# Vladimir Cruz **Date of birth:** July 26, 1965 **Categories:** Arts, actor, screenwriter, director He began in theater at fifteen years old as an amateur actor and at seventeen was already studying at the Instituto Superior de Arte de La Habana, where he graduated as a Bachelor of Performing Arts in 1988. He became known internationally in 1994 following the international success of the film "Fresa y chocolate", which included an Oscar nomination in 1995. He has an extensive professional career not only in film, but also in theater and television. Since 2005 he has also worked in screenwriting and in the generation and management of various audiovisual projects, being part of the multicultural team CayArte www.cayarte.com, based in Rome. His work as a screenwriter began in 2005. His first screenplay was Civilizados, a short film shot that same year in which he also acts. This short had a significant international trajectory participating in important festivals such as the Internacional de Huesca, in Spain, or the Laliff (Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival) In 2008 he made the short ¿Soy yo acaso el guardián de mi hermano? with his own screenplay and which he also produced, starred in and directed. In 2009 he just completed the feature film Afinidades, his first feature screenplay brought to the screen, which he has also co-directed and starred in. At this time he has ready his second feature fiction as a screenwriter: Concrete, written jointly with Italian director Pietro Jona and which will soon be directed by him. Theater This is the medium in which he has developed a more extensive trajectory. After studying Performing Arts for five years at the Instituto Superior de Arte de la Habana, and after taking courses and workshops with important contemporary theater pedagogues, such as Antunes Filho or Eugenio Barba, theater has led him to act on stages in multiple countries and to confront directly with audiences from several continents. He considers theater his school and his natural medium, which is why he has never abandoned the stage. He has received important awards such as the Ágora at the Festival de Teatro Clásico de Almagro for his interpretation of Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Shakespeare. 2009 Fuenteovejuna author: Lope de Vega dir: Liuba Cid. premiere: July 24 / Festival de teatro clásico de Almagro Don Juan Tenorio author: José Zorrilla dir: Jesús Prieto premiere: Centro Cultural Wifredo Lam, La Habana. 2007 La divina filotea (auto sacramental) author: Calderón de la Barca. dir: Pedro Mari Sánchez premiere: 46 Semana de Música Religiosa de Cuenca. 2006 Huis clos (sin salida) author: Jean Paul Sartre dir: Tony Suárez premiere: Teatro del CICCA. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria September 29. 2004 Tirano banderas author: Valle-Inclán dir: Nieves Gámez premiere: Gran Teatro de Castellón, October 16. 2003 A Midsummer Night's Dream author: W. Shakespeare dir: Miguel Narros premiere: Teatro Lope de Vega, de Sevilla. May 8 2001 The Soldier's Tale author: Stravinski-Ramuz dir: José Luis García Sánchez premiere: June 29, Alcalá de Henares. 2000 Hoy no puedo ir a trabajar porque estoy enamorado author: Iñigo Ramírez de Haro dir: Natalia Menéndez premiere: October 17 at the teatro Guimerá. (Tenerife) 1998 Fresa y Chocolate II author: Senel Paz dir: Carlos Díaz premiere: sala Lantaren/ Venster. Rotterdam. 1996 Fresa y Chocolate I author: Senel Paz dir: Hugo Medrano premiere: GALA Hispanic Theater. Washington D.C. 1995 No le digas que la quieres author: Senel Paz dir: Vladimir Cruz premiere: Universidad de Murcia, España El espejo en el espejo author: Michael Ende Dir: Vladimir Cruz premiere: Casa de América de Madrid 1994 A la vuela, vuela... año 1900 tanto author and director: Ricardo Muñoz Caravaca Grupo Teatro A Cuestas premiere: Teatro Terry. Cienfuegos, Cuba 1993 Asudiansam author and director: Ricardo Muñoz Caravaca Grupo Teatro A Cuestas premiere: Sala El Sótano, La Habana 1991 Fabriles author: Reinaldo Montero dir: Carlos Pérez Peña premiere: La Macagua, Grupo Teatro Escambray Contar y Cantar author: Onelio Jorge Cardoso dir: Sergio González premiere: La Macagua, Grupo Teatro Escambray 1990 Calle Cuba nª 80 bajo la lluvia author: Rafael González dir: Carlos Pérez Peña premiere: Santa Clara. Cuba. Grupo Teatro Escambray Tu parte de Culpa author: Senel Paz dir: Carlos Pérez Peña premiere: La Macagua, Grupo Teatro Escambray 1989 Accidente author: Roberto Orihuela. Dir: Carlos Pérez Peña. premiere: Teatro La