Ariel Escalante
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1984
- Birthplace
- San José, Costa Rica
Ariel Escalante (born 1984; San José) is a Costa Rican screenwriter, film editor and director. He edited Janaína Marqués's 2009 short Los minutos, las horas (The Minutes, the Hours) which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and Clermont-Ferrand, where it won the Special Jury Award, as well as Carlo Guillermo Proto's documentary El Huaso, which premiered at Guadalajara, Lima, Hot Docs, Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival and Quebec, where it won the Audience Award. The Sound of Things, Escalante's feature directorial debut, premiered at Mar del Plata, Biarritz, Panama, and Moscow, where it won the Kommersant Weekend Prize. The Sound of Things was selected as the sixth ever Costa Rican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film, but it was not nominated.
Filmography
- In the Cradle of Granite
In the Cradle of Granite TBA
Director
Domingo and the Mist 2022
Director, Writer, Producer
The Eye and the Wall 2021
Editor
Land of Ashes 2020
Editor
August 2019
Editor
Shooting 2019
Editor
Violeta at Last 2017
Editor
Lightning Falls Behind 2017
as Chofer Uber
The Sound of Things 2016
as Antonio, Writer, Director
Rosado Furia 2014
Editor
- Musgo
Musgo 2014
Director, Writer
Red Princesses 2013
Editor
- Caos en la ciudad
Caos en la ciudad 2012
Writer, Editor
- El Huaso
El Huaso 2012
Editor
Los Minutos, Las Horas 2011
Editor
- A partir de ahora solo nosotros
A partir de ahora solo nosotros 2011
Director, Writer, Editor
Puro Mula 2011
Writer
Stronzo 2009
Director, Producer, Writer
- La vida sigue alegre
La vida sigue alegre 2009
Editor
- Tiempo de Buena Voz
Tiempo de Buena Voz 2009
Editor
Credits from TMDB.