Talent Guide
Daniel Chávez-Ontiveros
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- Discipline:Editor
- Program Year:CNN Docuseries Intensive 2021
Bio
Daniel is an award-winning Mexican filmmaker. He studied at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Cinematográficas in Mexico City. He graduated with an MFA in Documentary Film at Stanford University. His film El Cisne was awarded the UNAFF Youth Vision Award (2017) and the Audience Award at the Morelia International Film Festival (2016). He edited the documentary 499 (Dir. Rodrigo Reyes), which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival (2020). At the festival, Daniel was nominated for Best Editing in a Documentary. Currently, he’s editing two features, Sansón y yo (Dir. Rodrigo Reyes) and Sanctuary Rising (Dir. Florencia Krochik & Theo Rigby).
Current Project
Growing Up In America: Life After the TalibanLogline
America’s longest war is over. Aaina has not known life without it. After fleeing from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, eight year old Aaina tells her story of growing up in America.