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Producer / Director

Bilingual Fulbright scholar Producer and Director with a Master’s in Filmmaking, a weakness for optimally organized workflows and recognized for fostering crew cohesion.

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  • SPANISH
  • GERMAN
Bea Cabrera

TECHNICAL Skills

Leveraging prior experience in engineering, camera and G&E departments to quicker production times and smoother collaboration across departments.

CREATIVE Intuition

Designing and curating pitches and film posters into a portfolio of 20+ films, series and shorts for US and European production processes.

MANAGING Experience

Managing complex production timelines, coordinating vendors and crew and stewarding budgets.

BE, Telecommunications Engineering Polytechnic University of Valencia

BFA, Graphic Design Escuela de diseño y superior de arte de valencia / Hochschule für technik und wirtschaft (DE)

MFA, Filmmaking New York Film Academy

2024 / Valencia

production and editing manager

Improved editing efficiency, achieving a 30% increase in company growth by skillfully managing corporate videos for Valencian public entities such as the L’Etno museum and Visit Valencia, as well as the documentary ’25 anys de Circuit’ in collaboration with À Punt, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Ricardo Tormo circuit.

Production Coordinator: "LA TERRA NEGRA"

2023 / Valencia

Transformed a 700,000€ budget into a production success starring Goya Award Winner Laia Marull in “La Terra Negra”, Sergi López and Hwidar Abdelatif (from “The Crown”).

Production Manager: "unCANCELLED"

2022 / Valencia

Managed complex shoots, including a 50-crew, 80+ extras wedding scene on the six-figure micro-budget Australian co-production “UnCancelled”, maximizing on-screen production value through strategic partnerships.

Production Manager: "ANTICLÍMAX"

2021 / Madrid

Supervised co-Production of the acclaimed short film “Anticlimax”, starring 3-times Goya winner Manolo Solo, resulting in Best Short Film awards at Malaga and Medina and ultimately qualifying for prestigious Goya Awards 2024.

Line Producer: "ReCANCELLED"

2021 / Valencia

Guided Line Production for a season of the multi-winning digital series “ReCancelled”, whose episodes have millions of streams and coordinated a successful workflow of data storage over Mac and a theater premiere attended by hundreds of guests.

Founder of "SETLIFE MEDIA S.L."

2021-2024 / Valencia

Founded boutique one-stop shop for local services including production, postproduction and graphic and motion design, such as film posters and pitch decks and credit sequences.

Production Manager and editor for commercials

2012-2020 / New York, Los Angeles, Madrid, Berlin

Led the line production of a brand movie for JOMA, highlighting national medalists like Chuso Garcia during the Tokyo Olympics season; efforts led to a 40% increase in brand visibility and engagement. Edited 2 brand pieces for Billboard (New York), in collaboration with artists like Kim Petras, Lizzo and Sofia Reyes. Other brands include Michelob, Chupa Chups, nickelodeon, VIVA, MTV, Pelikan, Janssen…

Executive Producer & Director: "ONE WAY"

2018 / Los Angeles

Spearheaded the creative direction and production of “One Way,” a short film that masterfully captured a 10-minute continuous shot on a steadicam, harmonizing 8 actors across 5 unique locations. Guided a crew of 20 to accomplish this remarkable feat, resulting in a project that still remains a standout accomplishment as a producer/director.

Executive Producer & Director: "DRONES DON'T FLY WHEN THE SKY IS GREY"

2017 / Los Angeles

Crafted, directed and led executive production of “Drones Don’t Fly When the Sky Is Grey”, a compelling short film shot in LA and Helsinki, exploring the contradictions of the Patriot Act, featuring Computer Security Expert Mikko Hyppönen, winning Best Female Director in London.

screenwriting

AWARDS & SCREENINGS

Anticlímax [TRAILER]

  • Mejor corto – Biznaga de plata en Festival de Málaga 2023
  • Mejor corto leonés – Medina del Campo 2023
  • Candidato a Premios Goya 2024

ReCancelled [TRAILER]

