Erik Mariñelarena
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Erik Mariñelarena Herrera (born January 10, 1977) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer.

He is the founder of E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio is a Mexican production company founded by director, writer and producer Erik Mariñelarena, his wife producer Liz Ortiz and producing partner Carlos Hernández Vázquez...

, a production company he established in 2001, alongside his wife Liz Ortiz, later joining his producing partner Carlos Hernández Vázquez
Carlos Hernández Vázquez
Carlos Hernández Vázquez is a Mexican film director, writer and producer who lived in Mexico City during most of the last decade of his career...

.

Personal life

Mariñelarena was born in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

, Federal District
Federal district
Federal districts are a type of administrative division of a federation, under the direct control of a federal government. They exist in various countries and states all over the world.-United States:...

. His mother was a kindergarten teacher and his father worked as a managing director at electronic component company. He is the oldest of seven children. While living in Mexico as a child, he also work in Canal Once as TV host, and during his middle school years, he appeared in various plays. Mariñelarena was educated at National Polytechnic Institute
National Polytechnic Institute
The National Polytechnic Institute colloquially known as the Polytechnic is one of the largest public universities in Mexico with 153.027 students at the high school, undergraduate and postgraduate levels...

, one of the largest public universities in Mexico, and later studied filmmaking
Filmmaking
Filmmaking is the process of making a film, from an initial story, idea, or commission, through scriptwriting, casting, shooting, directing, editing, and screening the finished product before an audience that may result in a theatrical release or television program...

 at University of Hartford
University of Hartford
The University of Hartford is a private, independent, nonsectarian, coeducational university located in West Hartford, Connecticut. The degree programs at the University of Hartford hold the highest levels of accreditation available in the US, including the Engineering Accreditation Commission of...

, known for its performing arts and science curriculum. Afterward, Mariñelarena earned two majors from Film University
Film University
The Universidad Del Cine is the oldest private film university in Mexico. UDC produces almost 150 short films a year, many showing at international festivals.-History:...

 in Screenwriting
Screenwriting
Screenwriting is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media such as feature films, television productions or video games. It is a freelance profession....

 and Cinematography
Cinematography
Cinematography is the making of lighting and camera choices when recording photographic images for cinema. It is closely related to the art of still photography...

. Mariñelarena still lives in Mexico with his wife, and has two children.

Professional career

Erik Mariñelarena was one of the Apple employees originally responsible for marketing the Macintosh second-wave in Mexico (1995 to 2004), developing imagery/video solutions and keynotes for World Com, MacWorld
Macworld Conference & Expo
Produced by Boston-based IDG World Expo, Macworld | iWorld is a trade-show with conference tracks dedicated to the Apple Macintosh platform. It is held annually in the United States, usually during the second week of January...

 and ExpoMac. And is referred to as one of the prime Mexican Apple evangelist
Apple evangelist
An Apple evangelist, also known as Mac evangelist, Mac advocate or Apple fanboy is a promoter of Apple products such as the Macintosh, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. As a group, the followers are called the Cult of Mac....

s.

Mariñelarena established E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio is a Mexican production company founded by director, writer and producer Erik Mariñelarena, his wife producer Liz Ortiz and producing partner Carlos Hernández Vázquez...

 in 2001, as an advertising agency and multimedia production company, developing television commercials and websites for such clients as the telecommunications companies Iusacell
Iusacell
Grupo Iusacell is Mexico's #3 mobile operator.-Services:The company provides cellular services reaching about 90% of Mexico's population, including Mexico City and received more licenses to cover the remaining regions in early 2005. It has more than 3.5 million subscribers...

, Telcel
Telcel
Telcel is Mexico's largest mobile phone carrier, owned by América Móvil. Founded in 1989 and based in Mexico City, Telcel is the leading provider of wireless communications services in Mexico. As of December 31, 2006, Telcel's cellular network covered more than 63% of the geographical area of...

 and Telmex
Telmex
Telmex is a telecommunications company headquartered in Mexico City that provides telecommunication products and services in Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil and other countries in Latin America. In addition to traditional fixed-line telephone service, Telmex also offers Internet access, data,...

