Arambilet
Ángel Luis Arambilet Álvarez (born September 16, 1957), generally known professionally as simply Arambilet, is a novelist, poet, screenwriter, painter, graphic artist and filmmaker of Spanish-Dominican descent.
Arambilet

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- Name
- Arambilet
- Birth Name
- Ángel Luis Arambilet Alvarez
- Born
- 16 September 1957
- Birthplace
- Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- Spouse
- Victoria Díaz Bonnelly
- Occupation
- Novelist, poet, screenwriter, painter, graphic artist, filmmaker
- Awards
- Dominican National Literary Awards: Short Story (1994), Novel (2005)
- Nationality
- Dominican Republic.
- Education
- University of Barcelona.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Ángel Luis Arambilet Álvarez (born September 16, 1957), generally known professionally as simply Arambilet, is a novelist, poet, screenwriter, painter, graphic artist and filmmaker of Spanish-Dominican descent.
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Arambilet (born 1957) is an engineer, film director and novelist, among other activities, a national of Dominican Republic. The engineer was born in Santo Domingo. Arambilet was educated at University of Barcelona. Languages used include Spanish.
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• Name — Arambilet • Birth Name — Ángel Luis Arambilet Alvarez • Born — 16 September 1957 • Birthplace — Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic • Spouse — Victoria Díaz Bonnelly • Children — 2 • Relatives — Idelisa Bonnelly (aunt-in-law) • Occupation — Novelist, poet, screenwriter, painter, graphic artist, filmmaker • Awards — Dominican National Literary Awards: Short Story (1994), Novel (2005)
Biography
Biography
Arambilet was one of 34 people interviewed for The History of Computer Graphics and Digital Art Project. His work is mentioned in compArt | center of excellence digital art” (a project at the University of Bremen). He has been awarded by the Ministry of Culture of the Dominican Republic with the National Short Story Award (The Cayenne petals, 1994) and National Novel Prize (Neguri's secret, 2006).
Literary works
Literary works
• Cayenne/Petals – Los pétalos de la cayena. (National Literary Prize) Dominican Republic: AH, 1993. • Secret Zone – Zona secreta. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: AH, 1994. • Homo sapiens. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: AH, 1994. • Quintet – Quinteto. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: AH, 1996. • Insects – Insectos. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: AH, 1997. • The Passion Book – El libro de las pasiones. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: AH, 2000. • Neguri's Secret – El secreto de Neguri. (National Literary Prize) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Alfaguara Editorial Publishing House, 2005. • Guarocuya. Tarragona, Spain: CS, 2009. • Brief Stories – Historias Breves (1988–1998). Tarragona, Spain: CS, 2009. • The Passion Book II – El libro de las pasiones (II). Tarragona, Spain: CS, 2010. • Orifiel. Tarragona, Spain: CS, 2010. • Digital Art – Arte Digital (1949–1999). Tarragona, Spain: CS, 2011. • Chernobyl 25 (Essay and Poetics based on Pedro Farías Nardi photographs at Chernobyl disaster site). Tarragona, Spain: CS, 2011. • Consuelo (Marie Linda) (biographical novel). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: CS, 2017.
Screenplays and treatments
Screenplays and treatments
• The golden manatee mystery – El misterio del manatí de oro. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2006. Safe Creative: 1010117549995 • Guarocuya. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2006. Safe Creative: 0907174135227 • The distant counterweight of the stars – El lejano contrapeso de los astros. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2007. Safe Creative: 010117550021 • Amín Abel. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2014. ONDA 4597-10, Safe Creative:1402040027099 • 1916. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2014. Safe Creative: 1403130354040 • Nico Mota's Accordion – El acordeón de Ñico Mota. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2014. Safe Creative: 1402040027037 • Fons (La Chepa). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2014. Safe Creative: 1402040027020 • Two ways – Doble Sentido. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2014. ONDA: 4903-11 • Código Paz. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2014. ONDA: ND • The loanshark – El prestamista. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2014. ONDA: ND • Bachata gringa. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2015. Safe Creative: 1509295258879 • DOC-108. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2015. ONDA: 6469-12 • The thousand year legacy. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2015. Treatment for Lantica Pictures. • Rulin. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2017. Safe Creative: 1711064751850 • Consuelo (Marie Linda). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2014. ONDA: 11694-20
Art exhibitions
Art exhibitions
• Arambilet: Ten years and five series (1989–1999). Casa Guayasamín, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic:1999. • XIX ELJ Visual Arts Biennial. Centro León, Bienal Eduardo León Jimenes, Santiago, Dominican Republic: 2002. • Homo sapiens: Characters to hang. Galería DPI, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2002. • XXII National Visual Arts Biennial. Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2003. • XX ELJ Visual Arts Biennial. Centro León, Bienal Eduardo León Jimenes, Santiago, Dominican Republic: 2004. • Colective, Palacio Consistorial. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2004. • XXIII National Visual Arts Biennial. Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2005. • Colective itinerant: Artes/Miniaturas en portada. Viota Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico: 2006. • XXI ELJ Visual Arts Biennial. Centro León, Bienal Eduardo León Jimenes, Santiago, Dominican Republic: 2006. • Colective: Saatchi Online. Saatchi Gallery, London, UK: 2009. • Colective DART-09: XIII Conferencia Internacional sobre Visualización de la Información IV09. 2D Exhibiting artist with "Dots on the i's"; Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain: 2009. • Colective CGIV09: VI International Computerized Graphics, images and visualization Conference Tianjin, China: 2009. • Ebre Terra de Vent Colective. Palau Oliver de Boteller, Tortosa, Spain: 2010. • Colectiva fotográfica, Leica Oskar Barnack Award. Between real and surreal: The abstraction. Wetzlar, Germany: 2011. • Colectiva Fotográfica, Brangulí was here: How about you? – Centre de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona (CCCB), Spain: 2011. • XXVI National Visual Arts Biennial. Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2011.
