Sebastián Gómez Ruiz

Judge for Wiley Blackwell Student Film Award

Sebastián Gómez Ruiz is an anthropologist and filmmaker. PhD in Society and Culture, University of Barcelona. MA in Visual Anthropology, University of Barcelona. MA in Anthropology, University of Los Andes. Anthropologist, University of Los Andes. Faculty member of the Department of Humanities and the Master’s in Social and Cultural Studies at Universidad El Bosque, and adjunct professor in the Master’s in Cultural Studies at Universidad Javeriana. His films have been featured in ethnographic film festivals such as Ethnocineca in Vienna, the Royal Anthropological Institute Film Festival in Bristol, the Mother Tongue Film Festival in Washington, and the Taiwan International Ethnographic Film Festival in Taipei. His work has been supported by scholarships such as Colciencias No. 765 – Doctorates Abroad (2016-2019), The Wenner-Gren Foundation (2020-2022), and Cinemateca Distrital de Bogotá – Sinfonías de Bacatá (2022).