Alain Maiki (born March 29, 1977) is a

Venezuelan-American Venezuelan Americans ( es, link=no, venezolano-americanos or ) are Americans who trace their heritage, or part of their heritage, to the nation of Venezuela. The word may refer to someone born in the US of Venezuelan descent or to someone who ha ...

director and

producer Producer or producers may refer to: Occupations *Producer (agriculture), a farm operator *A stakeholder of economic production *Film producer, supervises the making of films **Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...

. Maiki, a former music producer and

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

, began his film career in 2009, with a fast-paced success in the independent film industry. Maiki has been emerging as a filmmaker-producer with his first short film titled ''Harmony'', followed by his debut feature film "''Devuélveme La Vida''" released in Venezuela in January 2016 and earning a noticeable success among a few international

film festivals A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upon ...

. Followed by his debut feature, he now has finished his second feature titled ''UMA'' a drama/love story shot in Italy and currently under post-production that will be released in 2017 in at least three countries and two continents. In addition, Maiki is gaining interest for future feature film production for 2017 and 2018.

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1977 births Living people Venezuelan film directors Place of birth missing (living people) {{Venezuela-film-director-stub