John Ciavaldini was born on Margarita Island, Venezuela, in 1986. After earning a degree in Social Communication from the Universidad Central de Venezuela, he attended the Ateliers Varan program in Cali, Colombia in 2013, thanks to an Ibermedia scholarship. He continued his studies with a master’s degree in Documentary Film at the Universidad del Cine (Argentina) and worked as a researcher for the journal La Cifra Impar.

John Ciavaldini has served as a programmer for the Human Rights Film Festival (FICDH) and the Environmental Film Festival (FINCA) in Argentina, as well as for FINCADH in Paraguay and Costa Rica.

A member of the film collective La Cordillera Films, founded in 2017, he has directed several documentaries, including Ventanas (2021), Reminiscencia (2019), Retratos Urgentes (2017), Glitch en el sistema (2016), and Entrelazados (2013). In 2026, he is developing his first feature film.