Cuban-born, Zaldivar lives in the United States. Zaldivar started a film career as a sound editor and designer working in Academy Nominated films such as Ang Lee’s “Sense and Sensibility;” “On the ropes” and on HBO’s America Undercover, which garnered an Emmy nomination. As director, Zaldivar’s film and video artworks have screened at many festivals worldwide and broadcast on PBS, ABC, IFC, Showtime and WE. Zaldivar is the recipient of numerous grants and awards and a Sundance Feature Program fellow with directing credit highlights including “90 Miles” (PBS), “The Story of the Red Rose” (Showtime), “Palingenesis” and “Soldiers Pay” (IFC), and “SwampScapes”. Zaldivar’s video art work has exhibited in art fairs and is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami (MOCANOMI). Zaldivar has produced 4 VR experiences.