Andrés Baiz

Andrés Baiz Ochoa (born 1975), also known as Andi Baiz, is a Colombian film director and screenwriter. His first feature film, Satanás, was based on the novel of the same name by Mario Mendoza and won the awards for best film and best actor at the Monte Carlo Film Festival. He is also known for directing the feature films The Hidden Face (2011) and Roa (2013), and for his television work on Metástasis, Narcos, Narcos: Mexico, The Sandman and Griselda.

Life Early life and education Baiz was born in Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, in 1975. He went on to study film production and directing at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, majoring in Film and Television with a minor in Cinema Studies and additional coursework in film theory. After graduating, he was mentored by French director Raphael Nadjari, with whom he produced four horror short films. From 2001 to 2004 he worked as a director, producer and editor at the New York–based production company Centro-Films, and during the same period also wrote film criticism for Loft magazine. He additionally worked in the production departments of the feature films Bringing Out the Dead, Zoolander, Cremaster 2, Maria Full of Grace and The Fittest.

Early short films Before moving into features, Baiz wrote and directed several short films, music videos and a documentary, including A Short Statement About War and Billions Served (1997), Mass Production (1998), the music video Yo no quiero (2000), the short film La sesión (2001), the music video Homenaje (2002), the documentary Penumbra (2004) and the music video Sin decir una palabra (2006). His short film Hoguera ("Bonfire") was selected for the Directors' Fortnight at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.

Career Satanás, Baiz's feature debut, premiered in June 2007 and starred Mexican actor Damián Alcázar. It was based on the novel by Mario Mendoza, which was itself inspired by real events at the El Pozzetto restaurant in Bogotá, where on 4 December 1986 Vietnam War veteran Campo Elías Delgado killed several people after having already murdered his mother. The film won the awards for best film and best actor at the Monte Carlo Film Festival and was invited to screen at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. The film received a mix of favourable and unfavourable reviews in Colombia.

His second feature film, The Hidden Face is based on a screenplay written by and Hatem Khraiche Ruiz-Zorrilla. The film starred Colombian actress Martina García alongside Spanish actors Quim Gutiérrez and Clara Lago.

His third film, Roa, was filmed in Bogotá and centers on Juan Roa Sierra, the man considered to have assassinated Liberal Party leader Jorge Eliécer Gaitán. The film was released on 9 April 2013 to coincide with the anniversary of Gaitán's assassination.

Television Since the early 2010s Baiz has worked extensively in television, directing episodes of El cartel (2010) and Infiltrados (2011) before taking a larger role on Metástasis (2014) and serving as director and executive producer on Narcos (2015–2017) and Narcos: Mexico (2018). He later directed episodes of The Sandman (2022) and served as director and executive producer of the miniseries Griselda (2024).

Filmography Short film Year TitleDirectorWriterProducerEditor 2000 Payaso Hijueputa 2007 Hoguera 2008 Passing By

Feature film Year TitleDirectorWriterProducer 2007 Satanás 2011 The Hidden Face 2013 Roa 2024 Pimpinero: Blood and Oil TBA Fight for '84

Television Year TitleDirector Executiveproducer Notes 2010 El cartel 1 episode 2011 Infiltrados Episode "El asesinato de un Coronel" 2014 Metástasis 8 episodes 2015–2017 Narcos 12 episodes 2018 Narcos: Mexico 4 episodes 2022 The Sandman 2 episodes 2024 Griselda Miniseries