LUIS VEGA
Art Director
RESUME
Feature Films
Production Designer
«Blink Twice»
Directed by Zoë Kravitz.
Produced by MGM.
Mexico 2022
Production Designer
«Hail Mary»
Directed by Rosemary Rodriguez.
Produced by Spark House Media.
Mexico 2021-2022.
Supervising Art Director
“Bardo”
Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu.
Produced by RedRum.
Mexico 2020-2021.
Production designer
“Placa De Acero”
Directed by Abe Rosenberg.
Produced by Magnifico.
Mexico 2018.
Production designer
“Valentina´s Wedding”
Directed by Marco Polo Constandse.
Produced by Filmadora Nacional.
Mexico 2017.
Production designer
“A Beginner’s Guide To The Presidency”
Directed by Salim Nayar.
Produced by Sfera Films.
Mexico 2016.
Production designer
“Mientras El Lobo No Está”
Directed by Joseph Hemsani.
Produced by Magnifico.
Mexico 2016.
Production Designer
“Sundays”.
Directed by Mischa Rozema.
Produced by Post Panic.
Mexico 2015.
Production designer
“Un Padre No Tan Padre”
Directed by Raul Martinez.
Produced by Panorama.
Mexico 2015.
Production designer
“El Crimen Del Cacaro Gumaro”
Directed by Emilio Portes
Produced by Blue Films
Mexico 2013.
Production Designer
“Bestial”.
Directed by Diego de Haro
Produced by Alebrije Producciones.
Mexico 2013.
Production Designer
“I hate Love”.
Directed by Humberto Hinojosa.
Produced by Tigre Films.
Mexico 2012.
Production Designer
«Morelos”.
Directed by Antonio Serrano.
Produced by Astillero Films.
Mexico 2012.
Production Designer
“Memories of My Melancholy Whores”
Written by Gabriel García Márquez.
Directed by Henning Carlsen.
Mexico 2011.
Commercials
Production Designer
on the Pringles commercial:
«The best of us».
Directed by Tom Kuntz.
Produced by MJZ,
2022.
Production Designer
on the YouTube commercial:
«YouTubeTV».
Directed by Alex Prager.
Produced by Art & Science,
2022.
Production Designer
on the TUBI commercial:
«Rabbit Hole».
Directed by Tom Kuntz.
Produced by MJZ,
2022.
Production Designer
on WhatsApp commercial:
«The Real Fireworks Within».
Directed by Nicolai Fuglsig.
Produced by MJZ,
2022.
Production Designer
on the Apple commercial:
«IPhone SE».
Directed by Henry Hobson.
Produced by MJZ,
2020.
Production Designer
on the Ford commercial:
«Bring on Tomorrow».
Directed by Nicolai Fuglsig.
Produced by MJZ,
2019.
Production Designer
on the Vodafone commercial:
«The Gate».
Directed by Sebastian Strasser.
Produced by Anorak,
2019.
Production Designer
on the José Cuervo commercial:
«Father of…».
Directed by Isaiah Seret.
Produced by Biscuit Filmworks,
2019.
Production Designer
on the Samsung commercial:
«Winner».
Directed by Sebastian Strasser.
Produced by Radical Media,
2019.
Production Designer
on the Bacardi commercial:
«Bacardi Reserva».
Directed by Paul Hunter.
Produced by Pretty Bird,
2018.
Production Designer
on the Genesis commercial:
«Born To Be Driven».
Directed by Nicolai Fuglsig.
Produced by MJZ,
2018.
Production Designer
on the Samsung commercial: “Crown”.
Directed by Hoffman/Metoyer.
Produced by MJZ,
2018.
Production Designer
on the Samsung commercial: “Don’t die on me”.
Directed by Hoffman/Metoyer.
Produced by MJZ,
2017.
Production Designer
on the Ice Breakers commercials: «Text», «Dance Circle» & «Cement Shoes”.
Directed by Steve Ayson.
Produced by MJZ,
2017.
Co-Production Designer with KK Barrett
on the commercial “Get Ready” for Macy’s.
Directed by Nicolai Fuglsig.
Produced by MJZ,
2017.
Production Designer
on four commercials under the titles: “Smell ‘Em Who’s boss” for Old Spice.
Directed by Steve Ayson.
Produced by MJZ,
2016.
Production Designer
on the commercial “Spiders” for Gillette.
Directed by Vesa Manninen.
Produced by RESET Content
2016.
Production Designer
on the commercial “Halloween Horror Nights” for Universal Studios.
Directed by Phil Joanou.
Produced by MJZ,
2016.
Production Designer
on the commercial “One Touch Latte” for Internacional Delight.
Directed by Niko Kasakoff.