. Other commercial work has been for clients including Maybelline
Maybelline
Maybelline is an American makeup brand sold worldwide and owned by L'Oréal. Their motto is Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's Maybelline.-History:...

, FujiFilm
Fujifilm
is a multinational photography and imaging company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.Fujifilm's principal activities are the development, production, sale and servicing of color photographic film, digital cameras, photofinishing equipment, color paper, photofinishing chemicals, medical imaging...

, Magnicharters
Magnicharters
Grupo Aereo Monterrey S.A. de C.V., doing business as Magnicharters, is a airline with its headquarters in Colonia Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, operating domestic holiday flights out of Mexico City International Airport.-History:...

, Coppel
Coppel
Coppel or Coppell may refer to:* Alfred Coppel , American author* Jérôme Coppel , French road racing cyclist...

, Edebé, Sheraton Hotels and Resorts
Sheraton Hotels and Resorts
Sheraton Hotels and Resorts is Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide's largest and second oldest brand . Starwood's headquarters are in White Plains, New York.-Sheraton history:...

 and Pemex
Pemex
Petróleos Mexicanos or Pemex is a Mexican state-owned petroleum company. As of 2010, with a total asset worth of $415.75 billion, it is the second non-publicly listed largest company in the world by total market value, and Latin America's second largest enterprise by annual revenue as of 2009...

.

In 2005, Mariñelarena was co-founder and chief operating officer
Chief operating officer
A Chief Operating Officer or Director of Operations can be one of the highest-ranking executives in an organization and comprises part of the "C-Suite"...

 of Eru Digital, a Mexican international provider of solutions for the creation, management, post-production, delivery and access of film and video, for the Communication, Media and Entertainment industries. In 2009, he resigned from Eru.

Mariñelarena made his feature film debut with Benjamin William's J-ok'el
J-ok'el
J-ok'el is a Mexican thriller of 2007, directed by Benjamin Williams. Who deviated from the usual stories about spirits showing an ending where the good guy do not always win and many lit environments, in a narrative designed to surprise connoisseurs of the genre...

 (2007) and scored a film festival hit with Hiro Masuda's Hotel Chelsea
Hotel Chelsea (film)
Hotel Chelsea is a thriller of 2009. The production traveled to New York for filming on the classic Hotel Chelsea, a place regularly visited by celebrities, and gives name to the film.- Plot :...

 (2009), receiving international positive job reviews.
He has announced that he will be directing the upcoming thriller Spring-Hell Jim.

Filmography

Year Film Credited as Studio
Director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

Producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

Writer
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...

Editor Other
2002 Astral Dreamland
2002 Amongst the Shoes Sacrosanto Caramelo
2003 Story of a Mother
The Story of a Mother
"The Story of a Mother" is a story by the Danish poet, travel writer, short story writer, and novelist Hans Christian Andersen . The tale was first published December 1847. The story has been adapted into an animated film.-Synopsis:A mother has not slept for three days and nights watching over her...

Cinematographer
Cinematographer
A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...

E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio is a Mexican production company founded by director, writer and producer Erik Mariñelarena, his wife producer Liz Ortiz and producing partner Carlos Hernández Vázquez...

2004 Faith
Faith
Faith is confidence or trust in a person or thing, or a belief that is not based on proof. In religion, faith is a belief in a transcendent reality, a religious teacher, a set of teachings or a Supreme Being. Generally speaking, it is offered as a means by which the truth of the proposition,...

Cinematographer
Cinematographer
A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...

2007 J-ok'el
J-ok'el
J-ok'el is a Mexican thriller of 2007, directed by Benjamin Williams. Who deviated from the usual stories about spirits showing an ending where the good guy do not always win and many lit environments, in a narrative designed to surprise connoisseurs of the genre...

Post VFX
VFX Creative Director
The VFX creative director is a position common in films, television programs and games utilizing a high amount of visual Effects.For movies which are fully CG or partly CG a VFX creative director works closely with the director. On smaller VFX-intensive productions such as music videos or some TV...

