Barria (b.1973 Camilo Barria Royer) is a filmmaker and creative explorer of Latino origins based in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from UCLA's TFT Professional Producing Program and held a BA in Sociology. Born to political exiles in the turbulent '70s, he explores the absurdity of the world and the human experience with all its sorrows and joys.
Between 2018 and 2019, he produced/directed Postcards From Last Summer in collaboration with Berlin-based Austrian film composer Ella Zwietnig. In 2021 he created a series of experimental shorts, remixing archival footage and newsreels as part of the release of Música para Ver las Nubes, an instrumental album co-produced in tandem with Venezuelan composer Juan Ernesto Velásquez. In 2021 he joined Ella Zwietnig and Turkish musician Ekin Fil for the experimental essay film Far Within Reach.
From 2000 to 2018, he acted as a creative director for brands within the entertainment industry.
DISTINCTIONS/SCREENINGS —
2022
Belgrade Kinoskop International Festival of
Experimental Analog Cinema
Official Selection
Madrid International Short Film Festival
Honorable Mention
Millenium Film Workshop
Open Screening, NYC
Experimental Forum Film Festival
Honorable Mention
West Virginia Mountaineer
Short Film Festival
Official Selection
Black Box Gallery
Taking Pictures Group Exhibition
4/1-4/20, Portland
2021
Munich New Wave Short Film Festival
Winner / Best Actress Isadora Leiva
Toronto Indie Filmmakers Festival
Winner / Short Film
New York Tri-State
International Film Festival
Finalist
2019
International PSA Competition
Film Fest 52, Official Selection
Shiny Awards, Shortlisted
Telly Awards
Silver Regional TV General Automotive
2018
Telly Awards
Bronze Branded Content Campaign.
Bronze Branded Content General Branding.
2017
ADCAN* Awards
Grand Prix Winner
People's Choice Winner
Environment Category Winner
ACADEMICS —
2019 — current
UCLA Extension Entertainment Studies
Directing
Los Angeles — California
2019 — current
UCLA Extension Entertainment Studies
Film & TV Development
Los Angeles — California
2019
UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television
Professional Program in Producing
Los Angeles — California
2000
Universidad Central de Venezuela
Bachelor of Science: Sociology
Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences
School of Sociology
Coursework: Social Theory, Political Science, Cultural Studies, Latin American Studies, Discourse Analysis.
Caracas — Venezuela
EXTRA ACADEMICS —
2022
Colour Training
Feature Film Grading Master Class
Instructor: Dado Valentic
Los Angeles
Magnum Photos / Learn
Matt Black: The Documentary Commitment
Bieke Depoorter: Chance Encounters
Gregory Halpern: Documentary Sur/Realism
Alec Soth: Photographic Storytelling
Sundance Collab
Directing Fundamentals Workshop
Instructor: Lise Raven.
2021 -2020
Robert McKee Webinars
Image Systems
Tools and Principles of Horror
Dialogue
Character's Architecture
Story Drives
Story as Craft
The Ten Conventions of Love
Long Format Story
2021
Writing Feature Film
Instructor: Pilar Alessandra / On The Page
Los Angeles
Colour Training
Fundamentals of Digital Color Processing
Dailies Colorist
Instructor: Dado Valentic
Los Angeles
EXTRA ACADEMICS —
2022 Colour Training
Feature Film Grading Master Class
Instructor: Dado Valentic
Los Angeles
Magnum Photos / Learn
Matt Black: The Documentary Commitment
Bieke Depoorter: Chance Encounters
Gregory Halpern: Documentary Sur/Realism
Alec Soth: Photographic Storytelling
Sundance Collab
Mark Cousins: 40 Days to Learn Film
2021 -2020 Robert McKee Webinars
Image Systems
Tools and Principles of Horror
Dialogue
Character's Architecture
Story Drives
Story as Craft
The Ten Conventions of Love
Long Format Story
2021 Writing Feature Film
Instructor: Pilar Alessandra / On The Page
Los Angeles
2021 Colour Training
Fundamentals of Digital Color Processing
Dailies Colorist
Instructor: Dado Valentic
Los Angeles
2020
Story Analysis for Readers and Writers
Instructor: Pilar Alessandra / On The Page
Los Angeles
University of London
Film, Images & Historical Interpretation
in the 20th Century: The Camera Never Lies
Instructor: Dr. Emmett Sullivan
2019
Robert McKee STORY Seminar
Los Angeles
2018
IDEO U
Leading For Creativity / Tim Brown
Power of Purpose / Joe Brown
Unlocking Creativity / Suzanne Gibbs Howard
Hello Design Thinking / David Kelley
San Francisco
2010
Psychomagic
Workshop with iconoclast artist and filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky