he went to colegio bolivar and later graduated from new york university tisch school of the arts with a major in film and tv and a minor in cinema studies. after graduating he was mentored by french director raphael nadjari, with whom he produced 4 horror short films. he then worked for the video production company centro-films as producer, director and editor for 2 years. he also worked as a film critic for loft magazine between 2001–2004. has worked in the production department of 5 feature films: "bringing out the dead", "zoolander", "cremaster 2", "maria full of grace" and "the fittest". his short film "hoguera" (bonfire) was selected to participate in 2007 cannes director's fortnight. baiz has written and directed 5 short films, 3 music videos and 1 documentary. "satanás" was his debut feature film.