Ariel Escalante

Ariel Escalante (born 1984; San José) is a Costa Rican screenwriter, film editor and director.

He edited Janaína Marqués's 2009 short Los minutos, las horas (The Minutes, the Hours) which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and Clermont-Ferrand, where it won the Special Jury Award, as well as Carlo Guillermo Proto's documentary El Huaso, which premiered at Guadalajara, Lima, Hot Docs, Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival and Quebec, where it won the Audience Award. The Sound of Things, Escalante's feature directorial debut, premiered at Mar del Plata, Biarritz, Panama, and Moscow, where it won the Kommersant Weekend Prize. The Sound of Things was selected as the sixth ever Costa Rican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film, but it was not nominated.

Ariel Escalante is known for work in directing across film and television. New Release currently presents 20 verified screen credits connected to this profile.

Selected work includes The Sound of Things (2016), Domingo and the Mist (2022), Los Minutos, Las Horas (2011), Puro Mula (2011), In the Cradle of Granite, The Eye and the Wall (2021), Land of Ashes (2020), Rosado Furia (2014). The recorded credits span 2009 to 2022, including 20 movies and 0 TV shows.

The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.