User:Csarante05/Agustín Fernández (director)

Agustín Fernandez
Agustín Fernandez
Born	March 10th, 1976; Havana, Cuba
Nationality	Cuban
Occupation(s)	Director, Actor and Cinematographic Producer
Awards	Academy Award for Best Short Documentary

Categoría:Hombres Agustín Fernández Santana III, known professionally as Agustín, (born in La Habana, Cuba, March 10th, 1976) is a writer, director and cinematographic producer with begginings from theatrics.

His work has been recognized in several titles such as Falling Awake The movie (2009), "El Vacilón: The movie (2004)", "Gabriel, Amor Inmortal (2008)". He is also the founder of Duende Films and Duende Media, both located in Universal City, California.

Agustín, has been the winner of several Emmy awards, among which are 2 as director, writer and producer, respectively, with several documentaries that dealt with the life and work of music stars such as John Leguizamo, Selena, Ricky Martin and Celia Cruz.

Biography

Agustín was born in the city of Havana, Cuba, his family emigrated to Spain when he was 8 years old. From that time, he lived constantly traveling between Madrid and New York, where he later began his artistic career participating in plays and television with small roles, among which Once Removed by Eduardo Machado stands out and in the film based on the novel from Elmore Leonard: Gold Coast directed by Peter Weller, starring with David Caruso (CSI Miami).

His working style and knowledge was influenced since his beginnings in theatre by characters such as Victor Argo, who was a mentor and a great friend who helped him grow in the theater until he passed away in 2004. He was also instructed in handling the camera by the actor Jeffrey DeMunn.

Agustín has been recognized as a writer in productions such as Agustín's El Vacilón, with collaborations by Wilmer Valderrama, Luis Guzmán, Elvis Crespo, among others and in which he received an Emmy Award as a writer.

As an Executive Producer, he received an Academy Award for "Best Short Documentary" for The Lady In Number 6, which deals with the story of Alice Hertz, the world's oldest pianist and holocaust survivor.

One of his most successful productions was the miniseries "Gabriel, Immortal Love" miniseries which won 6 awards among which he was an award-winning producer, writer and director.

The cast of the series was made up of Chayanne, with whom he forms a close friendship, José Luis Rodríguez (singer) and Angélica Celaya.

In 2014 Agustín had the opportunity to direct one of his idols in the cinematographic world, the great actor Martin Sheen, in the film "Badge of Honor".

Productions

Creator and director of Gabriel Miniseries starring different personalities, such as Chayanne, José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma", and Angélica Celaya. The Gabriel Miniseries won 6 Emmy Awards, he directed several Emmy Award-winning specials including Celia Cruz, Ricky Martin, John Leguizamo, Shakira.

He directed the movie "El Vacilon: The Movie", being the most successfull Spanish-speaking movie in 2005. He was the creator of Agustín's El Vacilón on Mega TV. He was director of the IFC films Falling Awake with Jenna Dewan and Nestor Serrano, he directed the film Badge of Honor with Martin Sheen.

Film	Role	Year
A Rose Between Thorns	Producer	2017
Dos Policías en Apuros	Executive Producer	2016
Los Domirrigueños	Producer	2015
Vuelos prohibidos	Executive Producer	2015
Fuga o muerte	Producer	2014
Nazario	Producer	Unknown
Absolution	Producer	2015
Badge of Honor	Producer	2015
Legend	Producer	2015
A Certain Justice	Producer	2014
Filme corto nominado al Oscar:Documental	Executive Producer	2014
Ambushed	Producer	2013
The lady in number 6: Music save my life	Executive Producer	2013
El rey de Najayo	Executive Producer	2012
El Vacilón	Executive Producer	2009
Gabriel (Serie de televisión)	Executive Producer (10 episodes)	2008
Mega Especiales: John Leguizamo	Producer	2006
Mega Especiales: Celia Cruz	Producer	2006
Shakira: Acústico	Producer	2006
Ricky Martin: Intimo	Producer	2006
The Dawn	Producer	2006
Feliz Navidad	Producer	2006
El vacilón: The Movie	Executive Producer/ Producer	2005
Carlito's Angels	Producer	2003
Nightmare in Shallow Point	Producer	2000
Love = (Me)^3	Producer	2000

He directed documentaries on the lives of: Celia Cruz, Shakira, Ricky Martin and John Leguizamo; which each received Emmy Awards, obtaining 2 awards as director and 2 as producer.

Creator, writer and director of the mini series "Gabriel, Amor Inmortal", which won six Emmy Awards, including 3 as writer, director and producer.

Creator of Agustín's El Vacilón for Mega TV with which he won an Emmy award as a writer, on this show he worked with Wilmer Valderrama, Luis Guzmán, Elvis Crespo, Zion & Lennox, Steven Bauer and Osvaldo Ríos.

As an executive producer of The Lady in Number 6 he won an Oscar Award for "Best Short Documentary".

Business

Agustín is the CEO of Rational Vaccines Inc.

Founded in 2015 by Agustín Fernández III and Dr. William Halford, Rational Vaccines Inc. is an American Biotechnology company located in Springfield, Illinois. The company has developed both therapeutic and preventive vaccines for herpes, along with improvements to proven methods for diagnosing herpes. Paul Bohm and Aziz Friendrich joined the company in 2015 as Chief Information Officer and Director of Research. Both vaccines are currently undergoing level I and level II human testing.

Products
: Theravax; Protavax; ABVIC

References

External

[[Category:Cuban emigrants to the United States]] [[Category:Cuban film producers]] [[Category:Cuban film directors]] [[Category:Cuban writers]]