Sergio Morkin is an Argentinean documentary filmmaker living in Mexico. He studied cinematography in Buenos Aires and graduated in 1995, and was drawn into film and drama direction. His critically acclaimed documentary film “Oscar” (2004) has received numerous international awards. Since then, Morkin has worked for several production companies and directed different documentary films for TV. He also designs and teaches documentary filmmaking workshops throughout Mexico and is project consultant for documentaries.

In 2012 he filmed and directed “The Ginger Ninjas Ride Mexico”, a feature documentary film that audiences have responded enthusiastically to at film festivals. 

Morkin is a founding partner of Lupe & Hijos Films and produced “The Charro of Toluquilla”, a documentary film by director José Villalobos Romero and coproduced by IMCINE.

His most recent documentary “Maricarmen”, coproduced by IMCINE, will be premiered in 2019. This film has received many awards in several festivals: Best Documentary Feature at the San Diego Latino Film Festival, Public’s Choice Award at the Morelia International Film Festival, among others. The official premier in Mexico at cinema halls is planned at the beginning of 2021, and will be distributed by Cinepolis. 

His projects have obtained support from several institutions like Fondo Nacional de las Artes, (Argentina), Altercine (Canada), Aeci (Spain), Docsforum (Mexico), ITDP (Mexico), IMCINE (Mexico), Tribeca Film Institute (USA) Gabriel Figueroa Fund (Mexico) Fundación Cinépolis (Mexico), EFICINE (Mexico), among others.