Pablo Behrens

Pablo Behrens was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. Lives in London since 1980. He is a producer, writer and director of the US/UK feature film Adrift in Soho (2019). In 2002 he produced the feature film El Chevrole (The Lifejacket is Under Your Seat) a Uruguay/Argentina co-production. During the late 1980s and 1990s Pablo worked in the film production of commercials in London for UK television in various capacities working himself up the production ladder in more than 100 commercials and pop promos. Between 2004-7 he directed the UK short documentaries The Last Walk, One Day In The Life Of a Peace Camp, Oriel Last Stand and The Making of Oliver Twist, During the late 90s he worked in the UK as producer for director Leonardo Ricagni and as production and location manager for directors Hector Babenco (in Brazil), Charles Sturridge (in Venezuela for the film A Handful of Dust) and Paul Street (in Argentina for a VW commercial). During that period he was also location supervisor to producer Saul Zaentz and executive producer David Nichols in Manaus, Brazil during pre-production of the film At Play in the Fields of the Lord. Among many other notable UK directors and photographers Pablo worked as production and location manager for photographers Annie Leibovitz (Barcelona), Nadav Kander (London) and Eve Arnold (North of England). Pablo is also an occasional photographer, free-lance journalist and blogger when there is something interesting to cover. Apart from being a writer, producer and director for Burning Films (UK) Ltd Pablo also represents Metropolis Films (Uruguay) in London, Los Angeles and Moscow.