Salomón Askenazi

Salomon Askenazi is a writer/director from Mexico City (Born February 1st, 1985). He is one of the founders of the production company "Fosforescente". Salo attended film school at NYFA in New York and Centro in Mexico. His first feature "Ocean Blues" was made with only $20,000 USD and was distributed by Cineteca Nacional, later acquired by Netflix and Amazon Video. The movie won best director at Festival de Cine De Monteria in Colombia. Later he produced and edited "The Incident" which played at Fantastic Fest, Busan and Sitges, and also produced "Leona", which opened at Morelia Film Fest. His second movie as a director, "Dos Veces Tú" opened at Santa Barbara's Film Festival and premiered commercially February 21, 2020 in fifty screens in Mexico and got mostly positive reviews, winning prizes at Vasteras Film Festival, Merida-Yucatan Film Festival and Lighthouse FF. His third feature film "El Rey de la Fiesta" is set to premiere in 2021. Salo also co-owns Autocinema Coyote, a drive-in theatre, and "Quentin", a hip coffee shop.