Sandro Ventura

Sandro Ventura was born in Lima, Peru on July 7, 1969. He's the oldest of three brothers and son of Guillermo Ventura and Carmen Mantilla. He got married in 1987 to Mapy Pedreros and had two sons (Sandro and Alain) and one daughter (Macarena). They lived together until 1997 when they divorced. After he finished high school, he decided to pursue a filmmaker career and in 1994 he majored as journalist and movie critic in El Comercio diary. As a journalist he interviewed big stars like Mel Gibson, Vin Diesel, Shakira and Enrique Iglesias and directors like Luis Mandoki, Stephen Sommers, Rupert Wainbright. In 2000 he left journalism and initiated a career as TV producer, being employed on diverse TV shows. By this time he knew the TV host and actress Fiorella Rodriguez and married her in 2003. By this time, Sandro had directed four shorts films and several documentaries and made his first feature film: the comedy Talk Show, which achieved great success in Perú.