Graduated from New York University (TISCH Institute of Film and TV), Álvaro has more than 40 years of experience as a Producer, Director, Assistant Director, Production Manager and Editor in major film production houses in Puerto Rico and independent film and TV projects. 

 

He has written, produced and/or directed 16 documentaries of various lengths and themes, including institutional and corporate projects.

 

From 2009 to 2019, Álvaro was the Producer of the San Juan International Film Festival, and since 2011, he has presented the renowned Caribbean Traveling Film Showcase in Puerto Rico.

 

From 2016 to 2020, he collaborated as a Production Professor and Producer of more than 20 fiction short films created in the Jacobo Morales Film Workshops, an innovative educational and artistic project created for public housing projects in Puerto Rico, with great support from those low-income communities.

 

From 2017 to 2020, Álvaro was a member of the Board of Directors at the Association of Documentary Filmmakers of Puerto Rico (AdocPR).

 

In 2025, Calderón released his 1st feature-length film as a Producer/Director for theatrical Cinema: "JULIA VIVE", a dramatic documentary which honors the life, work and legacy of the great Puerto Rican writer and patriot Julia De Burgos (1914-1953) with a modern outlook, as a truly universal & iconic woman.

 

Since then, “Julia VIVE” has been selected to international film festivals in various countries & continents and received several awards, as seen in www.juliavive.com.

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AUDIOVISUAL PORTFOLIO:

Portfolio/general (documentaries and other projects): 

https://vimeo.com/alvarocalderon

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