Andrés Baiz Ochoa (born 1975), also known as Andi Baiz, is a Colombian film director and screenwriter. His first feature film, Satanás (2007), was based on the novel of the same name by Mario Mendoza and won the awards for best film and best actor at the Monte Carlo Film Festival. He is also known for directing the feature films The Hidden Face (2011) and Roa (2013), and for his television work on Metástasis, Narcos, Narcos: Mexico, The Sandman and Griselda.
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Early life and education
Baiz was born in Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, in 1975. He went on to study film production and directing at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, majoring in Film and Television with a minor in Cinema Studies and additional coursework in film theory. After graduating, he was mentored by French director Raphael Nadjari, with whom he produced four horror short films. From 2001 to 2004 he worked as a director, producer and editor at the New York–based production company Centro-Films, and during the same period also wrote film criticism for Loft magazine. He additionally worked in the production departments of the feature films Bringing Out the Dead, Zoolander, Cremaster 2, Maria Full of Grace and The Fittest.
