Carlos Arturo Zerpa Bravo | Writer, Creative Producer, Director | Venezuela

Profile

Proudly based in Caracas, I’m a transdisciplinary artist passionate about the change-triggering power of storytelling. Ten years ago, I co-founded MECHA, a cooperative team focused on empowering underrepresented characters through irreverent and subversive animation projects. In 2022, I co-founded RIMA, a digital tool to connect Global South’s Artists with opportunities.

Personal Data

Birth: 03/23/1984

Nationality: Venezuelan

Languages: Spanish (native), English (fluent), Portuguese (basic).

Phone: +58 4126059487

Email: zerpeitor@gmail.com

Website: zerpa.me

Professional Data

EDUCATION

2001-2005. VISUAL COMMUNICATION. Prodiseño Institute.

2001-2006. LITERARY ARTS. Central University of Venezuela.

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2023. BEMIS CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS (USA).

2023 PERFOCRAZE ARTIST RESIDENCY (Ghana).

2022. LA MAISON DES AUTEURS (France).

2022. VILLA STRAULI, Sponsored by Pro Helvetia. (Switzerland).

2022. SAARI RESIDENCY, Sponsored by Koneen Saatio), (Finland).

2021. SACATAR INSTITUTE (Brazil).

2019 (delayed for Covid). VERMONT STUDIO CENTER WRITER RESIDENCY (USA).

WORKSHOPS AND MENTORING

2023. CEE Animation Production Workshop (France).

2022. Berlinale Talents (Germany, online).

2022. Latino Media Market (USA, online).

2021. Global Cultural Relationships Platform (Belgium, online).

2021. International Screenwriting Incubator "BOLIVIA LAB", (Bolivia, online).

2021. Animation Incubator "IDEATOON", (Mexico, online).

2021. “OJO DE PESCADO” content production workshop for children, (Chile, online).

2020. FUNDAMENTALS OF THE FILM SCRIPT Workshop. Sundance Collab (USA, online).

2020. CRAFTING YOUR PILOT Workshop. Sundance Collab (USA, online).

2020. Film mentoring "ISLAB" (Puerto Rico, online).

2019. International Animation Laboratory "BRIDGING THE GAP" (Spain).

2019. Latin American Animation Laboratory "APALAB" (Argentina).

2019. Production mentoring program "ANIMATION PRODUCTION DAYS" (Argentina).

STORYTELLING EXPERIENCE

2022. WRITER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCTOR. "UN/SAFE", Short experimental animation, based on a  poem by Karen McCarthy Wolf. Comissioned by Animation Society UK.

2022. WRITER. "Do the Evolution", Animated short film directed by Ricardo Villavicencio.

2018-CURRENT. PRODUCER, WRITER, DIRECTOR. "A Piece of Peace", Animated Documentary series (in production). Winner of "series" categories at the International Documentary Festival DOK.Munchen (Germany, 2021). Winner of the support fund “Perspective Fund” (England, 2021). Winner of the Cinematographic Fund of Colombia 2020, short film category. Official Selection of DocConecta (Chile, 2021) and DocMontevideo (Uruguay, 2020). Winner of Procirep Angoa and CNC development funds (France, 2019). Official selection at Annecy Animation Du Monde (France, 2019).

2019-CURRENT. PRODUCER, WRITER, DIRECTOR, "Karetabla", Animated Series (in development). Official selection in Latino Media Market (USA, 2022), Die Seriale (Germany, 2021), ECM-FAM (Brazil, 2021) and MIA Market (Italy, 2020). Workshop scholarship from Sundance Collab (USA, 2020). Winner of the ApaLab Mentoring program (Argentina, 2019). Selected in Bridging the Gap (Spain, 2019).

2019-CURRENT. PRODUCER, CO-WRITER, DIRECTOR. "Two Less", Animated Documentary Short Film (in production). Winner of Fondart, production grant for short film (Chile, 2021). Selection in artistic residence Sacatar (Brazil, 2021). 2nd. Place of the ShortWay pitch contest (Mexico, 2020). Selection in Incubator Bogoshorts (Colombia, 2020). Selection in animation residence La Maison des Auteurs (France, 2020). ChileDoc Conecta mentoring selection (Chile, 2019).

2021-CURRENT. PRODUCER. “CapoZOOeira”, preschool animation series (in development). Selection in the Ideatoon (Mexico, 2021) and MAI Chilemonos (Chile, 2021) mentoring sessions. Selected by PakaPaka’s curation projects in Ventana Sur (Argentina, 2021).

2020-CURRENT. CREATIVE PRODUCER, WRITER. "LOA, Kill Your Masters", animated feature film (in development). Selected for Writer’s residencies Saari (Finland, 2022) and Kunstlerdorf Schoppingen (Germany, 2021). Selection in IsLab mentoring program (Puerto Rico, 2021).

2020-CURRENT. CREATIVE PRODUCER, WRITER. "FILO", animated action series (in development). Selection in Cima Impulsa mentoring (Spain, 2021).

2020-2021. CREATIVE PRODUCER, WRITER. "GALAXIA", animated short film (in pre-production). ShortWay Selection (Mexico, 2021).

2020. CREATIVE PRODUCER, WRITER, DIRECTOR. "Paco’s Dreams", Animated Short Film. Commissioned by the Interamerican Development Bank.

2017. DIRECTOR. "Voices for Peace", Animated Documentary Series. Winner of Best Animated Short Film at the CoorToons Festival (Spain, 2019). Official Selection in 12th Festival Ojo al Sancocho (Colombia, 2019), Festival Animarte! (Brazil, 2019), 2nd Chantiarttoon (2019), FIAU (Uruguay, 2018), AnimaMundi 2018, and A Rebel Minded Festival 2018.

2016. ANIMATION DIRECTOR and ANIMATOR. "Detroit Rivera." An experimental documentary short film, directed by Julio Ramos.

2015. ANIMATION DIRECTOR and ANIMATOR. "Native Seeds". Animated informative series.

2014. ANIMATION DIRECTOR and ANIMATOR. "Beyond the Mine". Audiovisual essay.