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Títle — Role — Notes • 2002 — Miriam Calzada: Montecristi — Director, producer, screenwriter — Documentary I from series: "Art and artists" • 2003 — Marcos Lora Read: Kid Kapicua — Director, producer, screenwriter — Documentary II from series: "Art and artists" • 2005 — Neguri's Secret – El secreto de Neguri — Director, producer, editor, screenwriter — Documentary with the insertion of two Short Films by Pedro Guzmán and Esteban Martin. • 2006 — Waltz – Vals — Director, producer, screenwriter — Official selection Rainier International Film Festival (RIFF) 2007 • 2006 — Sepiablue – Sepiazul — Director, producer, editor — Premiered at XVI Spanish and Latin American International Film Festival. Cervantes Institute of Manchester & Leeds, Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK. • 2006 — Luck – La suerte — Director, producer, editor, screenwriter — Official Selection and nominated as Best Foreign Film at the San Fernando Valley International Film Festival (VIFFI) 2007. • 2007 — A imagen y semejanza — Director, producer, editor, screenwriter — Selección Oficial XXII Bienal de Artes Visuales ELJ; Santiago, R.D. Honorable Mention of the Jury. • 2007 — Efecto Kuleshov Caribe — Director, producer, editor, screenwriter — Official Selection at the XXIIELJ Visual Arts Biennial; Santiago, Dominican Republic. Honorable Mention of the Jury. • 2010 — Spécimen 1111 — Director, producer, editor, screenwriter — Premiered at XVI Spanish and Latin American International Film Festival. Cervantes Institute of Manchester & Leeds, Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK.; Online Digital Gallery D-ART 2011 for the International Conference Information Visualization iV 2011 (London), and the International Conference “Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualization” CGIV 2011 (Singapur). • 2011 — Diáspora Caleidoscópica — Director, producer, editor, screenwriter — Official Selection XVI National Visual Arts Biennial, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic • 2011 — Sureya: Mother of everyone — Director, editor — Documentary on the life and works of a Dominican social activist in Catalunya, Spain • 2013 — The aragone's Memoirs – Memorias de un aragonés — Director, producer, editor — Official Selection Premios Platino del Cine Iberoamericano. Nominated as best documentary for Dominican Republic / Spain. • 2013 — Culture Shock: It’s a rocking new life — Content Producer — Reality Show for TV: Pilot. • 2013 — Shadows – Sombras — Director, producer, screenwriter, editor — Official Selection: Llatinoamerica ProjecCat, Barcelona, Spain • 2014 — Código Paz — Screenwriter, Post-Production Supervisor — Official Selection: Prize ADOCINE "La Silla", Best Screenplay Award Winner. Official Selection and nominated as Best Latinamerican Film at Premio Cinematográfico José María Forqué Premio Cinematográfico José María Forqué, Madrid, Spain. Dominican REpublic's Official Selection to Premios Goya, Madrid, Spain. Official Selection as Best PIcture and Best Screenplay to the II Platinum Awards for the Iberoamerican Cinema/II Premios Platino al cine Iberoamericano Premios Platino. • 2016 — Dr. Nasha — Director, producer, screenwriter, editor — Documentary about a talented Catalan artist with Crohn's Disease, that dissects society through the eyes of his Comic Book character, Dr. Nasha.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
He also worked under the name Arambilet. His recorded language was Spanish.
Identity
Identity
Arambilet is recorded as film director, poet, engineer, novelist and painter.

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Arambilet was born in 1957 at Santo Domingo.
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Cervantes Institute, Warsaw, Poland. Cervantes Institute, Warsaw, Poland: Luis Arambilet, Cinema History of the Greater Antilles.
- 2.Saatchi Art. Saatchi Gallery: Luis Arambilet.
- 3.IMDB. Internet Movie Database: Luis Arambilet.
- 4.ACM SIGGRAPH Education Committee. The History of Computer Graphics and Digital Art Project: Luis Arambilet.
- 5.compArt. Angel Luis Arambilet Alvarez.
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