Santiago Giralt was born in 1977 in a small town called Venado Tuerto (One Eyed Deer) in Argentina’s Pampa. He is a prolific, multidisciplinary artist: a novelist, filmmaker, screenwriter, playwright, stage director, actor, and producer. His diverse body of work deals with LGTBQ themes, women’s rights, family and memory.

As a filmmaker, Giralt has written and directed more than a dozen films, screening at international film festivals and streaming across global content platforms. Some of the main titles are: Before Opening, Night, Jess & James, Here Kitty Kitty, Queer Diaries and the successful indie comedy saga upa! The last one Norma, was released globally on Netflix December 22nd, topping many charts and had more than 1.000.000 clicks on its first week.