Out of Light Entertainment
2008 Una copa de vino Post Tres Centavos Films
Let Us Be
2008 Mateo's Night Post VFX
VFX Creative Director
The VFX creative director is a position common in films, television programs and games utilizing a high amount of visual Effects.For movies which are fully CG or partly CG a VFX creative director works closely with the director. On smaller VFX-intensive productions such as music videos or some TV...

Eru Digital
2008 An Ally in Time Executive Claroscuro Producciones
E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio is a Mexican production company founded by director, writer and producer Erik Mariñelarena, his wife producer Liz Ortiz and producing partner Carlos Hernández Vázquez...

2009 Quiero saber la verdad Post Laura Sevilla Producciones
2009 Hotel Chelsea
Hotel Chelsea (film)
Hotel Chelsea is a thriller of 2009. The production traveled to New York for filming on the classic Hotel Chelsea, a place regularly visited by celebrities, and gives name to the film.- Plot :...

Post Ichigo Ichie Films
2010 Life Insurance Executive Eon Films
Eon Films
Eon Films is a Mexico City based company that produces and distributes films. It is directed by Miguel Alejandro Reina and owned by a board of directors, including filmmaker César Amigó....


E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio is a Mexican production company founded by director, writer and producer Erik Mariñelarena, his wife producer Liz Ortiz and producing partner Carlos Hernández Vázquez...

2010 Serial Comic No.1 : Fixation Executive VFX
VFX Creative Director
The VFX creative director is a position common in films, television programs and games utilizing a high amount of visual Effects.For movies which are fully CG or partly CG a VFX creative director works closely with the director. On smaller VFX-intensive productions such as music videos or some TV...

Oscuro Deseo Producciones
Oscuro Deseo Producciones
Oscuro Deseo Producciones is a Mexico City based company that produces and distributes films. It is directed by César A. Amigó and owned by a board of directors.Some of its films are the Serial Comic horror film series.-Filmography:...


E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio is a Mexican production company founded by director, writer and producer Erik Mariñelarena, his wife producer Liz Ortiz and producing partner Carlos Hernández Vázquez...

2010 ¿Quién anda ahí? Executive VFX
VFX Creative Director
The VFX creative director is a position common in films, television programs and games utilizing a high amount of visual Effects.For movies which are fully CG or partly CG a VFX creative director works closely with the director. On smaller VFX-intensive productions such as music videos or some TV...

Oscuro Deseo Producciones
Oscuro Deseo Producciones
Oscuro Deseo Producciones is a Mexico City based company that produces and distributes films. It is directed by César A. Amigó and owned by a board of directors.Some of its films are the Serial Comic horror film series.-Filmography:...


E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio is a Mexican production company founded by director, writer and producer Erik Mariñelarena, his wife producer Liz Ortiz and producing partner Carlos Hernández Vázquez...

2010 Doble sangre VFX
VFX Creative Director
The VFX creative director is a position common in films, television programs and games utilizing a high amount of visual Effects.For movies which are fully CG or partly CG a VFX creative director works closely with the director. On smaller VFX-intensive productions such as music videos or some TV...

Kaliyuri Films
2011 Hasta cuando? Executive Oscuro Deseo Producciones
Oscuro Deseo Producciones
Oscuro Deseo Producciones is a Mexico City based company that produces and distributes films. It is directed by César A. Amigó and owned by a board of directors.Some of its films are the Serial Comic horror film series.-Filmography:...


E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio is a Mexican production company founded by director, writer and producer Erik Mariñelarena, his wife producer Liz Ortiz and producing partner Carlos Hernández Vázquez...

2011 Octavio
Octavio (film)
Octavio: The metamorphic history of Octavio Ocampo is a film biopic about the famous Mexican artist Octavio Ocampo, its release is announced for the fall of 2011 in Mexico...

Executive Cinematographer
Cinematographer
A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...

Inukshuk Films
E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio is a Mexican production company founded by director, writer and producer Erik Mariñelarena, his wife producer Liz Ortiz and producing partner Carlos Hernández Vázquez...

2011 12th Warrior Executive E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio is a Mexican production company founded by director, writer and producer Erik Mariñelarena, his wife producer Liz Ortiz and producing partner Carlos Hernández Vázquez...

