# Arambilet

Ángel Luis Arambilet Álvarez (born September 16, 1957), generally known professionally as simply Arambilet, is a novelist, poet, screenwriter, painter, graphic artist and filmmaker of Spanish-Dominican descent.

## Biography

Arambilet was one of 34 people interviewed for The History of Computer Graphics and Digital Art Project. His work is mentioned in compArt | center of excellence digital art” (a project at the University of Bremen).
He has been awarded by the Ministry of Culture of the Dominican Republic with the National Short Story Award (The Cayenne petals, 1994) and National Novel Prize (Neguri's secret, 2006).

## Literary works

* Cayenne/Petals – Los pétalos de la cayena. (National Literary Prize) Dominican Republic: AH, 1993. ISBN 84-89546-02-9
* Secret Zone – Zona secreta. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: AH, 1994. ISBN 84-89546-00-2
* Homo sapiens. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: AH, 1994. ISBN 84-89546-01-0
* Quintet – Quinteto. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: AH, 1996. ISBN 84-89546-03-7
* Insects – Insectos. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: AH, 1997. ISBN 84-89546-05-3
* The Passion Book – El libro de las pasiones. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: AH, 2000. ISBN 99934-0-154-4
* Neguri's Secret – El secreto de Neguri. (National Literary Prize) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Alfaguara Editorial Publishing House, 2005. ISBN 99934-0-154-4
* Guarocuya. Tarragona, Spain: CS, 2009. ISBN 145053192X
* Brief Stories – Historias Breves (1988–1998). Tarragona, Spain: CS, 2009. ISBN 1449527698
* The Passion Book II – El libro de las pasiones (II). Tarragona, Spain: CS, 2010. ISBN 99934-0-154-4
* Orifiel. Tarragona, Spain: CS, 2010. ISBN 1450533930
* Digital Art – Arte Digital (1949–1999). Tarragona, Spain: CS, 2011. ISBN 1463612575
* Chernobyl 25 (Essay and Poetics based on Pedro Farías Nardi photographs at Chernobyl disaster site). Tarragona, Spain: CS, 2011. ISBN 1450533930
* Consuelo (Marie Linda) (biographical novel). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: CS, 2017. ISBN 978-1542596541

## Screenplays and treatments

* The golden manatee mystery – El misterio del manatí de oro. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2006. Safe Creative: 1010117549995
* Guarocuya. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2006. Safe Creative: 0907174135227
* The distant counterweight of the stars – El lejano contrapeso de los astros. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2007. Safe Creative: 010117550021
* Amín Abel. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2014. ONDA 4597-10, Safe Creative:1402040027099
* 1916. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2014. Safe Creative: 1403130354040
* Nico Mota's Accordion – El acordeón de Ñico Mota. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2014. Safe Creative: 1402040027037
* Fons (La Chepa). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2014. Safe Creative: 1402040027020
* Two ways – Doble Sentido. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2014. ONDA: 4903-11
* Código Paz. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2014. ONDA: ND
* The loanshark – El prestamista. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2014. ONDA: ND
* Bachata gringa. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2015. Safe Creative: 1509295258879
* DOC-108. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2015. ONDA: 6469-12
* The thousand year legacy. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2015. Treatment for Lantica Pictures.
* Rulin. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2017. Safe Creative: 1711064751850
* Consuelo (Marie Linda). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2014. ONDA: 11694-20

