Private Project

Virtual Humans

Scientists today can recreate physiological processes, like breathing, in supercomputers. This shortfilm takes us to a future where a complete copy of you can be created, and used to monitor, study, and enhance your health. A future that might not be far from now..

  • Guillermo Marin
    Director
    Supercomputers, Alya Red, Simulados
  • Fernando Cucchietti
    Director
    Supercomputers, Alya Red, Simulados
  • Roger Highfield
    Writer
  • Peter Coveney
    Writer
  • Guillermo Marin
    Writer
  • Fernando Cucchietti
    Writer
  • Peter Coveney
    Producer
  • Mariano Vazquez
    Producer
  • Elena Coveney
    Key Cast
    "Narrator"
  • Benjamin LuKas Boysen
    Music
    Supercomputers, The Everything Game
  • Edi Calderon
    Sound
  • Guillermo Marin
    Art direction, VFX direction, Compositing
  • Irakli Kublashvili
    Data visualizations and Animation
  • Paul Melis
    Data visualizations and Animation
  • Casper Van Leeuwen
    Data visualizations and Animation
  • Marco Verdicchio
    Data visualizations and Animation
  • Michael Kasdorf
    Data visualizations and Animation
  • Elisabeth Mayer
    Data visualizations and Animation
  • Thomas Odaker
    Data visualizations and Animation
  • Markus Wiedermann
    Data visualizations and Animation
  • Dieter Kranzlmuller
    Data visualizations and Animation
  • Fernando Cucchietti
    Editing and Color
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    February 28, 2018
  • Country of Origin:
    Spain
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital 2K
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.90:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • HOW TO BUILD A VIRTUAL HUMAN
    London
    United Kingdom
    September 27, 2017
    UK Premiere
  • Imagine Science Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    October 15, 2017
    North American Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Scinema International Science Film Festival 2018
    Melbourne
    Australia
    June 7, 2018
    Award for Technical Merit
  • AFO 2018 Academia Film Olomouc
    Olomouc
    Czech Republic
    April 24, 2018
    Official Selection
  • Raw Science Film Festival 2019
    Los Angeles, California
    United States
    January 26, 2019
    Professional Documentary under 10 Minutes - 2nd Place
Director Biography - Guillermo Marin, Fernando Cucchietti

Guillermo Marin is Lead Artist of the Visualization Group at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center where he creates data visualizations to explain scientific research projects. With a background in Fine Arts and Computer Animation, Guillermo has worked in the animation production industry for several years. Currently, he applies his experience to create appealing and informative data visualizations. Guillermo is also co-director and lecturer in the Master in Computer Animation of Universitat Pompeu Fabra, in Barcelona.

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Director Statement

In my work I try make complex information, such as data from scientific projects, accessible to the audience by means of stories that are both compelling and informative.