
Marcela began her studies at Los Angeles Pierce College with an emphasis on Pre-Medicine. Through medical internships in Morogoro, Tanzania (2015) and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2018) she conducted visual ethnographies of doctor-patient relationships. After her arrival at the University of California, Berkeley, her first short film “Telepathy,” being co-director was selected at the Berkeley Pacific Museum and Film Archive Student Film Festival 2021.
In 2022, Marcela began working as an associate at Fagua Casting in Colombia where her 8+ years of cognitive research in the functioning of emotions and the subconscious was applied to working with actors in casting and emotional activation with bioenergy. She is in the process of developing her first feature documentary «Natural Frequencies», as well as her short film “Clarividencia”. As a visual ethnographer, her research focuses on non actors, ethics, and trauma recovery in contemporary Colombia.
Acting Coach:
Series «100 Años de Soledad» by Netflix & Dynamo Producciones (Colombia). 2023
Short Film «Caséte Rojo» by Victor Bastidas (Colombia). 2023
Teaser «Total Brutal Black Metal» de Juan Pablo Rios (Colombia) – Winner of the 2022 FDC Feature Film Development Prize
Short Film “Fieras” by Andrés Ángel Machete (Colombia) 2022
Assistant Acting Coach:
Short Film “Aunque es de Noche”, Sintagma Films (Spain). 2022
Casting Director:
Teaser «Malmirada» by Cristina Sanchez (Colombia) – Winner of the 2022 FDC Feature Film Development Prize
Teaser «Total Brutal Black Metal» by Juan Pablo Rios (Colombia) – Winner of the 2022 FDC Feature Film Development Prize
Documentary «Yo Nunca He», DEBRAÏN Marketing and Solar Cinema (USA, Colombia)
Casting Assistant:
Feature Film «We Were Born Dead» by Juan Felipe Zuleta (USA, Colombia) 2023
SNAK Series «Campeona Gamer», Dynamo Producciones (Colombia) 2023
Feature Film «Satélite», Amazon Studios & Dynamo Producciones (Colombia) 2022
Short Film «Perséfone», Vorágine Producciones (España, Colombia) 2023 – Winner of the 2022 FDC Short Film Development Prize