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Arambilet
Born
Ángel Luis Arambilet Alvarez

(1957-09-16) September 16, 1957 (age 67)
NationalityDominican, Spanish
Occupation(s)Novelist, poet, screenwriter, painter, graphic artist, filmmaker
SpouseVictoria Díaz Bonnelly
Children2
RelativesIdelisa Bonnelly (aunt-in-law)
AwardsDominican National Literary Awards: Short Story (1994), Novel (2005)

Ángel Luis Arambilet Álvarez (born September 16, 1957), generally known professionally as simply Arambilet, is a novelist,[1] poet, screenwriter, painter,[2] graphic artist and filmmaker[3] of Spanish-Dominican descent.

Biography

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Arambilet was one of 34 people interviewed for The History of Computer Graphics and Digital Art Project.[4] His work is mentioned in compArt | center of excellence digital art” (a project at the University of Bremen).[5]

He has been awarded by the Ministry of Culture of the Dominican Republic with the National Short Story Award (The Cayenne petals, 1994) and National Novel Prize (Neguri's secret, 2006).

Literary works

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  • Cayenne/Petals – Los pétalos de la cayena. (National Literary Prize) Dominican Republic: AH, 1993. ISBN 84-89546-02-9
  • Secret Zone – Zona secreta. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: AH, 1994. ISBN 84-89546-00-2
  • Homo sapiens. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: AH, 1994. ISBN 84-89546-01-0
  • Quintet – Quinteto. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: AH, 1996. ISBN 84-89546-03-7
  • Insects – Insectos. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: AH, 1997. ISBN 84-89546-05-3
  • The Passion Book – El libro de las pasiones. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: AH, 2000. ISBN 99934-0-154-4
  • Neguri's Secret – El secreto de Neguri. (National Literary Prize) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Alfaguara Editorial Publishing House, 2005. ISBN 99934-0-154-4
  • Guarocuya. Tarragona, Spain: CS, 2009. ISBN 145053192X
  • Brief Stories – Historias Breves (1988–1998). Tarragona, Spain: CS, 2009. ISBN 1449527698
  • The Passion Book II – El libro de las pasiones (II). Tarragona, Spain: CS, 2010. ISBN 99934-0-154-4
  • Orifiel. Tarragona, Spain: CS, 2010. ISBN 1450533930
  • Digital Art – Arte Digital (1949–1999). Tarragona, Spain: CS, 2011. ISBN 1463612575
  • Chernobyl 25 (Essay and Poetics based on Pedro Farías Nardi photographs at Chernobyl disaster site). Tarragona, Spain: CS, 2011. ISBN 1450533930
  • Consuelo (Marie Linda) (biographical novel). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: CS, 2017. ISBN 978-1542596541

Screenplays and treatments

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  • The golden manatee mystery – El misterio del manatí de oro. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2006. Safe Creative: 1010117549995
  • Guarocuya. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2006. Safe Creative: 0907174135227
  • The distant counterweight of the stars – El lejano contrapeso de los astros. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2007. Safe Creative: 010117550021
  • Amín Abel. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2014. ONDA 4597-10, Safe Creative:1402040027099
  • 1916. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2014. Safe Creative: 1403130354040
  • Nico Mota's Accordion – El acordeón de Ñico Mota. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2014. Safe Creative: 1402040027037
  • Fons (La Chepa). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2014. Safe Creative: 1402040027020
  • Two ways – Doble Sentido. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2014. ONDA: 4903-11
  • Código Paz. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2014. ONDA: ND
  • The loanshark – El prestamista. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2014. ONDA: ND
  • Bachata gringa. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2015. Safe Creative: 1509295258879
  • DOC-108. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2015. ONDA: 6469-12
  • The thousand year legacy. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2015. Treatment for Lantica Pictures.
  • Rulin. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2017. Safe Creative: 1711064751850
  • Consuelo (Marie Linda). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2014. ONDA: 11694-20

