Antonio Merlano
- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Antonio Merlano is an actor, writer and film producer with 10 years of
experience in the film industry. He graduated from the Neighborhood
Playhouse School of the Theater in New York City and the New York Film
Academy in Los Angeles. In 2006, Antonio returned to his native
country, Colombia, and founded Verasur Films. Soon after, he wrote,
produced and starred in La milagrosa, a feature film about the Guerilla
conflict and kidnapping in Colombia. La milagrosa became one of the
most successful pictures in Colombian history, playing in more than 40
countries and earning him the recognition of the Colombian Congress. In
2010 he wrote, produced and starred in the feature film Balls, a comedy
about an international street soccer tournament, set to be released in
Colombia and Mexico in late 2013. Antonio is in post production of his
opera primal, The night, a found footage horror film written and
directed by him. For his next project, Merlano has been working
alongside Marvel comics writer and artist, David Sexton on developing
an epic fantasy film called Mawak, the untold story of the conquest of
the Americas.
