Director Biography - Carlos Meléndez

A graduate of NYFA Los Angeles in Directing, Editing and Scriptwriting, Carlos Meléndez has directed nine short films, including Chalino Rivera (2008), Silver Star (2009), Beast (2010), Red Light (2011), The Host (2013), Clickbait (2018) all of which screened at international film festivals.

His first feature film, After School (2014), was also Carlos’s directorial debut in the USA, and won Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Feature Film awards at the Encuentro Mundial de Cine 2014.

Hysteria (2016), Carlos’s second feature film, celebrated its world premiere at the Merida Yucatan International Film Festival 2016, and won the Best Director award at the Macabro International Horror Film Festival 2016 in Mexico City, as well as Best Drama Feature Film at the Sydney Indie Film Festival 2016.

He directed 3 episodes for The Unknown Hitman (2019) streaming on Netflix worldwide.
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Director Statement

"Hunger was influenced by Fairy Tales and became a tale of magic realism. An allegory about misery, hunger and the actual state of our civilization. I want to break the barrier of language by making a film with no dialogue that recalls the origins of cinema and the power of telling a story." - Carlos Meléndez