"To do things right, first you need love, then technique". Antoni Gaudí
Alan Brain is a Virginia-based, award-winning Peruvian-American filmmaker and film editor. His last feature-length documentary, The Rumba Kings, gained international acclaim. His career includes editing and directing commercial ads, short and long form documentaries, feature-length movies and TV series. Alan Brain has worked as story editor for several prominent Peruvian journalists such as César Hildebrandt, one of the most important Peruvian journalists of the last decades. Alan has also collaborated as an editor, in several projects of the renowned Peruvian Hollywood Film Director and Producer, Luis Llosa. From 2008 until 2014, Alan worked as a documentary filmmaker for the United Nations mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There, Alan developed a passion for Congolese music and started working in The Rumba Kings.
  • Editor (1 Credit)
    The Rumba Kings2021
    Documentary, Feature
  • Camera (1 Credit)
    The Rumba Kings2021
    Documentary, Feature
  • Producer (1 Credit)
    The Rumba Kings2021
    Documentary, Feature
  • Director (1 Credit)
    The Rumba Kings2021
    Documentary, Feature
Official Selection
The Rumba Kings
DOC NYC
New York City
2021
Best Feature Length Documentary
The Rumba Kings
Festival International du Film PanAfricain de Cannes
Cannes
2021
Official Selection
The Rumba Kings
Seattle Latino Film Festival
Seattle
2021
Official Selection
The Rumba Kings
CineCity Brighton Film Festival
Brighton
2021
Official Selection
The Rumba Kings
Montreal International Black Film Festival
Montreal
2021
Official Selection
The Rumba Kings
Maui Film Festival
Paia, Maui - Hawaii
2021
Official Selection
The Rumba Kings
Womex International Music Expo - Film Competition
Porto
2021
Global Impact Award / Official Selection
The Rumba Kings
Richmond International Film Festival
Richmond Virginia
2021
Official selection in competition
The Rumba Kings
Rock this Town Film Festival
Pau
2021
Official Selection in competition
The Rumba Kings
Afrika Film Festival
Leuven
2021
Official Selection - Best Documentary Limited Competition
The Rumba Kings
Doc'N Roll Film Festival
London
2021
Audience Award / Official Selection in competition
The Rumba Kings
Musical Ecran
Bordeaux
2021
Official Selection
The Rumba Kings
Brussels International FIlm Festival
Brussels
2021
Official Selection
The Rumba Kings
Sydney Film Festival
Sydney
2021
Best Music Documentary - Finalist
The Rumba Kings
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
Melbourne
2021
Official Selection
The Rumba Kings
In-Edit Brazil Film Festival
Sâo Paulo
2021
Official Selection
The Rumba Kings
DOXA Film Festival
Vancouver
2021
Birth City
Lima
Current City
Washington DC
Hometown
Washington DC
Gender
Male
Ethnicity
Latinx
"To do things right, first you need love, then technique". Antoni Gaudí
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