Maria De Kannon Clè

President and CEO of BGF

Born in Madrid (Spain)

María de Kannon Clè is a Filmmaker, Writer and Producer, currently combining her work as a filmmaker with the presidency of the non-profit organisation, Brains Get Famous, which she founded in 2021. Maria after her studies in UK and Switzerland, came back to Madrid, Spain afer leaving in london and Los Angeles,  started very young her production career in 2001, setting up her own production company, taking charge  of the production, direction and presentation of the radio program ARTE 2 on Cibeles FM, a  radio station owned by one of the most acclaimed radio host and broadcaster in Spain,  Luis del Olmo. ARTE 2  was  dedicated to different artistic disciplines, with interviews, international guests of great renown. Maria has interviewed for her program , the american director Steven Soderbergh, the french actor and filmaker Albert Duponet,  the argentinian  filmmaker Gaspar Noé, the british singer and composer Gary Christian  (The Christians), the american band Parker & Lily,  the american band Imperial Teen,  the american singer Elvis Perkins, the british band Boedekka, the german-painter Thilo Heinzman, the German SculptorTobias Reheberger, the spanish ballet dancer Victor Ullate, the spanish actor Fernando Guillén, the spanish choreograph Eduardo Lao, the spanish actor José Coronado, the danish actor Mads Mikkelsen, the german galerist Heinrich  Erhhardt, the spanish fasion designer Modesto Lomba, the american actor Christian Slater among others. 

 The succsess of the ARTE 2 program, together with the impression and the contact with this large group of artists have served María as inspiration for the NGO to help patients both children and adults to recover neuroplasticity througt the powerful effect of the arts and its numerous benefits. In addition to giving visibility through global movements and artistic events around the world..

In 2004 one of her scripts was selected by EGEDA and the Madrid film Commission to be produced and represent Spain at the LALIFF film festival. 

In 2008 she organized  with the spanish actress Angela Molina an international film festival in Madrid.  María directed the festival where she was  sponsored by the american director, writer, actor and producer David Lynch, the american producer and composer Quincy Jones, the spanish artist director and design producer Gil Parrondo (the first spaniard to win two Accademy Awards), the french designer producer Alain Bainée and the american actor and producer Nick Nolte.

 In 2011 she becames the international ambassador of the international art school of cinema in Madrid Spain "TAI"

In 2015 together with the actor and director Michael Brando founded a branch of Brando Pictures in Spain, " Brando Pictures Spain with the intention of fulfilling the dream of Michael´s grandfather, Marlon brando of bringing to the cinema a version of Hamlet based on the ideas and notes of Marlon Brando.

In 2018  María became the international ambassador of the Seminci Film Festival through the direction of the journalist Javier Angulo.

María as a filmmaker and producer has been working with the hungarian cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, the american actor Matt Dillon, the german filmmaker and actor Til Shweiger, the chilean artist Alejandro Jodorowsky and the american actor and producer Nick Nolte.

 After her recovery María has resumed film projects on hold due to the surgery. 

María is currently in full production and development of the film documentary SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO together with the BGF  team  to raise awareness and funds. Designing the production together with the spanish singer Mónica Molina of the charity album LONELY MINDS and the concert tour. THE BRAINS ROCK Tour.

María is promoting artistics activities for Brains Get Famous  with the support af artists and friends of many of the friends who have worked with her before and with new artists and friends who incorporate the NGO forming a beautiful and motivating family.

Languages: Spanish, French, English, basic German  and Italian language and intermediate level in Japanese.

