Background
Cueva was born in Quito the first son of the diplomat and archaeologist Juan Cueva and his wife Magdalena Armijos.
Cueva was born in Quito the first son of the diplomat and archaeologist Juan Cueva and his wife Magdalena Armijos.
Cueva spent his early childhood in many rural towns in Ecuador as his father worked as an archaeologist. The family moved later to Paris, where his father studied at the Sorbonne University and was later appointed Ambassador of Ecuador at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Cueva learned therefore French from an early age and later studied cinematography at the Institut National Superior des Arts du spectacle in Belgium. His documentaries have appeared at many Film Festivals in Ecuador and abroad such as Lateinamerikanische Filmtage 2008 in Munich and Chicago International Documentary Film Festival.
He has also taught in many Ecuadorian universities such as the Universidad de las Américas, Escuela de Cine y Actuación INCIN and the Universidad San Francisco de Quito.