  • Sección Oficial – Die Seriale 2022
  • Mejor Serie – British Web Awards 2022
  • Nominación Mejor Serie – Premis Berlanga 2022

One Way [WATCH]

Drones Don’t Fly When the Sky Is Grey [WATCH]

  • London Independent Film Awards – Best Female Director [June ’16]
  • Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival – Official Selection [’17]
  • Los Angeles Film Awards – Honor Mention for Editing [’17]
  • LA Indep. Film Festival Awards – Best Action Thriller [’18]
  • Silicon Valley Intl. Film Festival – Official Section [’17]
  • Geofilmfestival and Expocinema – Official Section [’17]
  • IndustryBOOST – Finalist [’16]
  • Null Security Open Meetup (Amsterdam., NLD – Nov. 2017)
  • LaCON (Santiago de Compostela, ES – Sep. 2017)
  • AlligatorCON Europe (Krakow, POL – Agosto 2017)
  • RootedCON Premiere (Mad, ES – Mar2017)
  • MAS Meetup (Berlin, DE – Enero 2017)

Winter [WATCH]

  • One Reeler Short Film Competition – Special Mention [2016]
  • Collective International Film Festival – Nominated [2016]

SELECT PRESS

  • RTVE: “Anticlímax, un premiado corto sobre el final del amore y la incomunicación de la pareja”. (04/14/2023, Jesus Jiménez)
  • El Periódico de Aquí: “Beatriz Cabrera vuelve a Valencia para crear su propia productora tras el éxito de su corto en el Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival” (04/04/2021)
  • Agencia EFE: “La Valenciana Bea Cabrera regresa de Los Ángeles y crea su propia productora de cine” (01/03/2021, Eva Batalla)
  • VoyageLA: “Meet Bea Cabrera” (07/30/2019).
  • 99.9 Valencia Radio: Interview on “Abierto a mediodía” (16/03/2018, Ramón Palomar)
  • Agencia EFE: “Joven cineasta busca financiación para exhibir su corto” (03/16/2018, Eva Batalla). Publicado en El Confidencial, eldiario.es, El Periódico, Las Provincias, El Obrero…
  • Levante (digital and paper): “Una breve historia de expatriados” (11/03/2018, Begoña Jorques)
  • One Hacker: “RootedCON 2017, así es la película española que triunfa en Europa” (03/03/2018, José M. Vera)
  • Culturplaza: “Bea Cabrera estrena en Hollywood su corto One Way” (26/02/2028, Eugenio Viñas)
  • Play Radio: Interview in “Carta de Ajuste” (PlayCultura #104) (03/02/2018, Cisco Greses)
  • Fashion photography exhibition: “Semipermeabel” curanted by Joachim Baldauf (Berlin, 2012)
  • Photo editorial: “How to Create Originals in Times of Eclecticism” (2012)

JURY

  • CIMA Jury at the 46th edition of the International Independent Film Festival of Elche FICIE (2023)

SPEAKER & INSTRUCTOR

  • at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) on career options in the media industry (2024),
  • at Caxton College’s program #Aspire (2023),
  • at UCLA during Fulbright’s Spring Enrichment Program (2018),
  • at the round table at Atenea International Congress about Technologic Disciplines for Art (2018)
  • Conducted courses on Linux Operating Systems, WiFi antennas and Microsoft Excel at the University of Valencia (UPV) (Program for Continuous Learning) and Campus Party, a computer congress attended by 10,000 people yearly (2005 – 2008)

Extracurricular

  • “Character Design” by Aaron Blaise– 2024
  • “Artificial Inteligence” by IAHeroes – 2023
  • “Mentoring 1to1” program at CIMA, curated by Almudena Carracedo and mentored by Guadalupe Balaguer – 2021
  • “Film production in Spain” by CIMA Impulsa. Lecturers like Chelo Loureiro (Goya Award winner), Mabel Klimt (industry lawyer, founder at Elzaburu) – 2020
  • Film Seminar: “Life In the Trenches” by Kenneth Johnson (V, Alien Nation, Bionic Woman) – 2017
  • AFI Fest Volunteer – 2017
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