2011 Z: The Definitive Documentary Executive Oscuro Deseo Producciones
Oscuro Deseo Producciones
Oscuro Deseo Producciones is a Mexico City based company that produces and distributes films. It is directed by César A. Amigó and owned by a board of directors.Some of its films are the Serial Comic horror film series.-Filmography:...


E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio is a Mexican production company founded by director, writer and producer Erik Mariñelarena, his wife producer Liz Ortiz and producing partner Carlos Hernández Vázquez...

2012 Necaxa, People in Resistance Post Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica
CCC
- Businesses and organizations :* Canterbury of New Zealand, a New Zealand-based sports apparel company* Center for Community Change, one of the larger community building organizations in the United States* Color Climax Corporation, a Danish pornography company...


E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio is a Mexican production company founded by director, writer and producer Erik Mariñelarena, his wife producer Liz Ortiz and producing partner Carlos Hernández Vázquez...

2012 Anything Else Than Air
Anything Else Than Air
Anything Else Than Air is a Mexican film documentary that plans to release in theaters in the autumn of 2012 in Mexico. The film is directed by Mexican director Carlos Hernández Vázquez and produced by E Corp Studio in association with Media Mac, and was shot in high definition digital...

Imcine
Media-Mac
E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio is a Mexican production company founded by director, writer and producer Erik Mariñelarena, his wife producer Liz Ortiz and producing partner Carlos Hernández Vázquez...

2012 Desde dentro Executive 5.1 Comunicación
2012 The Travel Media-Mac
E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio is a Mexican production company founded by director, writer and producer Erik Mariñelarena, his wife producer Liz Ortiz and producing partner Carlos Hernández Vázquez...

2012 Without Masks Media-Mac
E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio is a Mexican production company founded by director, writer and producer Erik Mariñelarena, his wife producer Liz Ortiz and producing partner Carlos Hernández Vázquez...

2012 La isla perdida Media-Mac
E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio
E Corp Studio is a Mexican production company founded by director, writer and producer Erik Mariñelarena, his wife producer Liz Ortiz and producing partner Carlos Hernández Vázquez...

2013 Criósfera Post Elemento Producciones
Mil Nubes Cine

Music Videos

Year Track Credited as Studio
Director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

Producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

Writer
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...

Editor Other
2008 Solo performed by Ángel Xan Post Artmy
2008 Lo que fuí ayer performed by Los Daniels
Los Daniels
Los Daniels is a Mexican rock band formed in May 2007, better known as "the new rock band from Mexico". The band is formed by Ismael Salcedo , Alfonso Díaz , Carlos Palomares , René Lugo , and Rasheed Durán ....

Post Inkubo Producciones
2008 I Never Wanted to Dance performed by Nikki Clan
Nikki Clan
Nikki Clan is a Mexican Power pop band from Nogales, Sonora and Mexicali, Baja California, The band is formed by Yadira Gianola , Alberto Espinosa , José Antonio Dabdoub , Ángel Yáñez , and José Carlos Fausto Monroy...

Post Chivo Films
2008 Shortcut to Heaven performed by Chenoa
Chenoa
María Laura Corradini Falomir, popularly known as Chenoa is a famous Argentine-Spanish female music artist who became successful after appearing on the TV contest Operación Triunfo. Her music style could be described in the United States as pop...

Post Chivo Films
2008 En otra dimensión performed by Los Daniels
Los Daniels
Los Daniels is a Mexican rock band formed in May 2007, better known as "the new rock band from Mexico". The band is formed by Ismael Salcedo , Alfonso Díaz , Carlos Palomares , René Lugo , and Rasheed Durán ....

VFX
VFX Creative Director
The VFX creative director is a position common in films, television programs and games utilizing a high amount of visual Effects.For movies which are fully CG or partly CG a VFX creative director works closely with the director. On smaller VFX-intensive productions such as music videos or some TV...

Inkubo Producciones

Awards and recognition

This films were met with very positive reviews from critics and received many nominations and awards.


2012

Without Masks
• Sunny Side of the Doc 2011

The Travel
• Sunny Side of the Doc 2011

Anything Else Than Air
Anything Else Than Air
Anything Else Than Air is a Mexican film documentary that plans to release in theaters in the autumn of 2012 in Mexico. The film is directed by Mexican director Carlos Hernández Vázquez and produced by E Corp Studio in association with Media Mac, and was shot in high definition digital...

