Enrique is a visual artist, filmmaker and media executive from Bogotá, Colombia. He was recently appointed to co-lead the Documentary Film Initiative at the Shorenstein Center at Harvard’s Kennedy School, working to support new research, analysis, innovation and provocation around core issues facing the documentary field.
His latest film, Alpha Kings, premiered at IFFR in 2023, and was acquired for distribution by The New Yorker. It was recently selected as a Vimeo Staff Pick. His work has screened at True/False Film Fest, AFI Fest, Camden International Film Festival, Festival de Nouveau Cinema, Museum of Moving Image and Museum of Fine Arts, among others. Enrique is currently releasing a new short film, No se ve desde acá, which premiered at ZINEBI and won the Santa Lucia award for Best Editing at Bogoshorts in 2024. He is developing his first feature film with A24.
He served as Senior Manager of Sundance Institute's Documentary Film Program for six years, running Creative Labs, and leading the program’s international strategy. He also contributed to awarding $2 million/year in unrestricted grants to documentary filmmakers globally. He was Director of Programming for Ambulante Documentary Film Festival in its California edition, and has served as consultant and Juror in numerous selection committees for nonprofit institutions and media funds, including Sundance Documentary Fund, John Hopkins’ Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund, Brown Girls Doc Mafia, Points North Institute, IDA Documentary Awards, Proimagenes Colombia, IMCINE Mexico and Concordia’s Fellowship Program. Enrique is currently part of the selection committee for the Tribeca Film Festival.
He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film & Television from the New York Film Academy and a Master of Fine Arts in Documentary Film & Video from Stanford University.
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His latest film, Alpha Kings, premiered at IFFR in 2023, and was acquired for distribution by The New Yorker. It was recently selected as a Vimeo Staff Pick. His work has screened at True/False Film Fest, AFI Fest, Camden International Film Festival, Festival de Nouveau Cinema, Museum of Moving Image and Museum of Fine Arts, among others. Enrique is currently releasing a new short film, No se ve desde acá, which premiered at ZINEBI and won the Santa Lucia award for Best Editing at Bogoshorts in 2024. He is developing his first feature film with A24.
He served as Senior Manager of Sundance Institute's Documentary Film Program for six years, running Creative Labs, and leading the program’s international strategy. He also contributed to awarding $2 million/year in unrestricted grants to documentary filmmakers globally. He was Director of Programming for Ambulante Documentary Film Festival in its California edition, and has served as consultant and Juror in numerous selection committees for nonprofit institutions and media funds, including Sundance Documentary Fund, John Hopkins’ Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund, Brown Girls Doc Mafia, Points North Institute, IDA Documentary Awards, Proimagenes Colombia, IMCINE Mexico and Concordia’s Fellowship Program. Enrique is currently part of the selection committee for the Tribeca Film Festival.
He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film & Television from the New York Film Academy and a Master of Fine Arts in Documentary Film & Video from Stanford University.
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