Federico Muchnik

BIO Federico Muchnik has spent most of his career as a producer, director, actor and educator; his work has been screened at the Sundance, New York and Toronto Film Festivals. His first short film, You’re Not Telling Me Everything, Mrs. Malloy (1982), was licensed and aired on HBO. As producer of Destinos (1990) at PBS/WGBH-TV, Federico traveled throughout Europe and South America filming this acclaimed television series. He co-wrote and played the male lead in Raul Ruiz’s cult film comedy The Golden Boat (1992), which won the Audience Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival and was shown at the Sundance and New York Film Festivals. Federico also directed Secret Courage: The Walter Suskind Story (2004), a documentary about the Jewish resistance movement in Holland during World War II. His other films include Touching History: Harvard Square, The Bank and The Tasty Diner (2005) and One Brick At A Time: Building People At An Inner City Youth Center (2007). Most recently he created a trio of shorts for Enterprise Media destined for the business community and led CDIA’s first filmmaking workshop abroad in Prague in 2007. Federico earned a BFA in Film and Television from the Tisch School of the Arts, NYU and speaks four languages.

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Digital Filmmaking

CDIA featured in Imagine Magazine

March 10, 2010 Federico Muchnik’s recent article “Film Program students moving from the classroom to the workplace” was the cover story in Imagine Magazine’s March Issue. Entering[.....]

Digital Filmmaking

On the Road with CDIA Film Alumni

February 18, 2010 During the last week of October 2009, CDIA Digital Film Program Director Federico Muchnik (FM) took three film alum on the road for a[.....]

Digital Filmmaking

Sony PMW-EX1 Camera, Now at CDIA

September 28, 2009 September 28, 2009 We’re thrilled here at CDIA because we’re acquiring new digital filmmaking gear – most notably the Sony PMW-EX1! It’s a shockingly[.....]