My Resume in English

Pericles E. Mejía • Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, French & Dominican Nationalities  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0577244/ • Studied Dramatic Arts in the Dominican Republic 1960; Studied Dramatic Arts in France 1968 • Theatre Teacher at the Drama School of Fine Arts Dominican Republic 1972-75 •  Head of the Audio Visual Department of the Museum of Natural History in 1978 • Founder of the Film Library (“Cinemateca Kircher”) in 1979 • Counsellor of the National Film Archives” since 1980 (Cinemateca Nacional Dominicana) •

 

Director of short “La Santería” with the Painter Jorge Severino 1976 • Director of the Shorts (Sandino, 1980 ; Nicaragua, 1981) (16mm) with the Painter Silvano Lora• Editor of “Un Pasaje De Ida”, by Agliberto Meléndez http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122652/ •

Line Producer for the French-Haitian film “L’homme sur les quais”, by Raoul Peckhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107132/, • Director of the Short “La Ruta” with Silvano Lora (35mm) 1988 • Director of several Shorts “Carnaval” (1989) and “Navidades Dominicanas” (1989) •

 

Between 1989 and 1996 has directed more than 250 Advertising Spots in film and Video; 18 Industrial & Ethnological documentaries, and 134 shorts for TV as Cameraman/ Producer/Director.

 

Screenwriter and Director for film “Cuatro hombres y un Ataúd” in 1996, (4 men And A Coffin) http://mejiadigital.com/4hombresyunataud/

 

Film Critic 1978 -1980 For the newspapers “La Noticia”, “El Sol” “El Nuevo Diario” • Theatre actor from 1970 to1980 : “La Celestina”, “La Boda”, “Un Héroe mas para la mitología”, “La Opéra de tres Centavos”, “Las Sillas” • and others

 

Film Actor :“The White Crab”, and “The Feast of The Goat”, by Luis Llosa, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428532/ ”Guns of the Magnificent Seven” by Paul Wendkos, ,“Enigma”,by Robert Cornelio http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1050700/

  “Ladrones a Domicilio” by Angel Muñiz http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1176958/ 

“Las Luciernagas”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0815193/  • “Roomate” and “Codigo 666” by Elias Acosta Elias Acosta, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903653/  

 

Member of the Council of the International Film Festival of Santo Domingo • Has written 4 Screenplays : “La Gran Carrera De Arsenio”, “Las Tres Que Echaron A Pedro En El Pozo” “Baseball” and “La Boda De Rosa” • Screen writer “Liborio El Dios Vivo de Maguana” & “La Religiosidad Popular TV 2005 • Under Director of the National Film Library, in charge of Programming 2002-05 •

 

Teacher of “Acting & Screen writing “ for the National School of Drama since 2002 Teacher of Screenwriting at the University Madre Y Maestra of Santo Domingo

Acting teacher at the Film & Television College of Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China:http://www.sc-filmcollege.com/new/onews.asp?id=314

Acting , screenplay teacher at the Film Institute of Santiago http://incines.blogspot.com/

Contact me et:    pericles@mejiadigital.net

 

Small Acting Resume

Pericles Mejia

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0577244/

Pericles is an acclaimed Dominican actor and director with more than 40 years experience in film, theatre and television. A graduate of theatre programs in the Dominican Republic and in France, he has taught at the Dominican Drama School of Fine Arts; the Film and Television College of the Sichuan Normal University in China; the Catholic University Madre y Maestra of Santo Domingo; and the National School of Drama,

He made his directorial debut with the feature “Cuatro Hombres y un Ataúd” (Four Men and a Coffin), which he also wrote. http://www.mejiadigital.com/4hombresyunataud/ Other directing credits include numerous fiction shorts, and more than 130 short documentaries, 18 full-length industrial and ethnological documentaries, and 250 advertising spots.

His acting credits include theatre roles in productions such as “La Celestina”F. Rojas, “La Boda”, B .Brecht “ La Opéra de Tres Centavos” B. Brecht, and “Las Sillas” E. Ionesco; and many others.

His recent film appearances “The Feast of The Goat”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0428532/, “Enigma”, “Ladrones a Domicilio” http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1176958/ “Las Luciernagas” http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0815193/ and “Roomate” as a film actor.

Pericles is a passionate and committed member of the Dominican artistic community, which he serves as a Member of the Council of the International Film Festival of Santo Domingo, a Counselor of the National Film Archives, and founder of the Film Library “Cinemateca Kircher”.

Mi Biofilmografia

Pericles E. Mejía

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0577244/

 Nació en Santo Domingo RD de nacionalidad dominico-francesa

Estudió Arte Dramático en Rep. Dom. 1960

Estudio Teatro en Francia        1968

Prof. de Teatro en Bellas Artes en 1972-1975

En 1976 Trabajó en la película “Sorcerer” de William Friedkin, como Asistente de Producción

Director del Dpto. Audio Visual del Museo de Historia Natural en 1978

Fundador de la Cinemateca Kircher 1979

Asesor de la Cinemateca Nacional 1980

Realiza el Cortometraje “La Santería” con el pintor Jorge Severino (Vídeo) 1980

Realiza varios cortos en 16mm con el pintor Silvano Lora 1980

(Sandino, 1980; Nicaragua 1981)

Editor de “Un Pasaje de Ida” de Agliberto Meléndez  1984

Productor Local “L’homme Sur les Quais” de Raoul Peck 1987

Realiza el Cortometraje en 16mm. “La Ruta” con Silvano Lora y José Luis Sáez, 1988, en el ICAIC

Y los cortos “Carnaval”1989  & “Navidades Dominicanas”1989

Entre 1989 y 1996 realiza mas de 250 Comerciales en Cine y Vídeo, 12 documentales Industriales,

6 documentales etnológicos. Todos como Camarógrafo/productor/director.

Escribe y Realiza el Largo Metraje: “Cuatro Hombres Y Un Ataúd” 1996 http://www.mejiadigital.com/4hombresyunataud

Ejerció la critica de cine de 1978 a 1980  en los periódicos “La Noticia”, “El Sol” y “El Nuevo Diario”

Actor de Teatro de 1970 a 1980 “La Celestina” “La Boda” “La Opera de Tres Centavos” “Las Sillas”

Actor de Cine “The White Crab” de Luis Llosa 1976, “La Fiesta Del Chivo” Luis Llosa 2004, “Lilis” Jimmy Sierra, 2006, “Las Luciérnagas” Roberto Minervini, 2006, “Roomate”, Elías Acosta,2005, “Enigma”, Robert Cornelio, 2008,  “Ladrones a Domicilio”, Ángel Muñiz, 2008

Miembro del Consejo del Festival Internacional De Cine De Santo Domingo

Profesor de Actuación Para Cine en la Escuela Nacional de Arte Dramático 2000-2006

Profesor de Guion en la Pontificia Universidad católica Madre y Maestra 2005

Profesor de Actuación en Chengdu Film College, Chengdu, Sichuan China 2006-2007

Profesor de Guion para cine y Actuación para Cine En el Instituto de Cine de Santiago 2008

Tiene escritos cuatro guiones cinematograficos : “La Gran Carrera De Arsenio”, “ La Boda De Rosa”, “Los Tres Que Echaron  a Pedro en el Pozo” y “Baseball”

pericles@mejiadigital.net