Juan Manuel Ortiz V.

Activity: Writer, Director
Nationality: Colombian
Lives in: Berlin & Cologne / Germany
Writing languages: English, German, Spanish
Genres: Polit drama, Psycho thriller, Crime, Period, Comedy

Agent:

Carole Sonderegger, Above the line

Contact:

ortiz.video@gmail.com

Juan Manuel Ortiz studied Film and TV at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia and received a master degree from the Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln. After have been directed several short films and TV documentaries, he has developed and written content for companies like 2Pilots, Komplizen Film, Stick Up Films, Dynamo, UFA, Novafilm and H&V Entertainment. He has been awarded grants by the Filmstiftung NRW and the Wim Wenders Foundation and was selected for the Séries Mania Writer’s Campus 2018. He writes in German, English and Spanish.

2020 / Bestialis / Writer-Director

Feature Film / Filmstiftung NRW

 

2020 / LaHuaka / Staff writer

Series / Komplizen Film

 

2019 / Dirty Hands /Writer

Series / 2 Pilots

 

2019 / Agent Provocateur / Writer

Series / Stick up Films

 

2019 / Bellezas / Writer

Series / Dynamo

 

2019 / Floating World / Writer

Series / Network Movie-Lagerfeuer Writersroom

 

2018 / Rosemarie´s Celebration / Staff writer

VR-Serie / Win Wenders Stiftung-Lagerfeuer Writersroom

 

2018 / Letzte Spur Berlin-Unmündig / Staff Writer

Series / Novafilm / ZDF

 

2017 / Goalkeeper / Writer

Series / H&V Entertainment

2016 / Serial Eyes / Deutsche Film- und Fernsehenakademie Berlin
2015 / Master Media Art-Film Directing / Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln
2006 / Diplom Film Directing / Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2010-2021 Independent filmmaker (Short films, documentaries, advertising)
2015-2021 Associate Lagerfeuer Writersroom
2006 – 2010 / TV Documentaries / Director Señal Colombia