Carlo Bruno
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Carlo's passion began during his boyhood in Santa Fe, Argentina. Although inspired by a family of theatre directors, actors and writers, his interest laid in the realm of motion pictures.
 | As a child, Carlo hung out at the cinemas consuming matinees seven days a week, and he soon developed the aptitude to tell stories through the eye of the camera. Before long he was able to learn the basics of film technique, which allowed him to then experiment movie-making styles using cut-aways, over the shoulder, or dolly shots. While his friends were playing soccer, Carlo was busy trying to craft many thousands of ‘chicken scratch’ storyboards, and building his passion for cinematic story telling. At the early age of 14, Carlo made his first 8mm film Matar with the help of his brother and sisters and his dream of making movies was firmly launched. At the age of 16, while in high school, Carlo was hired as an E.N.G. Camera Operator and Producer at the local TV station, Channel 13. During this time, Carlo gained experience on camera language, editing, compiling reports, documentaries and made-for-TV specials. He luckily had a chance to prove his ability to work successfully with professional actors. |
Soon, Carlo gained recognition in the media. His video, Historia en un Bar, a 17 minute, black and white short, impressed magazine and newspaper reviewers who exalted his creation. Carlo intended to tell a story in the style and genre of Raiders of the Lost Ark. He watched this film more than 30 times before beginning the writing of the shooting script. Since the first time he watched Sugarland Express in 1974, Carlo affirms Steven Spielberg as his idol, And recognizes his camera, dolly and crane techniques as the best in the history of the art of cinematography. He too ascribes to the philosophy that "cinema is the place for the eliciting of mass emotion, not the expression of private pain".
In 1986, Carlo was hired by the Costa Rican Ministry of Culture to work as a Technical Instructor at the Center for Film Production. His work there motivated Cinematografica del Itsmo to hire him as First Assistant Director for the feature film Eulalia, which was a Central American box-office hit.
Right after he immigrated to Canada with his wife Susana. Since his arrival, as well as other projects, he produced, directed, wrote and edited the half hour film My Field of Flowers. This effort earned him recognition as one of the three nominees for "Best Director in the Drama Category" at the "1990 Reel Awards" of Ottawa.
As a Cable TV Producer, he won the "1990 Ontario Cable Television Production Award" and the "1991 Canadian Cable Television Association Award." He has produced more than 200 shows and directed approximately 150 different Cable TV Productions.
In 1992 Carlo wrote It’s About Time, a 6th draft action adventure feature film-Script which got the attention of Kim Dawson, Producer of The Teen Age Mutant Ninja Turtles. Later , he worked on the polishing of the screenplay with Walter Von Huene (Second Unit Director of the films Pretty Woman and Parenthood).
At the present time, while working daily on the project with his Executive Producer John Peer, planning production aspects with Producer Kim Dawson, and raising interest for his first promising feature film, Carlo spends most of his time writing features, shooting shorts, and mastering his editing techniques on Digital Media (Adobe Premier, Avid, etc.) 
