Laura Maria Isabel Ruiz Ocadiz was born in 1983 in Mexico City, in the cradle of a family of musicians. A fanatic of the seventh art, Mexican melodrama and classical literature, she developed her abilities in different artistic disciplines from an early age, including Acting for Musical Comedies at the Artestudio academy. Years later, she graduated with a Bachelor of Psychology (her thesis in the "Incidency of Nervous Anorexia and Bulimia in a group of female ballet dancers" was selected by the Tepeyac University Degree Department as the best of 2007). Being a cinephile, she gained a certain popularity online as an amateur movie reviewer, years before the rise of modern social media. This was a milestone that led her to collaborate with the online magazine "F.I.L.M.E. Magazine", providing her cinematographic analysis of several works, and to be featured as a guest in National Polytechnic Institute Radio (Radio Instituto Politécnico Nacional). In 2010, she attained a scholarship from the General Society of Writers of Mexico (SOGEM), and upon finishing her studies in literature —while working as a member of the Neurological Center Research Department at the ABC Medical Center Hospital—, she contributed to the aforementioned insitution's scientific magazine "Medical Annual" (Anales Médicos) while looking for a creative outlet. It was then when, in 2014, CONACULTA (today the Ministry of Culture [Secretaría de Cultura]) selected her as the Art House and Auteur Film T.V. spot screenwriter for the Cinema 22 film block, at Channel 22 (Canal 22). Her artistic career naturally branched off into the making of the short films "The Gift" (El Regalo, 2015) —made the same year she finished her Film Directing course, thaught by mexican filmmaker and actor Diego Luna—, "Nothing is what it seems" (Nada es lo que parece, 2016) and "Abyss" (Abismo, 2017), all of which she wrote and directed, ultimately getting them screened in several National Festivals; one of these shorts, particularly, on the screens of the National Cinematheque of Mexico (Cineteca Nacional De México). She decided to continue increasing her knowledge with a Master's Degree in Cinematography from Altrafílmica, which at the end she complemented —after being chosen for a scholarship by the editor, writer and director Juan Pablo Cortés ("Love Hurts" [Amar te duele, 2002]; "Luciana", 2010)— with the Film Editing course at the Center for Cinematographic Studies (CEC) in Mexico City. In 2018, she married actor and film editor Roberto Eduardo Arenas Farquet, and enjoyed a well-deserved break from cinema that led her to publish three literary fiction novels: "Amnesty", (Amnistía, 2018), "Steve's boater: Truth and life" (El canotier de Steve: La verdad y la vida", 2020), and "A wakefulness of indocility" (Un desvelo de indocilidad, 2021). After this very productive hiatus, she's finally come back to filming for good, writing and directing the 2021 released short films "Neither you nor I" (Ni tú ni yo), "Misplace the rabbits" (Extraviar los conejos), and "We are a motive" (Somos un motivo); and her 2022 silent short film "Love without a casket" (Amor sin féretro), showcased on her very own free streaming channel LuminosaCanal.com

Maria currently resides somewhere in the beautiful and mysterious Mexico, where she enjoys conversations about literature and cinema with her husband; while tending to the endless demands of her two attention-freak cats.

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Official Site: luminosacanal.com

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Official Vero Account (verified):

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ACADEMIC PROFILE:

 

Musical comedy actress graduated from Artestudio (2005-2008).

Literary creation at the General Society of Writers of Mexico (SOGEM) (2010-2012).

Granted tuition in Melodrama by Carlos Romero (writer of "Las tres Marías" by Thalía and "Rosa Salvaje") (2011-2012).

Film Directing course taught in person by Diego Luna at the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey (2015).

Face-to-face Master's Degree in Altrafilm Cinematography (2015-2017). Film Editing Course, granted by the writer, director and editor Juan Pablo Cortés ("Amar te duele, "Almas de la niebla", "Luciana"), at the Center for Film Studies in Coyoacán (2016).

 

OTHER STUDIES:

 

Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the University of Tepeyac (2002-2006).

Diploma "Anorexia and bulimia" at the Hospital Centro Médico ABC in Santa Fe and at the National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán (2013).

 

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:

Member of the Research Area of ​​the Neurological Center at Centro Médico ABC.

Collaborator in the popular science magazine Anales Médicos.

Collaborator in electronic magazine F.I.L.M.E. Magazine. Cinematographic analysis of various works.

Guest on Radio Instituto Politécnico Nacional.

Screenwriter for the Cinema 22 film block, on Channel 22. Selected by CONACULTA (today the Ministry of Culture).

Production of short films (script and direction): Nothing is what it seems (2013) - Presented at the Cine Sin Muros Festival and Naucalli Art Cinema Hall, Cd. Satélite. The Gift (2015) - Presented at the Cineteca Nacional de México. Abismo (2017) - First stage of selection of the Morelia International Film Festival. Available on Luminosa Canal.

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Writer, Director:

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2021

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"Neither You Nor I" (short film)

"Misplace the Rabbits" (short film)

"We Are a Motive" (short film)

 

2022

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"Love Without a Casket" (short film)

 

2023

 

"A Wakefulness of Indocility" (The Movie).*

*post-production, to be released in Autumn.

 

Literary fiction novelist: "Amnesty" (2018). "Steve's Boater: The Truth and the Life" (2020). "A Wakefulness of Indocility" (2020).

• • "Amnesty"  (2018).

  • "Steve's canotier: Life & Truth" (2020).

  • "A Wakefulness of Indocility" (2020).