Salvador Alvarado (SAVA) is a former graphic designer graduated from the Universidad Iberoamericana. His first approaches to filmmaking came when he was still a student, at Palomar Pictures LATAM and at Persaud by Palomar in the area of music videos. His career in advertisements began to take shape when he became a copywriter at McCann Erickson in Mexico City and quickly emigrated to advertising cinema at Cineconcepto México. He later moved to Los Angeles, California, where following his passion for moving images he graduated from LACC’s Film Production Program focused on film direction and post production.
His relentless search would continue in Madrid, Spain, where he would work with Antiestático and 37Films, and later in London within Common People Films. In 2022, he returns to his native Mexico to continue his career as a director.
Among the clients he has worked with, the following stand out: Thinkful (USA), Renault Bank (Spain), Herradura, Mitsubishi, Museo de Futból Club Pachuca, Samsung, Pepsico, Gamesa, Nokia, Palacio de Hierro, Chevrolet, Nissan, Mitsubishi, MG, Banorte, BBVA, Master Card (Russia), Marinela, Telcel, Nike, Oreedoo (Qatar), MDJS (Morocco), Coca-Cola (Dubai), Ashark News (Dubai), Nestlé, Heineken, Bonafont, among others .
His work has been recognized in competitions such as Círculo Creativo (gold, silver and bronze), Effies (silver and bronze), and shortlisted in Cannes with a project for Nokia, which was carried out jointly by Lucas Films, Disney, Star Wars and Master Card Russia.
He is currently in the development stage of his first fiction feature film.
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