Biography
Ariel Escalante (born 1984; San José) is a Costa Rican screenwriter, film editor and director.
He edited Janaína Marqués's 2009 short Los minutos, las horas (The Minutes, the Hours) which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and Clermont-Ferrand, where it won the Special Jury Award, as well as Carlo Guillermo Proto's documentary El Huaso, which premiered at Guadalajara, Lima, Hot Docs, Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival and Quebec, where it won the Audience Award. The Sound of Things, Escalante's feature directorial debut, premiered at Mar del Plata, Biarritz, Panama, and Moscow, where it won the Kommersant Weekend Prize. The Sound of Things was selected as the sixth ever Costa Rican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film, but it was not nominated.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
Domingo and the Mist
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2022
Domingo and the Mist
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2022
Domingo and the Mist
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2022
The Eye and the Wall
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2021
Land of Ashes
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2020
August
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2019
Shooting
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2019
Violeta at Last
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2017
The Sound of Things
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2016
The Sound of Things
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2016
Rosado Furia
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2014
Musgo
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2014
Musgo
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2014
Red Princesses
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2013
Caos en la ciudad
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2012
Caos en la ciudad
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2012
El Huaso
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2012
Los Minutos, Las Horas
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2011
A partir de ahora solo nosotros
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2011
A partir de ahora solo nosotros
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2011