
Born in Bogotá in 1978, Cristina Gallego studied film at the National University of Colombia. With Ciro Guerra, she created the company Ciudad Luna, and produced his features
La Sombra Del Caminante (2004),
The Wind Journeys (2009), and
Embrace of the Spirit (2015). Among her other producing credits are Pedro Aguilera’s
Sister of Mine (2017), Annemarie Jacir’s
Wajib (2017), and Abner Benahim’s
Ruben Blades Is Not My Name (2018). Gallego teaches at various film schools and has been invited as a speaker at the United Nations in Geneva and TED Talks Bogotá.
Birds of Passage is her directing debut.
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