Photo by: Caico Queiroz
Born in São Paulo, Brazil in 1978, post-graduated Electrical Engineer and Project Management, he is a partner at GRAVITON CINEMA, a Brazilian International production company responsible for SONNTAG, SARAVÁ, WAFFLE, YOUR FEET, FIBERGLASS, among others short movies, concerts video, music videos.
Luma Oquendo studied cinema at NYFA and Prague Film School had specialized on Cinematography where he had his work in SONNTAG recognized by some festivals around the world.
His production company, Graviton Cinema, also had been in many festivals.
In 2004, he started his studies in acting and clown areas, for a couple of years Luma acted in plays at theaters and as clown in children's hospitals.
Later on, in 2008, Luma started his first course on Cinema area. He studied in a complete course at LA Film Institute in São Paulo, and then some specific courses such as Screenplay, Executive Production, Documentary, Photography, Advanced Cinematography, Cinema and Contemporary Art, Contemporary Art, Art Direction, among others.
In 2013, he designed a project that films and presents online street artists that live in São Paulo, the STREETARTISTS.TV now is a platform online and an APP for iphone and Android.