Biografia
Daniel Vega Vidal (born Lima, 1973) is a director, producer, and screenwriter specializing in film and television series. Together with his brother Diego, he wrote, produced, and directed the feature films "Octubre" (2010), "El Mudo" (2013), and "La Bronca" (2019), which have earned numerous national and international awards, including the Prix du Jury in Un Certain Regard at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. These films were released in theaters across Germany, Brazil, France, the USA, Colombia, and other countries. His work also includes three short films: "Interior Bajo Izquierda" (2008), "Alondra" (2015), and "Dona y César" (2022). The second short was commissioned by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) as part of the Graduate XXI initiative to spark discussion on high school dropout rates in Latin American public schools, with production by Gael García Bernal. Through his company Maretazo Cine, Daniel co-produced two feature films: "Todas las fuerzas," the second feature by Argentine director Luciana Piantanida in collaboration with Pensar con las manos, and "Reinas," the third feature by Peruvian-Swiss director Klaudia Reynicke alongside Swiss company Alva Films. "Reinas" premiered at Sundance in January 2024 and received the Grand Prix of the Generation International Jury for Best Kplus Feature Film at Berlinale 2024.
In 2017, Daniel and his brother were hired by Story House to direct four episodes of the second season of the Netflix series "El Chapo." They also co-directed "El día de mi suerte," a four-episode fictional series for Movistar Latam inspired by salsa singer Héctor Lavoe’s arrival in Lima in 1986. This series was selected at the Seriemania festival in France, acquired by Amazon Prime, and sold to Canal Arte France. In 2021, he co-directed "Contigo Capitán," a fictional series about footballer Paolo Guerrero’s doping case, which premiered on Netflix.
Independently, Daniel directed two comedies commissioned by Tondero, Peru’s largest film production company: "Intercambiadas" and "Busco Novia." For the World Bank, he wrote, produced, and directed three documentary shorts featuring empowering stories from women beneficiaries of social programs.
Daniel holds a degree in Image and Sound from the Complutense University of Madrid and earned a Master’s in Audiovisual Business Management from Carlos III University of Madrid.
