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”.