RIP Mario Mitrotti

 

In Memoriam: Mario Mitrotti, President of DASC and a leader of the global audiovisual campaign

CISAC

May 20, 2024

 

The Latin American and global audiovisual rights community has lost a longstanding leader and friend, the Colombian film director Mario Mitrotti, who sadly passed on 20th May.

Mario Mitrotti was a multiple award-winning director of feature films, shorts, documentaries, TV dramas and commercial videos. He was also a theatre director and worked in many countries around Latin America, the USA and in Europe.

Mitrotti was a dedicated campaigner for audiovisual creators, working at local, regional and international level. Since 2014, he had been a key member in the founding of and President of the Colombian Society of Audiovisual Directors (DASC), a member of CISAC.  He was also active on behalf of the CISAC-affiliated global council Writers and Directors Worldwide (W&DW) and was President of the Alianza de Directores Audiovisuales Latinoamericanos (ADAL). Mario was also pivotal in the initiative to put in place the Pepe Sanchez Law to recognise the audiovisual remuneration right in Colombia.

CISAC community expresses its deep condolences to the DASC team and to Mario’s family and friends.

MITROTTI, Mario

Born: 2/4/1944, Colon, Panama

Died: 5/20/2024, Bogota, Colombia

 

Mario Mitrotti’s western – assistant director:

Aquileo venganza - 1968