Omar Lara

Biography

Omar Lara is a Mexican producer, post-production supervisor and colorist specializing in contemporary African cinema and film aesthetics. He holds a Master’s in Contemporary Audiovisual Filmmaking from the International School of Film and Television of San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV) and completed graduate studies in film at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is co-founder of Disruptiva Films, through which he has worked on the production, post-production and color of films such as Huesera, La Caravana, La Tierra de la Ballena, Niñas Escarlata and Mi sangre es petróleo. These films have screened at festivals including Tribeca, SXSW, Sitges, Shanghai, CPH:DOX, Visionos du Reel, DOC NYC, Guadalajara, FICUNAM and Morelia. He is also curator of the INAH Anthropological Film Festival.