Born in Colombia but raised in Lima, Peru, coming from a family of marketing managers and advertising majors, he moved to Manchester, UK to study Advertising and Brand Management. Re-established in Europe and with a horizon of opportunities ahead, he started writing film reviews as a freelance film critic for a London-based website called Live for Films. Although he had only made one short film before, during his International Baccalaureate higher-level film course, in 2017 for the first time, he wrote and directed his own short film, "Charlie, Charlie!" independently produced and funded, in Manchester.