Art exhibitions

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  • Arambilet: Ten years and five series (1989–1999). Casa Guayasamín, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic:1999.
  • XIX ELJ Visual Arts Biennial. Centro León, Bienal Eduardo León Jimenes, Santiago, Dominican Republic: 2002.
  • Homo sapiens: Characters to hang. Galería DPI, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2002.
  • XXII National Visual Arts Biennial. Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2003.
  • XX ELJ Visual Arts Biennial. Centro León, Bienal Eduardo León Jimenes, Santiago, Dominican Republic: 2004.
  • Colective, Palacio Consistorial. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2004.
  • XXIII National Visual Arts Biennial. Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2005.
  • Colective itinerant: Artes/Miniaturas en portada. Viota Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico: 2006.
  • XXI ELJ Visual Arts Biennial. Centro León, Bienal Eduardo León Jimenes, Santiago, Dominican Republic: 2006.
  • Colective: Saatchi Online. Saatchi Gallery, London, UK: 2009.
  • Colective DART-09: XIII Conferencia Internacional sobre Visualización de la Información IV09. 2D Exhibiting artist with "Dots on the i's"; Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain: 2009.
  • Colective CGIV09: VI International Computerized Graphics, images and visualization Conference Tianjin, China: 2009.
  • Ebre Terra de Vent Colective. Palau Oliver de Boteller, Tortosa, Spain: 2010.
  • Colectiva fotográfica, Leica Oskar Barnack Award. Between real and surreal: The abstraction. Wetzlar, Germany: 2011.
  • Colectiva Fotográfica, Brangulí was here: How about you? – Centre de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona (CCCB), Spain: 2011.
  • XXVI National Visual Arts Biennial. Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2011.

Filmography

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Year Títle Role Notes
2002 Miriam Calzada: Montecristi Director, producer, screenwriter Documentary I from series: "Art and artists"
2003 Marcos Lora Read: Kid Kapicua Director, producer, screenwriter Documentary II from series: "Art and artists"
2005 Neguri's Secret – El secreto de Neguri Director, producer, editor, screenwriter Documentary with the insertion of two Short Films by Pedro Guzmán and Esteban Martin.
2006 Waltz – Vals Director, producer, screenwriter Official selection Rainier International Film Festival (RIFF) 2007
2006 Sepiablue – Sepiazul Director, producer, editor Premiered at XVI Spanish and Latin American International Film Festival. Cervantes Institute of Manchester & Leeds, Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK.
2006 Luck – La suerte Director, producer, editor, screenwriter Official Selection and nominated as Best Foreign Film at the San Fernando Valley International Film Festival (VIFFI) 2007.
2007 A imagen y semejanza Director, producer, editor, screenwriter Selección Oficial XXII Bienal de Artes Visuales ELJ; Santiago, R.D. Honorable Mention of the Jury.
2007 Efecto Kuleshov Caribe Director, producer, editor, screenwriter Official Selection at the XXIIELJ Visual Arts Biennial; Santiago, Dominican Republic. Honorable Mention of the Jury.
2010 Spécimen 1111 Director, producer, editor, screenwriter Premiered at XVI Spanish and Latin American International Film Festival. Cervantes Institute of Manchester & Leeds, Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK.; Online Digital Gallery D-ART 2011 for the International Conference Information Visualization iV 2011 (London), and the International Conference “Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualization” CGIV 2011 (Singapur).
2011 Diáspora Caleidoscópica Director, producer, editor, screenwriter Official Selection XVI National Visual Arts Biennial, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
2011 Sureya: Mother of everyone Director, editor Documentary on the life and works of a Dominican social activist in Catalunya, Spain
2013 The aragone's Memoirs – Memorias de un aragonés Director, producer, editor Official Selection Premios Platino del Cine Iberoamericano. Nominated as best documentary for Dominican Republic / Spain.
2013 Culture Shock: It’s a rocking new life Content Producer Reality Show for TV: Pilot.
2013 Shadows – Sombras Director, producer, screenwriter, editor Official Selection: Llatinoamerica ProjecCat, Barcelona, Spain
2014 Código Paz Screenwriter, Post-Production Supervisor Official Selection: Prize ADOCINE "La Silla", Best Screenplay Award Winner. Official Selection and nominated as Best Latinamerican Film at Premio Cinematográfico José María Forqué Premio Cinematográfico José María Forqué, Madrid, Spain. Dominican REpublic's Official Selection to Premios Goya, Madrid, Spain. Official Selection as Best PIcture and Best Screenplay to the II Platinum Awards for the Iberoamerican Cinema/II Premios Platino al cine Iberoamericano Premios Platino.
2016 Dr. Nasha Director, producer, screenwriter, editor Documentary about a talented Catalan artist with Crohn's Disease, that dissects society through the eyes of his Comic Book character, Dr. Nasha.

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