Juancarlos Zaldivar Aka Violenta Flores

Cuban-born, Zaldívar (aka Violenta Flores) lives and works in the United States.

Zaldivar completed both a BFA and a Masters of Fine Arts at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and also taught as an adjunct faculty there. Has also taught at Miami Dade College and NY Film Academy.

• tenured as full-time faculty at Miami International University's Institute of Art and Design.

• started a film career as a sound editor and designer, and worked in Academy Nominated films such as Ang Lee's "Sense and Sensibility;" "On the ropes" and on HBO’s America Undercover, which garnered an Emmy nomination.

• has had video artworks screened at many festivals worldwide and broadcast on PBS, ABC, IFC, Showtime and WE.

• received numerous grants and awards.

• directing credits include "90 Miles" (PBS), "The Story of the Red Rose" (Showtime), "Palingenesis" and "Soldiers Pay" (IFC), co-directed with David O. Russell (Three Kings, The Fighter) and Tricia Regan (Autism, the musical).

• served as a Juror for several mayor film festivals including the Sundance International Film Festival.

• recently tenured with Doc Society (previously Britdoc Foundation) as the Outreach Director for Good Pitch Miami 2017

• associate produced the theatr...

New York University '90
Film and Television

New York University '97 MFA
Film and Television

Miami-Dade College Medical Campus
Massage Therapy 2020

2024 The Betsy Miami Art Week, The Betsy Hotel Lobby, Miami Beach, FL
2024 The Artizen Fund House - Pitching sessions
2023 Festival of Lights, Miami Beach in collaboration with the New World Symphony
2023 The Betsy Miami Art Week Exhibition, The Betsy Hotel Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
2023 Merope, Sedona Chamber Ballet, Sedona, AZ
2023 Birding: Obsession of Observation, Tenth Street Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2023 Flora: The impermanence of Beauty, Tenth Street Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2023 Coral Gables Cinematheque Fundraising Gala, Coral Gables, FL
2022 Art Center of Hollywood Fundraising Auction Exhibition, Hollywood, FL
2022 If I had a garden, community garden activation, The Bridge, Miami, FL
2022 The baggage we bring, real or imagined, group exhibition, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, Miami, FL
2022 Index 22 Performance Art Festival, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2021 New York Movie Awards (Shift), New York, NY
2020 Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam (virtual reality award nominee), Rotterdam
2020 Atlanta Film Festival, Atlanta, GA
2019 Climate Story Lab, NY by Doc Society, New York, NY
2019 Accelerate Film Festival, Washington DC
2019 Online News Association (finalist)
2019 Laundromat Art Space, Miami, FL
2019 Hot Docs, Toronto, Canada
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