Daniela Creamer: three decades of a ‘festival’ career

As if it were a scene in a movie, the journalist and film critic Daniela Creamer knew well what her profession would be when she climbed the stairs of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes for the first timeFrance.

then it was a Latin American student in Rome, Italywhere he was studying his master’s degree in Journalism and to whom one of his classmates, knowing his love for the seventh art, accredited to attend the prestigious Cannes film festival.

To get in on that first occasion, in May 1989Daniela became a reporter for a Neapolitan radio. “Imagine, me, Ecuadorian, speaking Italian for a Neapolitan radio from Cannes”, remember laughing. “It was my first encounter with that world showcase, the most prestigious in the world, I got goosebumps and told myself that this was definitely what I wanted to doI was combining my great passion for cinema with my training”.

Since then, Daniela has cultivated an outstanding career, which now spans three decades, as special reporter at various film festivals for major media outlets around the world, including El País in Spain, La Jornada in Mexico and Diario EL UNIVERSO from Ecuador. Daniela has also attended Sundance, the Venice Film Festival, Miami, the Berlinale and the Platinum Awards.

“The interview in which I did babble was with Jack Nicholson“, remember. “The actor has an imposing presence and he also spoke with that fake tone of voice and raised his eyebrows as in The Shining, how horrible!”. However, in the end, everything worked out fine and Nicholson even agreed to take a photo with her. Other of his great exclusives have been with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.

Likewise, she has great appreciation for those personalities who always make her feel welcome, among them is Antonio Banderas (“it’s charming, it makes you feel like you’re the star”), Gael Garcia Bernal (“He always asks me: How is Ecuador, Daniela”) and Pedro Almodóvar, who he assures is very generous when he gives an interview.

On his list today he still has some pending names, such as that of the actor Timothee Chalamet, whom he saw in this latest edition of Cannes. “But he was almost unattainable, he was like a demigod on the red carpet.” and to the manager wes anderson (The French Dispatch), who this time did not accept interviews due to the pandemic. Although he was able to access tilda swinton.

Today, Daniela balances and plans her coverage with her time as a wife and mother of three children. In addition to her production company, Films Factory. (I)