Alejandro Mateo was born in Buenos Aires in 1960. He is National Master
of Painting. He started his studies of action, theatre direction,
scenography and wardrobe with Guillermo de la Torre, María de los
Angeles Favale, Agustín Alezzo, Norberto Díaz, between others. Since
1985 he has performed as a teacher in the branch of plastic arts and
theatre. He directs "Ojo al bagre", "Trayecto", con Adriana Barenstein
y Claudio Nadie, "Lara, ayer soñé con muerte", con Alejandro Tantanian
y Walter Rosenzwit, "Balcón francés", "Fin de fiesta", con Alejandro
Tantanian, "Locas por Manuel", "Mujeres porteñas", "Partir de la
Odisea", "Blanco sobre blanco", con Ita Scaramuzza y Alfredo Rosenbaum,
y "Nadar en tierra". In 1982 and 1983 he takes part in the theatre
movement "Teatro abierto".
He realised an extensive career as theatre set and wardrobe designer
for movie, vídeo and television projects: "El despojamiento", by
Griselda Gambaro, "La fuerza de la costubre", by Thomas Bernhard,
"Inferno", by Mick Neikrug, "Hambre", by Walter Rosenzwit, "Hop Frog",
by Edgar Allan Poe, "El fabricante de fantasmas", by Roberto Arlt,
"Chau Misterix", by Mauricio Kartun, "Teresa Batista", by Jorge Amado,
"Tangogro", "Malambo para Ricardo III", "Romeo y Julieta expulsados del
paraíso", by Claudio Nadie, "Landrú asesino de mujeres", by Roberto
Perinelli and "Variaciones cromáticas alrededor del naranja", by
Robles-Bauer.
