CREATIVITY
EXPERIENCE
Nicolás
bruce
Creative Director & Art Entrepeneur
Multilingual, versatile audio-visual storyteller and art entrepeneur with over a decade of international experience creating cinematic work across film, photography, and social media. Nicolás is a creative director, professional photographer, cinematographer, art director, scriptwriter, video-editor, social media content creator, performer and model who combines narrative strategy and visual design to build stories that audiences remember. He also has work in the music industry as an event director, exhibition curator and music manager.
His style is defined by the cinematic grandeur and emotional depth of film. Across disciplines, he approaches every project with passion, narrative quality, teamwork, loyalty to the identity of each brand and respect for professional standards and audience expectations. Whether working in commerical, editorial, journalistic, beauty or fashion, Nicolás seeks to create pieces and moments that feel intentional, memorable, and emotionally alive. He directs every team to be creative, original, and innovative.
STORY
Nicolás began his journey at 16 while volunteering in underserved, marginalized communities in Colombia. He bought his first camera and went along under the direction of Fundación Jeronimo Emiliani. Working alonside children, mothers, animals and folks undergoing inhuman conditions, he discovered that storytelling and photography could become a powerful tool for empathy, change, and human connection. In that moment, the interest in Politics and activism swifted into the dream of making movies.
His academic education spanned in three countries. Art Direction for Audiovisual Productions course at Zona Cinco Escuela de Cine y Fotografia. Then Literature in the Studienkolleg der Universität Heidelberg. After being rejected for Cinematography at the Babelsberg Universität Berlin, he did a year of Political Sciences and Philosophy in the Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, and resulting pursuing an Associate in Film Production at Broward College in South Florida.
Although his academic background shaped his international perspective, it was his personal work and guidance of mentors that forged his knowledge and career. In Bogotá, he worked as an assistant for photographer Rafael Manosalva, creative psychologist Maria Caro Feliz, and art director Angelica Zarur. He was a pupil to Herr Christ and Herr Krummer, professors of Linguistics and Literature in Heidelberg who brought him into playwright and theater-acting as an extracurricular activity. In South Florida, where his career took off, he perform several full-time jobs with and for fashion designer Lis Castello at Lis Castello Designs, art curator Juliana Forero at Nomad Art Projects, gallery manager Felisa Prieto at Pompano Beach Cultural Affairs Department, and known fitness influencer Ashton Hall. All of them deepened his understanding of business, advertisement, audience, fine arts, story architecture and performance. He has worked for clothing brands, restaurants, cosmetic clinics and products, and has collaborated with Latino personal brands with millions of followers, into reaching hundreds of million of views and hundreds of thousands of new followers.
The music industry became another defining chapter in Nicolás’ career, connecting him with collaborators who shared his commitment for community, storytelling, and artistic innovation. Believing that creativity thrives through collaboration, he’s been working alongside artists, entrepeneurs and cultural leaders to strenghten South Florida’s creative ecosystem.
Together with urban-performer Tyan Pa and entrepeneur Ricardo Souquet, Bruce co-founded 954 The New Miami, a multidisciplinary movement dedicating to connecting emerging artists with audiences. As a curator, event producer, and creative director, he has helped organize exhibitions, concerts, cultural events, raves and experiences that celebrate the local talent from all genres while bringing internationally recognized performers.
These projects have sold out venues, generated tens of thousands of dollars in reveneu, and introduced distinctive approaches to concert marketing, audience engagement and logistics. It has also brought reveneu to locals and small businesses. This platform also invests efforts and resources into promoting emerging talent through a merit-based system.