Fernando Kalife is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, author, television host and Corporate Advisor.
Education
He attended the Summer Production Workshop at the University of Southern California in 99" and 00". He was invited to the Visiting Scholar Program at the master"s degree on Filmmaking at the University of Southern California, where he attended for a year while still selling ties as a business in Monterrey, Mexico.
Career
lieutenant was until he majored in Business Administration at Universidad de Monterrey that Fernando Kalife decided to pursue his lifetime dream making movies. Once a filmmaker, Kalife wrote and directed 7 Días (2005), which was a great success in Mexico and was nominated for 5 Mexican Academy Awards, while being released in theaters at the United States too. The movie includes scenes from the Vertigo Tour and soundtrack for the movie from the band U2.
While being part of the plot (a plot Kalife wrote without any consent from the band) U2 eventually saw a cut and decided to back up the film.
180º was the first film ever to be presented at a Fédération internationale de football association World Cup, it was shown on South Africa on the 2010 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup where it was supported by the Nelson Mandela Foundation and by Kofi Annan. Kalife has also worked as host and director for television The show Cinema Futbol, a show in which the filmmaker interviews World Cup soccer coaches and analyzes their lives deeds.
He also gives Personal-Development Workshops and Seminars, as well as being a Corporate Advisor when he"s not busy with his most important activity, his family. Kalife is currently writing his book "Half-Time", which touches on the subject of taking a break on the sport of life and coming out for the greatest second half of them all.
Filmography.