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Bio
Sandy Siquier is an actor, creative writer, instructor, and mother who has worked in a broad range of film, television, theater, and radio productions in the United States and Latin America.
As an actor, Siquier has studied various modern acting methods with a strong emphasis on Stella Adler. She has had significant participation in television, being a principal role in more than 30 national and international spots and recurrent character in two major TV shows. She has led numerous film productions recognized at more than 40 major international film festivals such as Clermont-Ferrand, Slamdance, Milano, Durban, Guadalajara, Sapporo, and Miami, among many others. She also had the leading role in the short film Centripetal, recipient of the Audience’s Choice Award at the Shanghai International Film Festival.
As a creative writer, her experience spans scriptwriting, advertising, and narrative writing. In her role as creative copywriter for Ogilvy & Mather, she had the opportunity to develop advertising campaigns for major international brands including American Express, Unilever, Post Cereals, and Ponds. In addition, her script doctoring skills have contributed to countless short film productions, all of them widely exhibited.
Siquier graduated from Syracuse University with an M.A. in Hispanic literature, language, and culture. She received a B.A. in mass communication with a specialization in advertising and public relations from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (Caracas, Venezuela). She was part of the renown theater group Teatro UCAB and member of Fundación Medatia, a theater-based educational organization devoted to the cultural development of underprivileged communities in the Venezuelan Andes.
Languages
English
Spanish
French
Education &
Training
M.A. Spanish Linguistics, Language, Literature and Culture.
Syracuse University. USA.
B.A. Mass Communication. Specialization in Advertising and Public Relations
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello. Caracas.
Workshop Poetics of the Scene & Semiotics in Valle-Inclán.
Spanish Embassy. Instructor: Ricardo Iniesta. Caracas.
Actor's Studio Master Class.
Instructor: Lisa Formosa. Trasnocho Cultural. Caracas.
The Stanislavsky Method.
Instructor: Elia K. Schneider. Ateneo de Caracas. Caracas.
Voice Liberation and Vocal Technique
Instructor: Felicia Canetti. Ateneo de Caracas. Caracas.
Actor's Gym
Instructor: Matilda Corral. Ateneo de Caracas. Caracas.
Flamenco Dancing (Sevillanas)
Tatiana Reyna Dance School. Caracas.
Jazz
Perfil Dance School. Caracas.
Classical Ballet
Keyla Ermecheo Dance School. Caracas.
Teaching
Experience
Syracuse University-Instructor
2016 - present
Courses:
Scriptwriting • Advanced Scriptwriting Workshop • Script Analisys, Literature and Film: The Pleasures of Adaptations • Approaches to Reading Texts • Directing Actors
Universidad Santa María- Instructor
2004-2005
Courses:
Creative Writing
Syracuse University-Instructor
1999-2001
Courses:
Spanish for Honor Students
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello- Youth Acting Coach
1995-1997
Courses:
Youth Acting Workshop
Recent
Acting Experience
Film
Displaced
Writer’s Block
Onikuma
The Book of Judith
Glue
God´s Slave
Centripetal
Unauthorized
It Rains
Seamstress
Here Lies the Heart
Prisoners of Freedom
Rehearsal
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Lead
Support
Lead
Support
Lead
Lead
Co-Star
Support
Lead
Alex Méndez Giner
Alex Méndez Giner
Alessia Cecchet
Alex Méndez Giner
Alex Méndez Giner
Joel Novoa
Alex Méndez Giner
Elia K. Schneider
Alex Méndez Giner
Alex Méndez Giner
Melissa P. Friedling
Owen Shapiro
Alex Méndez Giner