CORREA

Correa Photo Film Studio is a photographic and film studio based in Quito , Ecuador. Its Founder, JI Correa, (Born May 24, 1979), is an award winning Ecuadorian film director, screenwriter and photographer with international educational and professional experience in France, Canada, the United States and Ecuador.

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Earning a Master of Fine Arts degree in Film Directing and Screenwriting in EICAR (Paris, France, 2010), his short films have screened in numerous film festivals around the world, including: The Ecuador Gay and Lesbian Film Festival "El Lugar Sin Limites" (Quito, Ecuador, 2011), Pink Apple Film Festival (Zurich, Switzerland, 2012), Vancouver Queer Film Festival (Vancouver, Canada, 2012), Libercine Argentina Queer Film Festival (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2013), Q Film festival (Long Beach, California, U.S.A. 2014), earning numerous awards such as: Best Ecuadorian short film, at the Ecuador Gay and Lesbian Film Festival "El Lugar Sin Limites" (Quito, Ecuador, 2011), and the Hot Short ́s OUT TV Audience award for best short film, at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival (Vancouver, Canada, 2012).

 

In 2013, JI embarked himself into photography, and has worked with established Ecuadorian construction companies and architectural firms, photographing buildings in construction and terminated projects for architectural catalogues. In portraiture, fine art and and street photography, his works have been showcased in a number of exhibitions across Ecuador. His latest opening in march 2019, “Myopia” was a critical sucess.

 

Presently, he divides his time between his photography - film studio and the continuation of the writing of his two feature length screenplays He is fluent in English, Spanish and French .

 

For his photographic work Jose uses a Canon 60D system and a variety of lenses that include Canon EF lenses such as the EF 70/200 mm F.2.8, 50 mm F 1.8, Macro 100 mm F2.8 and a EFs 18/135 mm F4 lens. He is an active member of the Ecuadorian Photographer´s Association.