• IMCINE : Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad 2011
• Doc Meeting Argentina 2011
• Bolivia Lab III
Iberdoc
IBERDOC
Escuela Iberoamericana de Cine Documental or IBERDOC is the first training center in the region devoted exclusively to training Latin American professionals in the documentary genre...

 2010
Iberoamerican Film Crossing Borders
Guadalajara International Film Festival
The Guadalajara International Film Festival is a week-long film festival held each March in the Mexican city of Guadalajara. The festival is considered the most prestigious film festival in Latin America and among the most important Spanish language film festivals in the world...

 2010


2011

12th Warrior
FIFA U-17 World Cup
FIFA U-17 World Cup
The FIFA U-17 World Cup, founded as the FIFA U-16 World Championship, later changed to the FIFA U-17 World Championship and known by its current name since 2007, is the world championship of association football for male players under the age of 17 organized by Fédération Internationale de Football...

 2011 (Inauguration)

Octavio
Octavio (film)
Octavio: The metamorphic history of Octavio Ocampo is a film biopic about the famous Mexican artist Octavio Ocampo, its release is announced for the fall of 2011 in Mexico...

International Cervantes Culture Festival
Festival Internacional Cervantino
The Festival Internacional Cervantino takes place each fall in the city of Guanajuato, located in central Mexico. This is a small colonial-era city with history of having a large cultural scene. The origins of the festival are from the mid 20th century, when short plays by Miguel de Cervantes...

 2011

Hasta cuando?
Mexico City International Film Festival
Mexico City International Film Festival
Mexico City International Film Festival, or FICC for its initials in Spanish was an annual film festival that began in February 2011....

 2011


2010

Serial Comic No. 1 : Fixation
• Macabro International Horror Film Festival 2010
• Morbido Fest 2010


2009

Hotel Chelsea
Hotel Chelsea (film)
Hotel Chelsea is a thriller of 2009. The production traveled to New York for filming on the classic Hotel Chelsea, a place regularly visited by celebrities, and gives name to the film.- Plot :...

• Japan Film Fest Hamburg 2011
• Eerie Horror Film Festival 2010
Rhode Island International Film Festival
Rhode Island International Film Festival
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival takes place every year in Providence and Newport, Rhode Island as well as satellite locations throughout the state. Started in 1997, the Festival is produced by Flickers, the Newport Film/Video Society & Arts Collaborative, a 501 non-profit...

 2010
• Okanagan International Film Festival 2010
• Seattle's True Independent Film Festival 2010
• Indie Spirit Film Festival 2010
• Myrtle Beach International Film Festival 2009
Queens International Film Festival
Queens International Film Festival
The Queens International Film Festival ran from 2003-2009. It is currently defunct and the website has been shut down.-References:*...

 2009
• Radar Hamburg International Independent Film Festival 2009


2008

An Ally in Time
Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...

 2009
New York International Latino Film Festival
New York International Latino Film Festival
The New York International Latino Film Festival is a major Hispanic film festival located in New York City. The festival features over sixty films, shorts, and documentaries over the course of six days, along with other events focused on Latino culture....

 2008
Crystal Display Festival
Pantalla de Cristal Film Festival
The Pantalla de Cristal Fest is a major film festival located in Mexico City. The festival features over two hundred digital films, shorts, musical videoclips, tv spots and documentaries over the course of seven days.-External links:*...

 2008

Mateo's Night
• Morelia International Film Festival 2008

Una copa de vino
• Acapulco International Film Festival 2008


2007

J-ok'el
J-ok'el
J-ok'el is a Mexican thriller of 2007, directed by Benjamin Williams. Who deviated from the usual stories about spirits showing an ending where the good guy do not always win and many lit environments, in a narrative designed to surprise connoisseurs of the genre...

Park City International Music Festival
Park City International Music Festival
The Park City International Music Festival is Utah's oldest classical music festival. Founded as the Deer Valley Music Festival in 1983, the Festival is centered around bringing renowned classical solo artists together to perform chamber music...

 2007

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