about
Juan Felipe Zuleta is an award-winning Colombian director based in New York City. His debut feature film Unidentified Objects played at festivals around the world—including Sitges, BFI Flare, Fantastic Fest, and Outfest—and has been called “a celestial wonder worth discovering” that is “sure to become an indie cult classic.”* It is now streaming on Paramount+. Other projects directed by Juan Felipe include the 2022 World Cup Official Video “Tuko Tuaka” (2022) the VMA-nominated music video for “La Reina” (Maluma, 2023) and Cannes Silver Lion-winning mockumentary “No More Mayo” (VaynerMedia, 2018). His work has been included in the PGA Create Fellowship, Frontières International Co-production Market, and Bogotá Audiovisual Market. Juan Felipe was a featured guest speaker at SXSW on the future of Latine filmmaking. Jenn Wilson, Film Independent Senior Programmer, calls him “a new director to watch, for sure.”
press
The Wrap - How ‘Unidentified Objects’ Director Used Dreams as a Way for ‘Alien’ Characters to Traverse Space and Time.
Directors' Library - Juan Felipe Zuleta and Logan Fields direct ‘Seduce’ for Russ, feat. Capella Grey and Tamae.
No Film School - 8 Lessons Learned Going From Concept to Production in Under 4 Months.
Film Independent - This unconventional road movie is Juan Felipe Zuleta’s feature debut, and it marks him as a new director to watch, for sure.
Golden Globes - Juan Felipe Zuleta: An Outsider Gets In.
New York Times - Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now.
Panavision - A Realm of Great Escape.
MovieWeb - Unidentified Objects Filmmaker Juan Felipe Zuleta on His Groundbreaking Indie Hit.
Film Inquiry - Unidentified Objects: It Came Out Of Nowhere.
First Showing - Road Trip to Aliens in Canada - 'Unidentified Objects'.
Screen Rant - Unidentified Objects: Beautifully Told Sci-Fi Drama Has Depth.
Eye for Film - The Outside Story: Juan Felipe Zuleta, Matthew Jeffers and Sara Hay on ‘Unidentified Objects’.
Queerty - Gay romance & alien encounters are pit stops in this wild one-of-a kind road trip movie.
Variety - Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Festival 2022 Winners.
The Illuminerdi - Juan Felipe Zuleta's Unidentified Objects explores the concept of representation and belonging in an unconventional way.
Geek Vibes Nation - ‘Unidentified Objects’ Fantastic Fest 2022 Review – An Eccentric Road Trip Film Driven By Drama, Grief and Sci-Fi Mystery.
The Wrap - The 11 Best LGBTQ Movies of 2022
Film & TV
Jon Grossman || jon@elevate-ent.com
Harrison Rothman || harrison@elevate-ent.com
Juan Felipe Zuleta || juanfe@firstthreshold.com
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