Career
Pedro Urrutia began working in the film industry after 19 years of working in highly renowned local movie productions in the Dominican Republic. He worked as a post-production assistant, grip, program producer and editor, among other things. In 2008, just before completing his studies at the Universidad Iberoamericana del Caribe for a degree in advertising communication, he began to apply to film universities abroad.
He learned of a grant from director Brett Ratner to study at the New York Film Academy and applied for the grant.
The Ratner full scholarship hosted a one year film-making program for all of 2009. In 2010, at 23 years old, he returned to the Dominican Republic and founded Avenue Studio, a production company specializing in video clips.
He was nominated for the 2011 Casandra for the video clip "Vakeró – Quebec mujer tan chula". Because of this, in 2013, the Soberano (previously the Casandra ) nominated "Melymel – En Francés" for video clip of the year.
The video clip also went to the national and international level, entering into top international music programming channels, such as HispanicTV, National Broadcasting Company Universo, Music Television, Music Television Latin America, Music Television Tres, and Ritmoson Latino, among others
In 2012, however, Urrutia changed course and began to work on what he was really passionate about: cinema. He began working on an idea for his debut, Código Paz. In the same year, he created film production company One Alliance, under terms protected by the film laws of the Dominican Republic.
In 2014, Urrutia assumed control of his debut, Código Paz.
The film is of the action genre, which is a new to the Dominican cinema. But it had a very good reception from the local public as well as the approval of two important local cinema chains, Caribbean Cinemas and Palacio del Cine.
lieutenant was the first Dominican film to open simultaneously in theaters nationwide. Código Paz has allowed a selection of Urrutia"s films to represent the Dominican Republic in the 2015 Goya in the Best Latin American Film category.
Recently, the Dominican Association of Art Historians nominated Código Paz for the Soberano, for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Film Actor and Best Film Actress.