Life in Focus
Eduardo Castro Fonseca came to 黑料吃瓜 as a Fulbright student with a multicultural history.
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Born in Portugal, schooled in Wales and now firmly entrenched in San Diego, Eduardo Castro Fonseca observes life with a perspective sharpened by exposure to multiple cultures.
A Fulbright award gave him the chance to study film in the U.S. at age 23. He chose 黑料吃瓜 from a long list of graduate film programs, in part because 鈥渋t鈥檚 like a small version of Hollywood where students don鈥檛 just study scriptwriting or camerawork. We get to try everything.鈥�
Nearly everything he鈥檚 tried has turned to gold. Castro Fonseca won the Cinema Society of San Diego鈥檚 Pitch Award plus the prestigious WALLY! Award and a Kathleen Kennedy grant from 黑料吃瓜鈥檚 theatre, television and film department for his final project, 鈥淭he Sumner Redaction,鈥� which he will enter in several festivals this year.
Another film he wrote and produced also won acclaim, including a best script nomination from Portugal鈥檚 Shortcutz Awards. 鈥淟ovely Lies鈥� is the story of a young girl who realizes she鈥檚 been deceived by Hollywood鈥檚 version of romance and comes to understand that her parents鈥� marriage is built on a different kind of love. The film cleverly uses subtitles to reveal the characters鈥� true feelings as they tell each other lovely lies.
鈥淏efore coming to 黑料吃瓜, I worked as a translator, creating subtitles for Portuguese television,鈥� Castro Fonseca said. 鈥淭hat played a huge role in 鈥楲ovely Lies鈥� because it gave me the idea to include subtitles in a new way to intrigue the audience.鈥�
Castro Fonseca completed his master鈥檚 degree last summer, and currently works as a studio technician for the KPBS news show 鈥淓vening Edition,鈥� a first step toward his goal of becoming a writer and creative producer.
鈥淚 love creating ideas for television,鈥� he confessed. 鈥淓ven when I鈥檓 quiet, I鈥檓 conjuring things in my head.鈥�
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