JORGE LUIS ROJAS

            Jorge is a storyteller, filmmaker, and writer. He was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, but migrated to the United States to study writing and film at the University of South Florida. He also recently earned his MFA in Film Production in the Full Sail University, where he worked in different roles from camera to acting.

            Jorge has been writing his own stories and imagining movies from an early age. During his undergrad, he wrote 3 full-fleshed short stories, a feature screenplay, and a 20+ paper about Batman for his dissertation, which got him an award at the 2016 Undergraduate Research Colloquium, where he got first place out of more than 300 other participants. He also graduated Cum Laude with 2 degrees in just 3 years.

            During his time at Full Sail University, Jorge worked on 7 short films in a variety of genres, directing a drama and a comedy. His drama, Blank Space, was awarded the first 100% in the history of the class, and was selected by Full Sail for submission to the Cannes and Tribeca Film Festivals in the student category, over dozens of other student films. He was also the Second Assistant Camera for his class' thesis project, Surprise P.I., working with a crew of more than 62 people.

            Jorge plans to move to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to pursue a career in film production and education. He also works as a freelancer, and is in the middle of writing his first novel.