Present
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Specialized studio in audiovisual and graphic content for digital advertising, social media and VOD platforms.
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Prisma Digital operates in Europe and America, working with agencies and brands in various countries. Clients include Citroën, Peugeot, Motorola, Muerde la Pasta, Fira de Barcelona, MoneyGram, Distrito Studio, Megatlon, among others.
Screenwriter
The Other Guys – Video Game Production Company | Buenos Aires (Remote) | 2019 – 2020
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Wrote narrative arcs and dialogues for seasons 5 and 6 of the interactive story Journals of the Unknown, within the team led by renowned screenwriter Esther Feldman.
Director & Screenwriter
ProxTV – Audiovisual Production Company | Buenos Aires | 2015 – 2018
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Developed scripts and series bibles such as Sonidos de Juventud and El Gurú.
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Directed sales teasers for VOD audiovisual projects, including El Gurú, Música a Gusto, El Asado Perfecto, and Experto en Seducción.
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Presented sales pitches in English and Spanish in strategic meetings with platforms and production companies, participating in market fairs like NATPE, Distrito Audiovisual, and Ventana Sur.
Head of Audiovisual Communication & Audiovisual Director
Presidential House of El Salvador | San Salvador | 2012 – 2014
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Directed the audiovisual communication team for the President and First Lady of El Salvador.
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Produced and directed high-impact institutional and governmental campaigns and TV spots, leading teams of up to 100 people.
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Managed end-to-end audiovisual production, liaising directly with the country's leading production companies.
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Developed new informational formats for political communication in conjunction with the Secretariat of Communication.
Creator & TV format developer
New Sock – Audiovisual Content Production Company | Buenos Aires | 2011
Created and developed Latin America's first transmedia format: Conect@dos.
🏆 Digital Emmy Nomination (No Fiction category)
Director, Screenwriter & Editor
SOS Discriminación | Buenos Aires | 2007 – 2011
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Directed and wrote the documentary series Maldiciones Guaraníes (Ep. 1-4).
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Graphic Design and editing for documentaries such as Todas esas cosas and La 21 Barracas.
🎞️ Personal Film Projects (Selection)
Los Dobles (The Doubles) (2018 - Screenplay) – Feature Film (Psychological Thriller / Metafiction)
Logline: A writer suffering from writer's block finds his exact double, initiating a relationship of fascination and dependency that creatively inspires him but plunges him into paranoia as he suspects his double might be a criminal.
🏆 Best Fiction Screenplay – BREAK ON TIME '59 (Spain, 2024)
A Love Story From The Top (2017) – Short Film (Experimental / Drama)
Rol: Director, Guionista, Productor, Montajista.
Role: Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Editor.
The parallel lives and subtle connections between a man in Buenos Aires and a woman in New York, observed exclusively from the zenith perspective of a curious demiurge.
De cómo Hipólito Vázquez encontró magia donde no buscaba (How Hipólito Vázquez Found Magic Where He Wasn't Looking) (2013) – Fiction Short Film
Part of the Historias Breves VIII omnibus film.
Role: Director, Screenwriter, Editor.
Hipólito Vázquez, an old football scout, alongside his loyal companion Cholo, searches for a boy said to perform "magic with the ball." Guided by clues from a mysterious man, they embark on a long journey to the remote "La Camelia" club. But along the way, things don't go as expected... and what Hipólito ultimately discovers might not be exactly what he was looking for.
🏆 Ganador Concurso HISTORIAS BREVES – INCAA (Argentina, 2010)
🏆 Premio della Giuria – MATERA SPORT FILM FESTIVAL (Italia, 2018)
🏆 Grand Jury Prize – Festival Internacional INDIANA (EEUU, 2014)
🏆 Miglior Cortometraggio – TRANI FILM FESTIVAL (Italia, 2014)
🏆 Miglior Cortometraggio de Género – TOLFA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Italia, 2014)
🏆 Honorable Mention – Festival Internacional ANCHORAGE (EEUU, 2014)
🏆 Mejor Guión – FESTIVAL VISION RIBEREÑA (Argentina, 2014)
🏆 Mejor Cortometraje – FECILBBA (Argentina, 2014)
🏆 Mención Especial – Festival Internacional VILLA MERCEDES (Argentina, 2014)
🏆 Mejor Actor - Javier Lombardo - Festival Internacional TANDIL CORTOS (Argentina, 2014)
🏆 Mejor dirección de Fotografía - Nicolas Pittaluga - Festival internacional ESCOBAR DE PELÍCULA (Argentina, 2014)
Selected in over 50 international film festivals.
Sold to over 10 VOD platforms worldwide.
El Camino (The Road) (2008) – Fiction Short Film
Role: Director, Screenwriter, Editor.
LTwo men are sent to perform a mysterious job in a remote and desolate place. What happens there remains only between them and God, and perhaps that is the very question.
🏆 Ganador Concurso Federal de Cortos – INCAA (Argentina, 2010)
🏆 Mejor Cortometraje del Festival – ARTE EN VIDEO CANAL A (Argentina, 2009)
🏆 Mejor Cortometraje de Ficción – ARTE EN VIDEO CANAL A (Argentina, 2009)
🏆 Mejor Cortometraje – SAN PEDRO CORTOS (Argentina, 2008)
🏆 Mejor Cortometraje de Ficción Nacional – RELATOS CORTOS (Argentina, 2008)
🏆 Primer Puesto – Concurso de Guiones FADU UBA (Argentina, 2007)
Selected in over 20 international film festivals. Selected among the top 20 short films in the history of the Image and Sound Design program at the University of Buenos Aires.
Una Ruleta Rusa (A Russian Roulette) (2006) - Cortometraje de ficción
Role: Director, Screenwriter, Editor.
A man debates between free will and predeterminism while playing Russian roulette.
🏆 Mejor Cortometraje de Videominuto – FESAALP (Argentina, 2006)
🏆 Mejor Cortometraje de Videominuto – ARTE EN VIDEO Canal A (Argentina, 2006)