Pablo Martínez-Zárate

Pablo Martínez-Zárate

  • Place of birth: Mexico City, Mexico
  • Also know as: Pablo MZ

Biography

Artist and researcher. Professor at the Communications Department of Iberoamericana University, where he coordinates the photography lab and is head of the Master in Film programme. Pablo’s work bridges memory, territory and identity through film, photography, multimedia and writing. He has exhibited individually at Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Interactive Museum of Economics, Spain’s Cultural Center in Mexico and Mexico’s National Museum of Art. Amongst his films are Ciudad Merced (2013), La Película (2014), So Much Light (2015) and The Monopoly of Memory (2018). His multimedia work includes pieces such as the web-documentaries Santos Diableros & Momento MX , and the interactive poem and installation Poema Panorama. His films have been screened in over 10 countries, he has published novel, poetry and essay, being his most recent book The Powers of the Image: Body and Death in the Audiovisual Culture (Ibero, 2018). He has received awards in Brazil, India, USA and Mexico. Since 2014, he is partner of longtime filmmaker Gregorio Rocha in a film preservation and lab-museum called Anarchivia, located in the world famous Estudios Churubusco. He has published novel, poetry and essay, and writes for magazines and websites in Mexico and abroad. In 2016, as professor at Ibero University, he founded the Laboratorio Iberoamericano de Documental (Iberoamerican Documentary Lab), which he heads since. He has been guest lecturer and speaker at EICTV Cuba, University of Southern California, Emerson College Boston, Zurich University of the Arts, University of Copenhagen, among others . He is a member of the Iberoamerican Chair in Transmedia Narratives and of the Memory Studies Association. He holds an MSc. by Research in Digital Media and Culture by the University of Edinburgh and a PhD in Media by Universidad Iberoamericana.

Filmography

Susurros del Panteón

2015

As Additional voice

Production

Ciudad Merced

2013

As Editor

Ciudad Merced

2013

As Director

Susurros del Panteón

2015

As Producer

Susurros del Panteón

2015

As Writer

Susurros del Panteón

2015

As Director

Susurros del Panteón

2015

As Director of Photography

El Monopolio de la Memoria

2018

As Screenplay

Tanta Luz

2015

As Director of Photography

Tanta Luz

2015

As Editor

Tanta Luz

2015

As Sound Designer

Tacuba 8. Palacio y Museo

2012

As Cinematography

Tanta Luz

2015

As Director

La Película

2014

As Writer

Tanta Luz

2015

As Writer

La Película

2014

As Director

Tacuba 8. Palacio y Museo

2012

As Director

Tanta Luz

2015

As Producer

La Película

2014

As Producer

SOS MX

2018

As Writer

SOS MX

2018

As Director

La Película

2014

As Editor

La memoria se filtró por una grieta

2022

As Director of Photography

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