Luis Castro

Luis Oswaldo Castro Montero (born April 5, 1973) is a Venezuelan-British media entrepreneur based in London, and best known for his role as a director of the documentary Chávez, which was broadcast in several TV networks and awarded an Honorific Mention at the Havana Film Festival 2013.

He is a journalist with experience as a TV producer, presenter, director and head of Venispa Productions. His catalogue includes more than 200 productions, from TV documentaries, TV formats, news items and interviews broadcast by major international networks.

During his 20-year career he has travelled all over the world covering news, current affairs, business, eSports, art, and sports, from the UK to Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Panama, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, México, Hawaii, USA, Spain, France, Iran and Russia among others.

Life and career

Luis Castro was born in Caracas, Venezuela, on the 5th of April 1973.

Career ...

Television Luis created and produced a roundtable current affair TV series called Guayoyo, filmed in 12 countries in Latin America. and broadcast on the Iranian network HISPANTV.

He developed a docu-reality for the British network GinxTV focusing this time on eSports personalities. The series is called IRL had two seasons running on GinxTV.In 2014 he developed a docu-reality TV format called "Fuera del Area" that focuses on the real lives inside football, while expanding the same concept to the adult movie industry with a series called “Not so Private” hosted by the famous adult stars couple Jasmine Jae and Ryan Ryder.

Since 2017 he is the host and producer of the Latin-American affairs round table programmes “Cartas sobre la Mesa” broadcasting on RT en Español in which Luis debates with prominent politicians, academics and experts.

Luis is also an Interviewer for RT en español in which he had the chance to talk to important personalities like former president of Panama Ricardo Martinelli, salsa legend Oscar D’ Leon, Dominican legend singer Johnny Ventura, as well as other celebrities. Filmography Title Credit YearOccupy Wall Street Producer 2012 Alabama HB56: La ilegal ley contra la inmigración ilegal Producer 2012 Chile: Construyendo Sueños Post-Production 2013 El arte islámico en Francia Producer 2013 Islamofobia en Francia Producer 2013 Mezquitas improvisadas en España Producer 2013 Jornaleros en EE.UU. Producer 2013 Los 5 de Cuba contra el Terrorismo Producer 2013 Tráfico Humano y Esclavitud Moderna en EEUU Producer 2013 La Salud Dental latina en California Producer 2013 Muslims, Victims of Espionage in the USA Director 2013 Asotrecol Producer 2013 Chávez Director 2013 Conchita contra la Guerra Producer 2014 La Fotografía no es un Crimen Producer 2014 La Ley que Justifica el Homicidio Producer 2014 Hawaii The Stolen Paradise Director 2014 Cartas sobre la Mesa Director 2015 47Soul Director 2015 Ngabe Struggle Producer 2015 Ecuador the Poisoned rainforest Producer 2015 Frack off, Power to the people Producer 2015 Plan Andinia Director 2015 The Great Game Expedition Producer 2016 IRL (tv show) Director and Producer 2016 Not So Private Director and Producer 2016 Fuera del Area Director and Producer 2016

Awards As a Documentary Director Luis Castro was awarded an "Honorable Mention of the Jury" at the 2013 Havana Film Festival for his film Chávez, a biography film on the life and death of the Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez.