DIRECTOR PRODUCER SCREENWRITER EDITOR ACTOR
BIOGRAPHY
The films of TETSUO LUMIERE obtained several awards, among them stand out the obtained in the ARGENTINA BIENNIAL HUMOR VIDEOS FESTIVAL, in the ANNUAL SOCIETY OF ARGENTINA INDEPENDENT VIDEOMAKERS FEST, the CELL-MOVIE FEST (Festival of videos filmed with a cell phone) and the JVC TOKYO VIDEO FESTIVAL where he won in three occasions.
The film "TL1, MY KINGDOM FOR A FLYING SAUCER" his first full-length film, was received excellently by the critics, being as a result, one of the ten directors interviewed in the book "BIZARRE AND FANTASTIC HISPANIC – ARGENTINIAN FILMS" published in Spain, and in the United States of America in the book MASTERS OF THE WEIRD. TL1 turned out to be not only in various festivals of the interior of the country, but it was also seen in Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Spain, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Mexico, Cuba, and was nominated for the SILVER CONDOR ARGENTINA FILM CRITICS AWARD, as BEST VIDEOFILM.
In 2009 he finished the sequel of TL1, named "TL2, HAPPINESS IS AN URBAN LEGEND" winning ARGENTINA BEST FILM OF THE YEAR IN THE MAR DEL PLATA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.
In 2013 his thirth film "QUEST FOR THE POWER SPHERE" to premiere in BAFICI - BUENOS AIRES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, and winning Best Science Fiction Film and Best Fantasy Film in FERATUM FILM FEST.
In 2020 won BEST EDITOR AWARD at the NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL and the TABLOID WHITCH AWARD for the film ALTER EGO (USA) starred by Dylan Walsh, Steve Stanulis, and Eric Roberts.
In 2023 he made his fourth feature film NAKED LIMBO.
Currently, he is finishing: I LAUGH, THEREFORE I AM.
BIOGRAFÍA
Las películas de TETSUO LUMIERE obtuvieron varios premios, entre los que se destacan el obtenido en los de la BIENAL DE VIDEO HUMORÍSTICO, los de la MUESTRA ANUAL DE LA SOCIEDAD DE VIDEASTAS INDEPENDIENTES ARGENTINOS, el CELU FILM FEST (Festival de Películas filmadas con Celular) y el JVC TOKIO VIDEO FESTIVAL en donde ganó en tres ocasiones.
"TL1, MI REINO POR UN PLATILLO VOLADOR" su primer largometraje, se presentó en diversos festivales de Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Uruguay, España, Puerto Rico,
Colombia, México, Cuba, y fue nominado para el CÓNDOR DE PLATA, como mejor VIDEOFILM,
por la Asociación de Críticos Argentinos.
En el 2009 finaliza la secuela de TL1, llamada TL2, LA FELICIDAD ES UNA LEYENDA URBANA, ganadora de MEJOR PELÍCULA ARGENTINA EN EL FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA, y MEJOR PELICULA LATINOAMERICANA en MONTEVIDEO FANTASTICO, entre otros premios.
En el 2013 finaliza BUSCANDO LA ESFERA DEL PODER, que se estrena en el BAFICI - BUENOS AIRES FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE, y gana como MEJOR PELICULA DE CIENCIA FICCIÓN Y FANTASIA en el FERATUM FILM FEST, Mexico y MEJOR DIRECCIÓN en el BUENOS AIRES ROJO SANGRE.
El XXVI FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DE VIÑA DEL MAR, le hizo una retrospectiva.
En el 2020 ganó MEJOR EDICIÓN en el NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARD y en el TABLOID WHITCH AWARDS por ALTER EGO (USA) de Ezio Massa, protagonizada por Dylan Walsh, Steve Stanulis, y Eric Roberts. También dirigió la serie web VAMOS AL VETERINARIO, Financiado por la Subsecretaría de Desarrollo Regional del Gobierno de Chile.
En el 2023 estrena su cuarto largometraje LIMBO ALUCINANTE.
Actualmente se encuentra finalizando: RIO, LUEGO EXISTO.
AWARDS / PREMIOS
THE CREATURE / LA CRIATURA
* RAFMA AWARD (RAFMA - Red Argentina de Festivales y Muestras Audiovisuales)
RAIN / LLUVIA
* SPECIAL MENTION - Santiago Horror
THE SPRINKLER SPRINKLED / EL REGADOR REGADO
* SPECIAL MENTION - Festival de Cine Inusual
QUEST FOR THE POWER SPHERE / BUSCANDO LA ESFERA DEL PODER
* BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM and BEST FANTASY FILM - Feratum Film Fest, Mexico.
* BEST DIRECTOR - Buenos Aires Red Blood Film Festival
LOVBOT LOVE / EL ROBOT DEL AMOR
* SPECIAL MENTION - Festival de Cine Inusual
* SPECIAL MENTION - Festival de cine Latinoamericano de La Plata, Argentina
TAKE MY HAND! / TOMA MI MANO
* SPECIAL MENTION - Buenos Aires Red Blood Film Festival
TL2 - HAPPINESS IS AN URBAN LEGEND / LA FELICIDAD ES UNA LEYENDA URBANA
* BEST ARGENTINE FILM - International Film Festival of Mar Del Plata XXIV
* BEST LATIN AMERICAN FILM – Montevideo Fantastic Film Festival V
* CRITICS AWARD - Latin American Film Festival of Mar del Plata V
* BEST SCRIPT- Gualeguaychu Cinema Festival III
* SPECIAL MENTION - Tandil Cinema Festival IX
* SPECIAL MENTION - Tucumán Film Festival
RED IN THE BLOODY FOREST / ROJO EN EL BOSQUE SANGRIENTO
* EXCELLENCE AWARD - JVC TOKYO VIDEO FESTIVAL
TL1 - MY KINGDOM FOR A FLYING SAUCER / MI REINO POR UN PLATILLO VOLADOR
* BEST PRODUCTION - Tandil Cinema Festival - Argentina
* BEST DIRECTION - Montevideo Fantastic Film Festival - Uruguay
* VIDEO NOMINATED BEST FILM - Cóndor de Plata - Argentine Film Critics
Association.
THE FLYING SAUCERS AND MY FRIENDS / LOS PLATILLOS VOLADORES Y MIS AMIGOS
EXCELLENCE AWARD - Jvc Tokyo Video Festival
THOUSAND WAYS TO DESTROY THE NATIONAL CONGRESS / MIL FORMAS DE DESTRUIR EL CONGRESO NACIONAL
* BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM - Crepusculum Film Fest
PURPLE HANDS / MANOS PURPURAS
* BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM - Film And Video Festival In San Telmo
VISIT FROM OUTER SPACE / VISITA DEL ESPACIO EXTERIOR
* BEST DIRECTOR - SAVI Argentine Society of Independent Videomakers
HONEYMOON / LUNA DE MIEL
* EXCELLENCE AWARD - Jvc Tokyo Video Festival Best Film
* SAVI Argentine Society of independent videomakers
* BEST FILM - Humoruos Film and Video Biennial
FILMOGRAPHY / FILMOGRAFÍA
* LIMBO ALUCINANTE / NAKED LIMBO (Feature film)
* SE HACEN? (Serie Web)
* TU MENTE DEMENTE (TV Pilot)
* DIVORCE / DIVORCIO (Short FIlm)
* VAMOS AL VETERINARIO (Serie web)
* DETECTIVE LANGA: La película Desaparece.
