Cristóbal Krusen

Cristóbal Krusen was born and raised in Tampa, Florida. While an English major at Harvard University, he intended pursuing a career as a novelist and poet. A growing interest in photography and the history of cinema, however, led him to simultaneously explore the world of filmmaking.[1]

Cristóbal Krusen
Writer/Director Cristóbal Krusen

Eventually, he changed his major and schools, graduating from New York University (BFA, Film and Television) in 1976.[2] That same year he started working in New York City with a small production company making commercials and industrial films. In the years that followed, Krusen worked for other New York-based companies in a range of capacities, including script reader, film editor, writer, and finally director/producer.

In the mid-1980s, Krusen began to focus on Spanish-language productions for U.S.-based relief agencies and Christian ministries outside of the USA. In 1988 he founded Messenger Films,[3] and produced his first dramatic film, Ropa Nueva para Felipe (New Clothes for Felipe).

In 1989 Krusen earned his MFA at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

He is also an author and has written the books Undaunted for Tyndale Momentum[4] and They Were Christians (Baker Books).

Sabina K., Krusen's newest completed film, has been shot on location in Bosnia and Herzegovina,[5] and had its world premiere at the 2015 Sarajevo Film Festival. In June 2016, Sabina K. won Best Picture and Best International Film at ICVM in Cincinnati, Ohio.