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A native of Miami, Florida, Jorge Diaz-Amador began making films at the age of 14, shooting science fiction themed Super-8 movies with his friends. This set off a lifelong study of filmmaking and art that continues to this day.

He graduated from the University of Miami in 1991 with a B. S. in Communications, specializing in Motion Pictures, with a second major in Fine Art. Along with the history and technique of the Cinema, Jorge also studied art history, painting, graphic design and fine art photography. All of which proved invaluable as an artistic reference for his work as a Cinematographer.

While at U of M, Jorge was considered one of the best cinematographers in his class and was always in demand to be DoP of student projects. He also considers himself fortunate to be a part of one of the last generations of film students that worked in a film-centric workflow, actually projecting film prints, rather than the video-centric workflow that is prevalent today.

After leaving U of M, he briefly pursued various interests, including professional still photography and industrial design before coming back to the film business. He then began work as a motion picture camera technician and camera assistant. He worked as a tech in Miami's largest camera rental house, where he learned the operation and maintenance of every model of professional 16mm and 35mm motion picture camera. Later turning free-lance as a First Camera Assitant, he had the opportunity to learn from many experienced Directors of Photography.

In 1994 he founded Diaz-Amador Productions, Inc., and began working as a Director of Photography. He worked on many varied projects, including several independent feature films. In 1996 he served as Director of Photography on two features, Never Look Back (a.k.a Always Something Better) and Suicide Blonde. Never Look Back was released in 1996 and was featured in many prominent film festivals such as the Cannes Film Festival, Hollywood Film Festival, the South Beach Film Festival, the Berlin film festival, and the Independent Feature Film Market 1996. The film was later released on DVD. Suicide Blonde which was also featured at IFFM 1996, premiered in 1999 and is available on DVD. He also shot second-unit footage for the horror feature Dweller in the Dark.

Subsequently he has concentrated on national and international television commercials, promo spots and music videos. Jorge was awarded three Promax International Gold Awards for his work as Director of Photography on promotional spots for the USA Network. His other clients include the Florida Marlins baseball team, Telemundo Network, WAMI-TV Miami FL, WHUB-TV Boston, WHOT-TV Atlanta and Pegasus ITV Digital Television. A fluent Spanish speaker, he has also done much work for the Latin market such as music videos for such international artists such as, Shakira, Celia Cruz, Ley Alejandro, Sergio Vargas, Brenda K. Starr and Strings.

He recently served as Director of Photograpy on Southern Justice, a feature film released domesticall by Velocity/THINKFilm. Southern Justice is available on DVD from Velocity Entertainment and was aired on Showtime Extreme and TMC Xtra cable channels in 2006, and the short films The Girl Next Door, About Matthew, Jamaica Motel and Dixon's Girl (in HD post-production)

In early 1999 Jorge launched a new division of Diaz-Amador Productions, Inc. named CinemaTechnic, which took over the technical side of the business. He began to service his own camera equipment as well as all models of ARRI motion picture cameras and lenses and specializes in custom modifications and upgrades.

Jorge was always a big believer in the promise of the Super 16mm format, and of motion picture film in general as an "organic" analog medium. The success of CinemaTechnic has been in no small part due to the tremendous Super 16mm renaissance and return to film from the over-hyped video formats that began in 2002 and is going strong today.

Jorge likes to call it the Analog Backlash: "After the flirtation with new technology medias has run its course, artists tend to always come back to media that have a tactile feeling. Media that seem give feeback to the artist and have a special quality that is often referred to as having a soul. Just as oil paint is still with us hundreds of years later, motion picture film will be around a lot longer than conventional wisdom would have it."

Today CinemaTechnic is one of the best known suppliers of Super 16mm camera and lens upgrades, and services customers worldwide. Jorge is recognized as an industry expert in the Super 16mm format and had led seminars on the format for Eastman Kodak Entertainment Imaging and was a panelist at the Cine Gear Expo Super 16 Master Class led by Jon Fauer, ASC.

Also an expert motion picture camera technician, Jorge has participated in the very selective ARRI, Cooke Optics and Carl Zeiss factory training programs. He is also a skilled precision machinist (self-taught) and has designed and made many of his own specialized tools.

Jorge still makes his primary residence in Miami, which he feels provides an ideal location for a international business.

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