* THE CREATURE / LA CRIATURA (Short Film)
* THE DATE / LA CITA (Short Film)
* MATH / MATEMATICAS (Short Film)
* ELECTRISEXX (Short Film)
* TXT (Short Film)
* THE SPRINKLER SPRINKLED / EL REGADOR REGADO (Short Film)
* QUEST FOR THE POWER SPHERE / BUSCANDO LA ESFERA DEL PODER (Feature Film)
* LOVBOT LOVE (Short Film)
* PEOPLE ARE THE WORST THING THAT EVER HAPPEND / LA GENTE ES LO PEOR QUE ME PASO EN LA VIDA (Short Film)
* TAKE MY HAND! / TOMA MI MANO (Short Film)
* I DO WANT TO COOK / YO SI QUIERO COCINAR (Short Film)
* DUE LOW FI (Short Film)
* TL2 - HAPPINESS IS AN URBAN LEGEND / TL2 - LA FELICIDAD ES UNA LEYENDA URBANA (Feature Film)
* JUST LIKE HEAVEN - INSANE COVERS (Short Film)
* ESPERANZA (Short Film)
* JAWS IN MY SWIMING POOL / UN TIBURÓN EN MI PILETA (Short Film)
* RED HOT RHYTHM / RITMO CALIENTE (Short Film)
* THE RELIGIOUS HAUNT ME / LOS EVANGELISTAS ME PERSIGUEN (Short Film)
* DANGER CATS / GATOS PELIGROSOS (Short Film)
* RED BLOODY FOREST / ROJO EN EL BOSQUE SANGRIENTO (Short Film)
* VALENTINO 4: HELP CITIZEN / AYUDAR CIUDADANOS (Short Film)
* VALENTINO 3: MAD DOGS /TU PERRO TU CACA (Short Film)
* VALENTINO 2: DON´T PAINT / NO PINTAR (Short Film)
* VALENTINO 1: GARBAGE BAG / BOLSA DE BASURA (Short Film)
* TL1 - MY KINGDOM FOR A FLYING SAUCER / TL1 - MI REINO POR UN PLATILLO VOLADOR (Feature Film)
* MY FRIEND DINOSAUR / MI AMIGO DINOSAURIO (Short Film)
* THE FLYING SAUCER AND MY FRIENDS / LOS PLATILLOS VOLADORES Y MIS AMIGOS (Short Film)
* THE CONVENT / EL CONVENTO (Short Film)
* THE ROBOT FROM VENUS / EL ROBOT DE VENUS (Short Film)
* 1.0000 WAYS OF DESTROYING ARGENTINE NATIONAL CONGRESS 2: RAIN / LLUVIA (Short Film)
* 1.0000 WAYS OF DESTROYING ARGENTINE NATIONAL CONGRESS 1: PLANE / AVIÓN (Short Film)
* PURPLE HANDS 2: THE RAT / LA RATA (Short Film)
* PURPLE HANDS 1: THE RABBIT / EL CONEJO (Short Film)
* 0600-LOVE-NOW / 0600-AMOR-YA (Short Film)
* WE CHOSE FOR YOU / NOSOTROS ELEGIMOS POR USTED (Short Film)
* INFERNO 2: APPLES / MANZANAS (Short Film)
* INFERNO 1: NOTHING CHANGES / TODO SIGUE IGUAL (Short Film)
* VISIT FROM OUTER SPACE / VISITA DEL ESPACIO EXTERIOR (Short Film)
* HEARTS AND FANGS / CORAZONES Y COLMILLOS (Short Film)
* HONEYMOON / LUNA DE MIEL (Short Film)
* INVADERS FROM THE CENTER OF EARTH / INVASORES DEL CENTRO DE LA TIERRA (Short Film)
* UNFAITHFUL LOVE / AMOR INFIEL (Short Film)
* THE CALL / LA LLAMADA (Short Film)
* THE STRANGE CASE OF A WOMAN STABBED WITH A SPOON / EL EXTRAÑO CASO DE LA MUJER ACUCHARADA (Short Film)
* THE ACCOUNTANT / EL CONTADOR (Short Film)
* THE MAGICIAN / EL MAGO (Short Film)
* RUTINE / RUTINA (Short Film)
* A DESPERATE HOUSEWIFE IS SWEEPING / AMA DE CASA BARRE (Short Film)
* A DESPERATE HOUSEWIFE IS IRONING / AMA DE CASA PLANCHA (Short Film)