Juan Cavia

Juan Cavia
Born	(1984-01-14) January 14, 1984 Buenos Aires
Nationality	Argentina
Area(s)	Artist
Notable works	'The Adventures of Dog Mendonça and Pizzaboy'

Juan Cavia (born on 14 January 1984 in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentinian illustrator and art director.

Biography

Juan Cavia developed his skills in painting, drawing, composition, dynamics and various techniques of representation and animation. After secondary school, he begins to study film while working as storyboard artist and concept designer.

Since 2005, he has been working as an art director for film, theater and advertising.

Comic Books

He was a co-author of The Adventures of Dog Mendonca and Pizzaboy - vol I and II - The Untold tales of Dog Mendonça & Pizzaboy. He frequently collaborates with writer Filipe Melo and artist Santiago Villa. The forewords of volume I and volume II were written by legendary filmmakers John Landis, Tobe Hooper and George A. Romero. In 2012 he illustrated a story for an anthology commemorating the 25th anniversary of Dark Horse Presents, a compilation featuring works by Frank Miller and Mike Mignola.

Films

As art director, he was responsible for the set design of the film El Secreto de Sus Ojos - Oscar winner for best foreign film in 2010. In 2012, he also worked as a set dressing supervisor in new animation film by Juan José Campanella (director of El Secreto de Sus Ojos) entitled Metegol.

References

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