Caridad. Santa Clara. Cuba. 1988 The Good Woman of Tsé Chuang author: Bertolt Brecht dir: Maria Elena Ortega premiere: Sala Hubert de Blank, La Habana 1986 S.O.S, una situación terriblemente delicada author: Jan Solovic dir: Maria Elena Ortega premiere Sala El Sótano, La Habana CINEMA Cinema He made his film debut in 1993 with the Cuban film Fresa y Chocolate, nominated for the Oscars in 1995. Since then he has starred in about twenty films shot both in Cuba and in several countries in Latin America (Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Mexico, Puerto Rico…) and Europe (Spain, Italy...) For his film work he has received multiple awards: - Kikito Award for Best Leading Actor at the Gramado Festival (Brazil) in 1994 - Panambí Award for Best Actor at the Asunción Festival (Paraguay) in 1994 - UNEAC Award (Unión Nacional de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba) for Best Actor in the Film Acting Competition in 1994 - ACE Award (Asociación de Cronistas de Espectáculos New York) for Best Actor in Film 1995 2010 2010 Razones del corazón feature film - Dir: Arturo Ripstein 2009 Afinidades feature film - Dir: Vladimir Cruz y Jorge Perugorría La ventaja del sicario short fiction - Dir: Luís Moreno 2008 ¿Soy yo acaso el guardián de mi hermano? short fiction - Dir: Vladimir Cruz Intermezzo short fiction - Dir: Eduardo del Llano 2007 El cuerno de la abundancia feature film - Dir: Juan Carlos Tabío Che, the argentine feature film - Dir: Steven Soderbergh El hilo de Ariadna short fiction - Dir: Luis Ferrández La Mala feature film - Dir: Pedro Rosado y Lilian Rosado. 2006 La caja feature film Dir: Juan Carlos Falcón. 2005 Civilizados short fiction Dir: Rafa Montesinos. 2002 El juego de Arcibel feature film Spain-Argentina-Chile-Cuba co-production. Dir: Alberto Lecchi. 2001 El sexo lo cambia todo feature film Spain-Brazil co-production Dir: Luis Carlos Lacerda. Marco linea perdida short fiction Colombia-Austria-Cuba co-production. Dir: Diego León Ruiz. 2000 Lista de espera feature film Spain-Cuba co-production. Dir: Juan Carlos Tabío. 1999 Un paraíso bajo las estrellas feature film Spain-Cuba co-production. Dir. Gerardo Chijona. 1998 La rumbera feature film Cuba-Italy co-production. Dir: Piero Vivarelli. Muertesita short fiction Cuba-Spain co-production. Dir: Luis Vidal. 1997 Kleines tropikana feature film Cuba-Germany co-production. Dir: Daniel Díaz Torres. La deuda feature film. Colombia-Cuba co-production. Dir: Manuel José Álvarez y Nicolás Buenaventura. 1996 Cuba Libre feature film. Italy-Cuba co-production. Dir: David Riondino. 1993 Fresa y chocolate feature film Cuba-Mexico-Spain co-production. Dir: Tomás G. Alea y Juan Carlos Tabío. 1991 La fidelidad short fiction dir: Rebeca Chávez. ICAIC. Cuba. 1987 Hoy como ayer feature film. Mexico-Cuba co-production. Dir: Constante (Rapi) Diego. 1986 Capablanca feature film. Cuba-Russia co-production. Dir: Manuel Herrera. TELEVISION He has participated in around twenty television productions, especially in series and TV movies. Although his professional debut in Cuba was in La botija, a TV series, his career in this direction has been carried out almost entirely in Spain. 2006 La dársena de poniente (series) produced by LinzeTV for Televisión Española. 2004 Aquí no hay quien viva (series) 1 episode produced by Miramón Mendi for Antena 3 TV. 2003 De colores... TV Movie produced by TRIVISIÓN for Canal NOU, Valencia, España. 2002 Según pasan los años author: Leonardo Padura dir: Jorge Alonso Padilla. Televisión Cubana. 2001 Policias (series) 4 episodes. Produced by Globo Media for Antena 3 TV. 1999 Comisario (series) 1 episode. Produced by Star Line for Tele 5. España. Camello Rosa (teleplay) directed by J.A. Padilla for Televisión Cubana. 1998 A las once en casa (series) 1 episode Antena 3 TV. España. Give me five, Oscar short fiction Canal Plus. España 1995 Ay señor, señor (series) 1 episode. Antena 3 TV. España Turno de oficio (series) 2 episodes Televisión Española. 1991 Calle Cuba # 80 bajo la lluvia (television version) Tele Cubanacán. Cuba. 1990 Cuando el agua regrese a la tierra (telenovela) 4 episodes directed by Mirtha Glez for Cuban TV. 1989 La Botija (series) Estudios TRIMAGEN for Televisión Cubana. 1986 Una mujer que ya no existe (documentary) dir: Vicente González Castro. Televisión Educacional. Cuba. Vladimir Cruz has collaborated with: Alberto Lecchi Gerardo Chijona Juan Carlos Tabio Luis Vidal Luiz Carlos Lacerda He has been awarded the Guije del Caney distinction from the Casa de la Ciudad de Santa Clara.