EDUCATION
“PhD in Audiovisual Creativity and Production, cum laude. MA’s in Cinema Studies and Journalism. Training in Filmmaking and Performing Arts in New York, and Visual Art in the UK. Engagements with MIT/Harvard University. Highest Fulbright grant of the year in Spain.”
University
PhD Audiovisual Creativity and Production, MA Journalism, BA Journalism at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. MA Cinema Studies at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
Training
Filmmaking at New York Film Academy, Screenwriting at Columbia University; and Performing Arts with Robert Wilson, Trisha Brown Dance Company, and Atsushi Takenouchi. In the UK, Visual Art at Arts University Plymouth. Transmedia Arts & Technology (online) by metaLAB, Harvard University.
UNIVERSITY
• PhD Audiovisual Creativity and Production [Film/Medial] cum laude, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
PhD DISSERTATION: Study of Robert Wilson’s Creative Process is a PhD dissertation on director/artist Robert Wilson work (Part 01), and creative process (Part 02). DISSERTATION Title: Estudio del proceso de creación en la obra de Robert Wilson. LANGUAGE: Spanish. AUTHOR: Pedro Valiente. DIRECTOR: José Ramón Pérez Ornia. PROGRAM: Audiovisual Creativity and Production, Department of Audiovisual Communication and Publicity. UNIVERSITY: Faculty of Information Sciences, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. PRESENTATION: December 2000, PhD awarded cum laude. PUBLISHED: UCM E-Prints.
BOOK SERIES Robert Wilson. Planetary Performing Arts (2005) published by Ñaque Ed. I Suspended Time Space. Robert Wilson’s Creative Process upcoming.
— Robert Wilson I PhD I Books I University
• MA Cinema Studies Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
• MA Journalism CM Santillana, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
• BA Journalism UCM
• Diploma Photojournalism & Photo Editing UCM
• Diploma Filmmaking New York Film Academy
FILM I MEDIA ARTS
TRAINING
NEW YORK I MADRID
• Writing Feature Films (onsite semester) by American screenwriter Loren-Paul Caplin, professor at Columbia University I NY
• Writing for Film (onsite course) by Marsha Kinder (US), Emerita Professor of Critical Studies at University of Southern California (USC), and University of California, LA (UCLA) I Madrid
• Writing for Television (onsite course) by Brazilian writer Doc Comparato I Madrid
Shared programs for MA Screenwriting, and MA Cinema Studies, Fundación Viridiana, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
• Creative Writing (onsite program) by Spanish writer Eva López del Pino, Eugenio Trías Public Library I Madrid
— Writing
WRITING
NEW YORK I UK
• Digital Photography Arts University Plymouth I UK
• Life Drawing Arts University Plymouth I UK
• Postproduction Media School I NY
• Digital Art SAE Institute I Alaa Khatib I Jordan
VISUAL ART
NEW YORK
• Theater of Images Robert Wilson, The Watermill Center I NY
• Visual Theater The Wooster Group I NY
• Contemporary Dance Trisha Brown Dance Company I NY - Ryuji Yamaguchi, Shireen Talhouni I Jordan
• Butoh Dance Atsushi Takenouchi I NY
VISUAL THEATER
⟤ onsite
INNOVATION
• 2025 I Diploma Master in Coolhunting Trends Forecasting in Culture and Society [Project: Producing Innovative Content in Film/Media] Coolhunting University I Spain
• 2025 I Diploma Projects Incubator Development of New Ideas and Startups [Project: Building a Contemporary Media Company] Incubadora con Valores I Spain
TECHNOLOGY
• 2024-2025 I Certificates Visual Worlds with AI Chaos Prompting Luke Wilcoxson, Domestika I Introduction to AI & Prompt Engineering Pau García-Milà I Magda Teruel I Completed Generative AI for Creative Media Sara Maki I Introduction to AI Pedro Bisbal. Foundational training in artificial intelligence [Focus on emerging narratives] Founderz / Microsoft I Spain
• 2021-2023 I Completed Transmedia Arts & Technology Coordinated by Magda Romanska. Interdisciplinary seminars on digital culture, transmedia storytelling, and emerging technologies [Focus on performing arts] metaLAB, Harvard University I US
• 2016 I Attended Transdisciplinary Imaging The Atemporal Image. IV International Conference. Transdisciplinary Imaging at The Intersection Between Art, Science, and Culture. [Focus on media]. Hosted by i-DAT Open Research Lab, University of Plymouth I UK
TECH I ARTS
FILMMAKING
• Film Directing César Pesquera • Fiction Series Development Hernán Caffiero • Directing Experimental Films Jiajie Yu Yan
CINEMATOGRAPHY
• Cinematography Techniques David Curto • Cinematography Directing David Curto • Cinematography with Natural Light Alvin Sjödin • Lighting for Audiovisual Projects Enrique Silguero
SCREENWRITING
• Creative Writing for Film and Theater Gina Stevenson • Screenwriting for Television HaJ House • Screenwriting for Film and Television Julio Rojas • Writing Fiction Scenes Julio Rojas
WRITING
Creative Writing Shaun Levin • Creating Characters for Novels Cristina López Barrio • Writing for Dialogues Jimena Eme Vázquez • Writing a Novel Cristina López Barrio • Book Writing Shaun Levin
VISUAL ART I PHOTO
• Photoshop Carles Marsal • Photomontage Carles Marsal • Photography for Social Media Cecilia Pertusi I Marina Dobón • Digital Photography Jesús G. Pastor
[2022-2025 I Certificates I Domestika I US/ES]
⟥ online
“In New York, I connected with artists who followed in the footsteps of the Black Mountain College and creators of the Theater of Images. Later in Madrid, I studied with the pioneer scholar who coined the term ‘transmedia’ in the arts.”
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