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Hector ABAUNZA-Canales was born in Mexico City. He studied film in Paris and did further studies in Germany before he moved to Helsinki, Finland where he stayed and developed as a film director for 15 years. Hector kicked-off his career as a Director of Photography but soon started directing music videos. He directed over 30 music videos for different Scandinavian bands and also for Vaya Con Dios "James T. Slater" in Switzerland. He then made his directional debut in San Francisco, Las Vegas and NYC with a commercial for Leaf. Since then he has been directing all over the world, including Australia, Japan, USA, Mexico, South Africa, Brazil, Argentina, The Caribbean, France, The Middle East, Italy, Egypt, Turkey, Germany, Finland, Estonia, India, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Canada. Hector has a diverse directing style with great storytelling as his strongpoint. He has started endeavoring in visual projects lately and he likes to make small movies to sell products. Recently he was awarded with several Golds and Silvers including the Grand Prix of the Best of Scandinavian Advertising with the film Statoil Olaf and Statoil Bird. Nowadays he is based between London, UK and Milan Italy, but home is always where the next shoot is Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro or Sydney