Stanley Gonczanski

Stanley Gonczanski is an Argentinian filmmaker, creative director and visual artist. He was born in the beautiful city of Buenos Aires Argentina. He began his career in Advertising at the very young age of 18. At 25 he became the General Creative Director at the Leo Burnett Colombia. There he produced and directed his first commercial spot which landed him the Clio Award. As an artist it is safe to say that his skills did not stop at being content within that field. He went on pursuing a film career and moved to Santiago de Chile and opened his own production company named Stanley Films & Friends. His commercial films have participated in the most prestigious festivals, in New York, Cannes, London, Achap, Clio, just to name a few. His company has been named one of the five best Latin- American production houses. He went on to win the MTV Music Video Awards for his first Music Video, Ella usó mi Cabeza como un revolver, for the legendary pop rock band Soda Stereo and has been a finalist three more times since then. Stanley´s background can only paint him as an unlimited artist. Apart from film and advertising, he is a visual artist as well. Being passionate about the classic Masters, he found a way to address our society crucial issues, using the classic Master´s pieces as a platform through his artwork series "Almost Classic". His oils on canvas and digital art collages use subtle humor and blunt irony to give a very modern message that can be understood globally.