Quick Facts
Biography
Rómulo Guardia Granier (born 13 September 1961) is a Venezuelan film producer.
Film/production career background
Guardia was educated in France, England, and the University of California, San Diego in the United States. He started his career in the late 1980s directing video clips, music shows and spots for record companies such as Polygram, MCA, WEA, Sony Music and Deutsche Grammophon. During this period he worked with renowned artists such as Menudo, Desorden Publico, Julio Iglesias and the New World Symphony.
In 1993 he became one the original MTV Miami team members that created MTV Latino and was instrumental in the launching of the station in 1993. While at MTV, Guardia directed and produced shows as MTV International with Daisy Fuentes, In Situ, Rock n´Gol and Pink Floyd´s Division Bell Concert (Miami).
Later in 1997, Rómulo Guardia accepted a directorial position with Discovery Networks, where he is credited with setting up and directing the production and post production teams at the Discovery Television Center in Miami
List of productions
Features
- Titanic Live
- Inside Titanic
- Eco Challenge ´98 Morocco and Eco Challenge '99 Argentina,
- Wild Discovery,
- Discovery News,
- Breakfast with Frost (BBC)
Specials
- Jorge Luis Borges: The Man in the Mirror
Branding campaigns for the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and Discovery Kids
Other
In addition he created and directed high-profile branded film spots for clients such as Kodak, IBM, Jeep, Sony and MasterCard.
Awards
His creative work was recognized with the Gold Promax/BDA, Peer, Gold Telly and Gold and Silver Addy Awards.
Current work
Today, back at home in Venezuela, he is Vice President of Development & New Media at RCTV (Radio Caracas Television, Channel 2) the pioneer and leading terrestrial TV network in Venezuela. Romulo has developed successful shows such as Sonoclips and Chatodromo.
In his new position he has Executive-Produced three Movies of the Week, Chupacabra, La Sayona and Maria Lionza, and has developed successful series such as Archivos del Más Allá. La Rumba de Fin de Mundo (Party ´till the End of the World) is Rómulo's long format directorial debut.
Recently, Guardia adapted and is producing and directing his new feature film El Señor Presidente, based upon Miguel Ángel Asturias's masterpiece. Asturias is the Nobel Laureate in Literature for the year 1967.
Apart from the creation of RCTV- HD Digital films, his division is also taking bold steps for the development of IPtv, video content for cellular phones, VOD and high end commercials for different digital lifestyles initiatives.