Alejandro Santiago Ciena

Alejandro Santiago Ciena is a Latin Grammy Award-winner music video director. Santiago is the director of the production company Crema Batida Films, and also has credits as a second unit director for the Puerto-Rican film "Manuela y Manuel" (2007). Santiago is best known for his work directing music videos for the Puerto-Rican band Calle 13; Santiago is cousin of René Pérez (Residente), the band's lead singer. The first video directed for the band was "Calma Pueblo", the lead single of "Entren Los Que Quieran" in 2010. The video presented Calle 13 as terrorists dressed as nuns and was deemed as "violent" by Judy Cantor-Navas of "Billboard" magazine. Santiago, commented about the concept of the video, which uses nudity as a representation of freedom: "We wanted the lyrics and the visuals to be strong... we wanted it to be real, but still have a positive message to the show the union of people who fight to produce art." The video was recorded in Milla de Oro, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and was intended as a tribute to the work of American photographer Spencer Tunick. Calle 13 and Santiago received the Latin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video for "Calma Pueblo".
Santiago also directed "Muerte en Hawaii" for Calle 13. In the music video, Residente is joined by model Jimar Freshold, as they run for their lives on a beach with a "shocking ending". Crema Batida Films also were responsible for the production and direction for "Como Curar" by Zion & Lennox, a music video about a virus that infects women; the budget for the video was estimated at US$100,000. Santiago directed "Huérfano de Amor" for Don Omar featuring Syko, the second single of "" in 2011.