Pericles E. Mejía

• Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic of Dominican and French nationality
• 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 Between 1972-75
• Production Assistant for the film “Sorcerer” by William Friedkin in 1976
• 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 National)
• Director of the fiction short “La Santería” with the Dominican Painter Jorge Severino 1980
• Director of several Shorts in 16mm with the Dominican Painter Silvano Lora (Sandino, 1980 ; Nicaragua, 1981)
• Film Editor of “Un Pasaje De Ida”, by Agliberto Meléndez in 1984
• Local Producer for the French-Haitian film “L’homme sur les quais”, by Raoul Peck in 1987,
• Director of the Short “La Ruta” with Silvano Lora and José Luis Sáez (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; 12 Industrial documentaries, 6 Ethnological documentaries, and 134 short documentaries for Phillip Morris as Cameraman/ Producer/Director.
• Screenwriter and Director for film “Cuatro hombres y un Ataúd” in 1996, (4 men And A Coffin) http://www.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”
• Film Actor : “The White Crab” & “The Feast of The Goat”, by Luis Llosa, 2004 “Guns of the Magnificent Seven” by Paul Wendkos, Roomates by Elias Acosta,2005,
• Member of the Council of the International Film Festival of Santo Domingo
• Heads several Film Workshops at the Universidad Católica de Santo Domingo
• Has written 4 Screenplays : “La Gran Carrera De Arsenio”, “Los Tres Que Echaron A Pedro En El Pozo” “Baseball” and “La Boda De Rosa” (Rosa’s Wedding)
• Screen writer “Liborio El Dios Vivo de Maguana” & “La Religiosidad Popular
• 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 Catholic University Madre y Maestra of Santo Domingo

CHINA EXPERIENCE:English Pronunciation and Ear development Teacher for The Beijing Bilingual Institute, Fujin, Heilongiang, China. Oral English & Spanish teacher At: Chengdu Institute Sichuan International Studies University: www.cisisu.edu.cn Also Acting & Performing Teacher at the Film and Television College, of the Sichuan Normal University http://www.sc-filmcollege.com/new/onews.asp?id=314 Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
ACTUALLY: Senior teacher at the Instituto de Cine De Santiago www.incines.blogspot.com