Gabriel Agüero (Caracas - Venezuela) is the co- founder, producer, director, actor and teacher of Deus Ex Machina.
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He has won important awards and prizes such as: -Avencrit Award (2019); -Fernando Gómez Award as Young Creator (2019); Avencrit Award -Venezuelan Association of Theatre Criticism (2017); Municipal Theatre Award (2011); Special Mention Marco Antonio Ettedgui (2013) Marco Antonio Ettedgui Prize from Rajatabla Foundation (2015).
Agüero has a Bachelor degree of Arts from Universidad Central de Venezuela, also graduated from the National Theatre Workshop of Rajatabla Foundation and from the Higher Staging Workshop from The Matchbox’ s Company as a theatre director.
Cinema
Agüero starred multiple short films such as Flour”, “Go Back Forward” and “Stay" screened at prominent festivals such as 44th Huelva Film Festival of Iberoamerican Film in Spain; Guadalajara International Film Festival in Mexico; BLOW-UP International Arthouse Film Fest in the United States; among others. Aguero has also starred in feature films such as: “El Baile” directed by Rino Arreaza, which was awarded the Special Jury Prize at the Bushwick Film Festival in New York (2019). “Jezabel” (post-production) by the renowned Venezuelan director Hernán Jabes and “Tarkarí de Chivo” (post-production) by the renowned Venezuelan actor and director Francisco Denis.
Theatre
When Agüero was twelve years old, he starred in a musical “Oliver, the musical” that had more than 100 presentations. Since then he has been working in many plays with several theatre companies around the world.