## Art exhibitions

* Arambilet: Ten years and five series (1989–1999). Casa Guayasamín, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic:1999.
* XIX ELJ Visual Arts Biennial. Centro León, Bienal Eduardo León Jimenes, Santiago, Dominican Republic: 2002.
* Homo sapiens: Characters to hang. Galería DPI, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2002.
* XXII National Visual Arts Biennial. Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2003.
* XX ELJ Visual Arts Biennial. Centro León, Bienal Eduardo León Jimenes, Santiago, Dominican Republic: 2004.
* Colective, Palacio Consistorial. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2004.
* XXIII National Visual Arts Biennial. Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2005.
* Colective itinerant: Artes/Miniaturas en portada. Viota Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico: 2006.
* XXI ELJ Visual Arts Biennial. Centro León, Bienal Eduardo León Jimenes, Santiago, Dominican Republic: 2006.
* Colective: Saatchi Online. Saatchi Gallery, London, UK: 2009.
* Colective DART-09: XIII Conferencia Internacional sobre Visualización de la Información IV09. 2D Exhibiting artist with "Dots on the i's"; Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain: 2009.
* Colective CGIV09: VI International Computerized Graphics, images and visualization Conference Tianjin, China: 2009.
* Ebre Terra de Vent Colective. Palau Oliver de Boteller, Tortosa, Spain: 2010.
* Colectiva fotográfica, Leica Oskar Barnack Award. Between real and surreal: The abstraction. Wetzlar, Germany: 2011.
* Colectiva Fotográfica, Brangulí was here: How about you? – Centre de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona (CCCB), Spain: 2011.
* XXVI National Visual Arts Biennial. Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 2011.

## Filmography

| Year | Títle | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | Miriam Calzada: Montecristi | Director, producer, screenwriter | Documentary I from series: "Art and artists" |
| 2003 | Marcos Lora Read: Kid Kapicua | Director, producer, screenwriter | Documentary II from series: "Art and artists" |
| 2005 | Neguri's Secret – El secreto de Neguri | Director, producer, editor, screenwriter | Documentary with the insertion of two Short Films by Pedro Guzmán and Esteban Martin. |
| 2006 | Waltz – Vals | Director, producer, screenwriter | Official selection Rainier International Film Festival (RIFF) 2007 |
| 2006 | Sepiablue – Sepiazul | Director, producer, editor | Premiered at XVI Spanish and Latin American International Film Festival. Cervantes Institute of Manchester & Leeds, Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK. |
| 2006 | Luck – La suerte | Director, producer, editor, screenwriter | Official Selection and nominated as Best Foreign Film at the San Fernando Valley International Film Festival (VIFFI) 2007. |
| 2007 | A imagen y semejanza | Director, producer, editor, screenwriter | Selección Oficial XXII Bienal de Artes Visuales ELJ; Santiago, R.D. Honorable Mention of the Jury. |
| 2007 | Efecto Kuleshov Caribe | Director, producer, editor, screenwriter | Official Selection at the XXIIELJ Visual Arts Biennial; Santiago, Dominican Republic. Honorable Mention of the Jury. |
| 2010 | Spécimen 1111 | Director, producer, editor, screenwriter | Premiered at XVI Spanish and Latin American International Film Festival. Cervantes Institute of Manchester & Leeds, Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK.; Online Digital Gallery D-ART 2011 for the International Conference Information Visualization iV 2011 (London), and the International Conference “Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualization” CGIV 2011 (Singapur). |
| 2011 | Diáspora Caleidoscópica | Director, producer, editor, screenwriter | Official Selection XVI National Visual Arts Biennial, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| 2011 | Sureya: Mother of everyone | Director, editor | Documentary on the life and works of a Dominican social activist in Catalunya, Spain |
| 2013 | The aragone's Memoirs – Memorias de un aragonés | Director, producer, editor | Official Selection Premios Platino del Cine Iberoamericano. Nominated as best documentary for Dominican Republic / Spain. |
| 2013 | Culture Shock: It’s a rocking new life | Content Producer | Reality Show for TV: Pilot. |
| 2013 | Shadows – Sombras | Director, producer, screenwriter, editor | Official Selection: Llatinoamerica ProjecCat, Barcelona, Spain |
| 2014 | Código Paz | Screenwriter, Post-Production Supervisor | Official Selection: Prize ADOCINE "La Silla", Best Screenplay Award Winner. Official Selection and nominated as Best Latinamerican Film at Premio Cinematográfico José María Forqué Premio Cinematográfico José María Forqué, Madrid, Spain. Dominican REpublic's Official Selection to Premios Goya, Madrid, Spain. Official Selection as Best PIcture and Best Screenplay to the II Platinum Awards for the Iberoamerican Cinema/II Premios Platino al cine Iberoamericano Premios Platino. |
| 2016 | Dr. Nasha | Director, producer, screenwriter, editor | Documentary about a talented Catalan artist with Crohn's Disease, that dissects society through the eyes of his Comic Book character, Dr. Nasha. |