Nelson
Carlo

Nelson Carlos de los Santos Arias was born in 1985 in Santo Domingo. He studied creative writing and media art at the Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE). In 2006 he moved to Buenos Aires to study film. At the Edinburgh College of Art from 2008–9 he turned to experimental film. In 2009, his first film She Said He Walks was awarded a BAFTA Award. He continued his art education at CalArts in Los Angeles, where he graduated with an MFA in Film / Video (2011–14).