An architect from the Universidad de los Andes (1986) and holder of a master's degree in philosophy from the Universidad Javeriana (2010), Mauricio Durán has practised teaching and research in the audiovisual field for more than three decades. Since the early nineties he has been a professor-researcher at the Department of Visual Arts of the Universidad Javeriana, where he has directed auteur cinema projects and trained generations of filmmakers.
His intellectual work focuses on cinema as a machine of thought and a transformer of perception. His writing combines philosophical rigour, aesthetic experience and analysis of urban narratives, eschewing both academic formalism and impressionistic criticism. His publications include the books La Máquina Cinematográfica y el arte moderno (2009) and El Cine como máquina de pensamiento y control (2021).
