Film

Maru Buendia-Senties

Princess Grace Award:
Graduate Film Scholarship - Narrative, 2007, Cary Grant Award

Additional Grants:
• 2015 Professional Development Grant
• 2016 Artist Academy Participant

Maru Buendia-Senties, winner of the Cary Grant Film Award by the Princess Grace Foundation (2007), obtained her MFA in Film Production at the University of Texas at Austin in December 2008 and worked for 3 years at Troublemaker Studios in the VFX Department on films like Machete, Predators, and Spy Kids 4.In 2011-2013, she worked with director Ric Roman Waugh (Snitch), Peter Landesman & producer Matt Jackson (Parkland).

Experienced in feature and short film production. On-Set VFX Coordinator/Supervisor, Post-Production Coordinator, and 2D compositor professional. Succeeds with actors, producers, corporate executives, post-productions companies, and senior lead VFX artists and compositors.

Through her independent company Bloodbank Productions, she has been able to showcase her award-winning films 100 Meals, La Pared, and Entre Lineas, which showcase her writing and directing as she creates stories that portray deep interpersonal connections and unique idiosyncrasies that connect us all as humans.

website: www.bloodbankproductions.com