Andres Useche
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| Andres Useche | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 7, 1977 |
| Origin |  Manizales, Colombia |
| Occupation(s) | singer, songwriter, filmmaker |
| Instrument(s) | singing, guitar , piano |
| Website | http://www.virb.com/useche [[1]] |
Andres Useche (born November 7, 1977 in Manizales, Colombia) is an artist, musician, singer/songwriter and filmmaker.
Andres Useche published his first political cartoon "Soy Libre" at age eleven. While in High School, Useche won the Colombian Ministry of Culture Individual Creation Prize in Graphic Arts with his graphic novel Vana Espuma ("Idle Mist"). Upon high school graduation Useche composed "Azul de Noche", a quintet performed by members of the Manizales Chamber Orchestra. Its conductor, lead violinist Gillermo Gomez, would go on to perform with Useche on the compositions and live multimedia projects Useche created during his college years.
In the late nineties, Useche also scored documentaries and wrote, directed, edited, scored and starred in Vana Espuma (1998), a 25-minute film adaptation of his graphic novel.[1] The film had a 100 dollar budget and won the Best Fiction Film, Best screenplay and Best actress South American Cesar awards (Cesares),[2] along with other nominations for Useche for Best Actor and Best Music.
After graduating as a visual designer with emphasis on Film from the Universidad de Caldas, Useche moved to Los Angeles, California, where he has worked as a script writer and is developing a feature film project.
In 2008, in support of Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign, Useche wrote, performed and co-directed in the viral video Si Se Puede Cambiar, a Spanish language music video also directed by Eric Byler and Warren Fu, which debuted on YouTube on February 22, from the group United For Obama. On April 8, 2008, "Si Se Puede Cambiar" was chosen by YouTube to represent Obama in the first ever "Trendsetter Tuesday". The video was featured on the main page of the site along with videos about the other remaining US presidential candidates. "Si Se Puede Cambiar" quickly reached 300,000 views and maintained a rating of 4/5 stars, beating the scores for the Clinton and McCain videos. The video had been watched in 193 countries. Versions of the video with subtitles in German, French, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and Arabic have also been released.
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- Andres Useche sings for Change (the Obama Kind) on the Austin Chronicle.com
- Si Se Puede Cambiar Useche for Obama video on YouTube
- Andres Useche at the Internet Movie Database
- Borges: Influence and References - Andrés Useche by Manu El on www.themodernworld.com
- Vana Espuma trailer on myspacetv.com
