Aldo Salvini is a celebrated director and writer. He began his career in 1991 with four short films produced by Francisco Lombardi and Inca Producciones. His debut feature film, Bala perdida (2001), produced by Iguana Producciones, won the Critics’ Prize at the 5th Lima Film Festival. In 2005, he directed the documentary El caudillo pardo, earning another Critics’ Prize at the 9th Lima Film Festival.

In 2018, Salvini directed two sequels to the iconic Peruvian film Django: la otra cara: Django: En el nombre del hijo and Django: Sangre de mi sangre. The latter became his highest-grossing work to date. In 2021, Salvini gained international acclaim with Moon’s Heart, the first Peruvian film to win Best Film at the SCI-FI London Film Festival, along with a Best Actress award for Haydeé Cáceres.