LUCIANO PODCAMINSKY STARTED IN ADVERTISING WORKING AS A COPYWRITER FOR SEVERAL ADVERTISING AGENCIES, AND MOVED TO WORKING IN TOP PRODUCTION COMPANIES IN BUENOS AIRES AS AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. APPROXIMATELY IN 1995 HE STARTED DIRECTING. HE HAS RECEIVED AWARDS FROM THE BEST WELL KNOWN FESTIVALS IN THE WORLD: CANNES, EL SOL DE SAN SEBASTIAN, ONE SHOW, D&AD DE LONDRES, CLIO, FIAP, MARTIN FIERRO, OJO DE IBEROAMERICA, DIENTE. IN 2005 HE WAS PART OF THE SAATCHI & SAATCHI NEW DIRECTOR’S SHOWCASE, IN CANNES. IN 2006, LUCIANO WAS RANKED BY THE GUNN REPORT AS 4TH IN THE LIST OF MOST AWARD-WINNING DIRECTORS OF THE WORLD, AND IN 2009 APPEARS NUMBER 15TH AT THE GUNN REPORT TEN YEARS CONSOLIDATED TABLES 1999-2008 HIS FIRST FEATURE FILM, THE THIRD PINT, WAS SELECTED FOR THE 2007 BUENOS AIRES INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (BAFICI) AND ALSO WAS SELECTED AT THE 2008 EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (EIFF) AS ONE OF THE BEST OF THE FEST FILMS. HIS EXPERIENCE AS A JURY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FESTIVALS: CLIO, LONDON FESTIVAL AND EL OJO DE IBEROAMÉRICA.