DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY​ - Hugo Covarrubias

Hugo Covarrubias, director (Santiago Chile, 1977) is a Graphic Designer and Audiovisual Director who specializes in Stop Motion Animation. Founder and Director of the Maleza theater company, a pioneer in mixing theater with animated films, where he co-directed the plays MALEZA and UN POCO INVISIBLE , they have been staged in France, the Czech Republic, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic. Director of the animated short films EL ALMOHADÓN DE PLUMAS and LA NOCHE BOCA ARRIBA , he has also served as director of Stop Motion at Zumbástico Studios, where he has directed animated series such as EL OGRO Y EL POLLO , HORACIO Y LOS PLASTICINES. He is the co-creator and director of the series PUERTO PAPEL , a co-production with Brazil, Colombia, Argentina and winner of the India Catalina awards in Colombia, Chilemonos, Prix Jeunesse Germany, Quirino, Fan Chile and official selection in Annecy, France. He is currently the art director of the series ZANDER and directed his third animated short film BESTIA .