Ciro Ayala

Ciro Ayala (born May 10 1981) is an independent music video and film director known for his dark and surreal style.
He also co-founded Provoke Films with Luis P. S. Liu and Liu Ming Fei.
Biography
Ciro Ayala was born on May 10, 1981 in Chaco Province,Argentina, the son of Miguel Angel Ayala, a police chief, and his wife Maria Ines Rojas, a professional nurse. Ciro was raised in Buenos Aires. Inspired by the films of Steven Spielberg, Ciro began making movies at age ten with a Panasonic video camera, a gift from his parents. His first "home made" movie was about a dinosaur brought to earth by an asteroid.
At age 15, Ciro edited videos for Interpol, Sport Championships and Identity Films, with his own Video Editing platform, installed at his bedroom. In 2000, at age 19, with the help of producer Facundo Marcías, Ciro wrote and directed his first independent movie, a 30 minute suspense short called Disfraz. The movie was later shown in the Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre International Film Festival for 3 consecutive years, as well as in Madrid and Paris.
Known for his dark style, his productions often have low-key lighting with green or blue tinted color temperature, use of wide shots and CGI.
Career in Asia
In 2002, Ciro left his University studies and moved to Taiwan. He went to work for several companies as 3D Architecture Designer, Art Director and Filmmaker, but discovered that he was more creative and efficient working by his own than under the wrong people. So, in 2008 he went on to found Provoke Films with his wife Liu Ming Fei.
Producing project work in nearly all media for exhibition in Europe, South America, Asia, and the United States, Ciro handles workflows in HD and Stereoscopic 3d.
Ciro Ayala has been credited with work on projects including videos for Jump Taipei, as well as AKM "Genera" and "House" music videos, and Sona's Think About You Music Video.
Commercial work includes Taiwan's Green World Ecological Park, Super Supau, Taiwan's Glenfiddich, Cite Communication, Mio GPS, Inventec Appliances Corporation, along with a "Japanese Buddhist Altar" documentary created for the Ethnographic Ambrosetti Museum.
His last works have been featured at the 2009 NAB Event , as the only Non-US content producer.
Provoke Films
Provoke Films (styled as "PÐ¯OVOKE" with faux Cyrillic in its production logo) has been the only foreign company located in Taipei selected to represent Asia at the National Association of Broadcaster Event in 2009 , in the categories of VFX and Animation.
Founded in 2008 by Liu Ming Fei and Ciro Ayala, the company strives to create innovative and unique film productions for the global market of entertainment, specializing primarily on Music Videos, VFX and CGI.
Nomination
On March 2009, Provoke Films' first music video, "Think About You", was nominated for an Asia Voice Independent Music Award in the category of Most Mind Blowing Music Video.
Filmography
Commercial Films
*"Japanese Porcelain Cups" (Japan, 2005)
*"Roboto" Super Supau (Taiwan, 2006)
*"Amazing Amazon" Green World Ecological Park (Taiwan, 2007)
*"Tiao Crew Presentation" Jump Taipei (Taiwan, 2007)
*"Sona Traceur" Jump Taipei (Taiwan 2007)
*"The Future of GPS" Mio (Germany, 2008)
*"IAC 2009 ID Film" Inventec (Taiwan/China, 2008)
*"Cite Communication" Cite (2008)
*"Meighan Nealon MV Portfolio" Auryn Music (2009)
*"Cite 2010 Calendars and products" Cite (2009)
Music Videos
*"House MV" Jonathan Newman (2006)
*"Genera MV" Jonathan Newman (2006)
*"Think About You" Sona (2008-2009)
*"Sunshine" Mario Dujic, featuring Marie Craven (2009)
*"Faces" Ashley Wallbridge and Andy Moor, featuring Meighan Nealon - Armada Music (2009)
*"Sin City" Markus Schulz (alias DAKOTA) - Armada Music (2009)
*"Yesterday" Da Fresh - Armada Music (2009)
*"Nothing At All" Rex Mundi feat. Susana - Armada Music (2009)
*"All That Mattered" Mischa Daniels vs. De Nuit - Armada Music (2009)
*"Blue Fear" Armin Van Buuren - Armada Music (2009)
*"Age Of Love" Andrew Bennett - Armada Music (2009)
Documentaries
*"Japanese Buddhist Altar" J.B. Ambrosetti Ethnographic Museum (Argentina and Taiwan, 2005)
Short Films
*"Inga Guji", Argentina (1996)
*"Asco", Argentina (1997)
*"Disfraz", Argentina (2000)
On Development
*"Something New - Music Video" DOM (January 2010)
*"The Pact" film (2011)
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