Produced by 1stAveMachine,
2016.
Production Designer
on the commercial “City Diary” for H&M.
Directed by Gustav Johansson.
Produced by New Land.
2016.
Production Designer
on the commercial “Flashback” for Hallmark Cards.
Directed by Pete Riski.
Produced by Rattling Stick.
2016.
Production Designer
on the commercial “Fight Circle” for Mortal Kombat X.
Directed by Phil Joanou.
Produced by MJZ.
2015.
Production Designer
on commercial for Sony Xperia.
Directed by Christian Weber.
Produced by Park Pictures.
2015.
Production Designer
on the commercial “Follow the ref” for Facebook.
Directed by Adam & Dave.
Produced by Arts & Sciences.
2014.
Production Designer
on the commercial “Fan Trainer” for
P & G.
Directed by Nico Kasakoff & Jony Perel.
Produced by Nunchaku.
2014.
Production Designer
on the commercial “Wake up to life” for Nescafé.
Directed by Bluesource.
Produced by MJZ.
2013.
Production Designer
on the commercial “I Love Popcorn” for Orville Redenbacher’s.
Directed by Bart Timmer.
Produced by Interrogate.
2013.
Production Designer
on the commercial “SIMS 4” for EA.
Directed by David Parker & Cole Schreiber.
Produced by MJZ.
2012.
Short Films
Production Designer
on the Short film “Sundays”.
Directed by Mischa Rozema.
Produced by Post Panic.
Mexico 2015.
Production Designer
on the Shortfilm “Bestial”.
Directed by Diego de Haro
Produced by Alebrije Producciones.
Mexico 2013.
Production Designer
on the Shortfilm «Los dos Perez».
Directed by Adolfo Dávila
Produced by NEURAL FILMS
Cinematography by: MIGUEL LOPEZ
Mexico 2009.
Production Designer
on the Shortfilm «Baby Marx»
Directed by Pedro Reyes
Produced by DETALLE FILMS
Cinematography byVICENTE PAUSO
Mexico 2011.
Bio
Roberto Bonelli is considered one of the most versatile Production Designers in the industry. He has done major studio movies as Art Director, Set Decorator and Production designer.
In his 25-year career he has worked in Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America. He speaks fluently English, Spanish, Italian and Danish. He has worked on 24 feature films and been the Production Designer on 12 of them.
Apart from feature films, Bonelli is also a Production designer for commercials. He has done Superbowl commercials for Bud Light, Turbo Tax, Pringles and TUBI and also important commercial campaigns for Ford, YouTube, Samsung, HP and Bacardi.
Roberto Bonelli was born on the 14th of November 1972 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
He is the son of a Danish mother and an Italian father, and lived in Copenhagen until 1991. After High School, he went to Italy to study Theatre Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Palermo. In 1995 he transferred to Florence Academy of Fine Arts to specialize in Design for Film & TV and in 1997 he graduated with first class honors.
In 2019, he received an 0-1 work visa for the U.S. by being classified as «An individual of extraordinary ability» by the USCIS.
His complete filmography can be seen on imdb.com but here are some picks:
In 2001, he was the principal Set Design ‘Frida’ which was nominated for the Oscar for best Production Design.
In 2004, he spent seven months between Shanghai and Hong Kong designing sets for the sci-fi movie ‘Ultra Violet’ staring Milla Jovovich.
Then in 2006 he was the key Art Director on Mel Gibson’s acclaimed movie ‘Apocalypto’. Straight from that we went to work as Art Director on ‘Love In The Time Of Cholera’ directed by Mike Newell.
In 2008, he was the Set Decorator on the 20th Century Fox production ‘Dragonball Evolution’.
In 2010, he did the Production Design on ‘Memoria De Mis Putas Triste’ Directed by Henning Carlsen.
In 2012, he was the Production Designer on the epic historical movie about the Mexican independence hero: ‘Morelos’.
In 2021, he was the Supervising Art Director on ‘Bardo’ Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, for which he was nominated for an Art Director Guild Award and won a Mexican Academy Award for best Production Design.
In 2022, he was the Production Designer on ‘Blink Twice’, directed by Zoë Kravitz and produced by Bruce Cohen for MGM.
2023 and the first quarter of 2024 he was the Production Design for season 1 and 2 of the Netflix series: ‘Bandidos’.
Since 2005 Bonelli is based in Mexico City where he is one of the leading figures in turning Production Design into a more environmentally sustainable discipline.
Apart from movies he also has a big passion for puppet Theater and works in his spare time on producing children’s shows based on Hans Christian Andersen’s stories.
He is married to the Production Designer Fernanda Contreras, and together they have two teenage kids.