Christian Brogna

Medical and Scientific Director of BGF

Born in Italy

Christian Brogna is an international expert neurosurgeon in complex brain and spinal cord tumour surgery. He grew up in Rome, Italy, where he became a Consultant Neurosurgeon in 2009. In 2007 he performed with Prof. Maurizio Salvati the first successful awake surgery with brain mapping in the Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rome La Sapienza, after returning from his neuro-oncology fellowship and brain mapping training with Prof. Hugue Duffau at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, France. He trained with Prof. Ugur Ture in advanced microneurosurgical techniques in brain tumour surgery, at Yeditepe University, Istanbul. In 2013 Dr Brogna gained his PhD in Neuroscience. Since he has advanced the surgery of brain and spinal cord tumours combining excellence in neuroanatomy -under the mentorship of Prof. Guilherme Ribas, Sao Paulo, Brazil-, nuances in brain and spinal cord mapping and state of the art microneurosurgical techniques. From 2013 to 2020 he worked as a neurosurgeon with specific interest in neuro-oncological surgery at King’s College Hospital, London, UK, in 2018 as a research fellow at King’s London University. He conducts research in new brain and spinal cord mapping techniques and awake surgery in neuro-oncology to enhance safety for patients receiving brain and spinal cord tumour surgery. Since 2022 he is working as a leading Consultant Neurosurgeon and Neuro-oncology at Paideia International Hospital, Rome, Italy. 

Languages: Italian, English, French

Ciro González-Mohíno

Youth volunteer department Director of BGF

Born in Madrid (Spain).

 Student of the IB program at the Liceo Europeo. Ciro speaks English, Chinese, French and Spanish. Our Director of the department  of volunteer is contributing to help BGF to raise fiunds through the sale of the NGO bracelets whose logo has been designed by himself.  In addition Ciro is working in the production department of the film documentary tittled: Should I Stay or Should I go?

Languages: Spanish, English, Chinese, French 

Mónica Molina

Music department Director and Ambassador of BGF

Born in Madrid (Spain)

Mónica Molina is a melodic singer, music producer and Spanisn actress belonging to a well-known saga of artists, her father is the admired Antonio Molina one of the most respected and admired singers in Spain of all times. Mónica has been album platinum and candidate and candidate for the Latin Grammys and the Spanish music awards.

 Monica Molina is also one of our prestigious international ambassadors and part of the  cast of wonderful artists who are part of THE BRAINS ROCK Concert Tour and of our music album LONELY MINDS.

Languages: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese 

Kenya Soraya Martínez Ponce

Outreach and Foreign Affairs Director of BGF

Born in México. Labour etivity. 

Legal Advisor at the Electoral institute of the State at Zacatecas. (1998)

Secretary of Study  and Account of the State Eelctoral Tribunal of Zacatecas. (2002)

Legal Advisor in the Coordination of Jurispucdencin and Judicial Statistics in the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judicial Power. (2006)

Assistant Secretary in the Office of Magistrate Amando L.Mabret Henandez and the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Distrit. (2006-2010)

Judicial Advisor in the Mexican Association  of Justice Administration AC. (2013-2014)

Management Coordinator at the Pesidency of Judge Gabriela del Valle Perez at the Federal Distrit Electoral Tribunal. (2014-2015)

Auditor at the General Comptroller´s Office of the Federal District Electoral Tribunal. (2017)

Executive Secretary of the Guadalajara Regional Chamber of the TEPJ. (2017-2019)

Private Secretary to Judge Gabriela del Valle Pérez in the Guadalajara Regional Chmaber of the TEPJ.(2019-2021)

Support Secretary  in the General Secretariat of Agreements of the Superior Chamber of the Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Juduciary (2021).

Academic Data.

PhD candidate in law in the programme"Constitutional protection of Fundamental Rights" at the University of Alicante, Spain.

Specialist course in "Legal Argumentation" at the University of Alicante, Spain.

Master´s degree in Electoral Law at the Autonomous University of Durango, Campus Zacatecas.

Law degree from the Autonomous University of Zacatecas.

Doctorate in Law from the University of Alicante, Spain.

Distinctions:

Fellow of  the Friedrich Naumann Foundation from 1996 to 2002.

Scholarship holder of the BANCAJA Foundation, Scholarship for Latin America.

Languages.

Spanish, Italian, English