- Andres Useche
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Name = Andres Useche
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Born = birth date and age|1977|11|7
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Origin = flagicon|ColombiaManizales ,Colombia
Instrument =singing ,guitar ,piano
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Occupation =singer ,songwriter ,filmmaker
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URL = http://www.virb.com/useche [http://www.virb.com/useche]
Current_members =Andres Useche (born November 7, 1977 in
Manizales ,Colombia ) is a writer, graphic artist, musician, singer/songwriter and filmmaker.Andres Useche published his first political cartoon "Soy Libre" at age eleven. While in High School, Useche won the Colombian Ministry of Culture Individual Creation Prize in Graphic Arts with his graphic novel "
Vana Espuma " ("Idle Mist "). Upon high school graduation Useche composed "Azul de Noche", a quintet performed by members of the Manizales Chamber Orchestra. Its conductor, lead violinistGillermo Gomez , would go on to perform with Useche on the compositions and live multimedia projects Useche created during his college years.In the late nineties, Useche also scored documentaries and wrote, directed, edited, scored and starred in "Vana Espuma" (1998), a 25-minute film adaptation of his graphic novel. [ [http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=4896 Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat ] ] The film had a 100 dollar budget and won the Best Fiction Film, Best screenplay and Best actress South American Cesar awards (Cesares), [ [http://www.bigfilmshorts.com/catalog/target.asp?FilmNumber=S-0601 Big Film Shorts: The Source for Short Films ] ] along with other nominations for Useche for Best Actor and Best Music.
After graduating as a visual designer with emphasis on Film from the
Universidad de Caldas , Useche moved to Los Angeles, California, where he has worked as a script writer and is developing a feature film project.In 2008, in support of Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign, Useche wrote, performed and co-directed in the
viral video "Si Se Puede Cambiar ", aSpanish language music video also directed byEric Byler and Warren Fu, which debuted onYouTube on February 22, from the groupUnited For Obama . On April 8, 2008, "Si Se Puede Cambiar" was chosen by YouTube to represent Obama in the first ever "Trendsetter Tuesday". The video was featured on the main page of the site along with videos about the other remaining US presidential candidates. "Si Se Puede Cambiar" quickly reached 325,000 views and maintained a rating of 4/5 stars, beating the scores for the Clinton and McCain videos. The video had been watched in 193 countries. Versions of the video with subtitles in German, French, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and Arabic have also been released.Through 08 Andres accepted invitations to do radio, newspaper and TV interviews in which he promoted Barack Obama's campaign. [ [http://www.mega.tv/EkEFEFkZVVutcLgLMP.html Andres Useche in a live news broadcast TV interview] ]
References
External links
* [http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Blogs/Screens/?oid=596141 "Andres Useche sings for Change (the Obama Kind) "] on
the Austin Chronicle .com
* " [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ky8Hvq-F0U Si Se Puede Cambiar] " Useche for Obama video onYouTube
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* [http://www.themodernword.com/borges/borges_infl_useche.html Borges: Influence and References - Andrés Useche] by Manu El on www.themodernworld.com
* [http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&ChannelID=328421435 "Vana Espuma" trailer] onmyspacetv .com
* [http://www.mega.tv/EkEFEFkZVVutcLgLMP.html "Andres Useche" tv interview] onMega TV .com
* [http://www.miamiherald.com/1043/story/585707.html "Election rocks to a new Latin beat" "Andres Useche", " and other artists express their support] onMiami Herald .com
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