Explorart was founded by Juan Carlos López-Duran, an up-and-coming Latin American filmmaker, who has been credited on some of the most highly acclaimed film and television productions coming from the Venezuelan film industry during the past decade.

Recently he has focused his creative work on directing and is currently the producer and director of the feature film "The White Song" and the documentary series "Soles del Sur", both of which are currently being produced by Explorart.

In 1997 López-Duran co-founded Cinema SUR, which rapidly became one of the most influential film production companies in Latin America. While with Cinema SUR he produced "A House with a view of the Sea" by Alberto Arvelo (2000), winner of more than 15 international awards and recognized as one of the best films ever produced by the Venezuelan Film industry. He also produced several influential feature films including "La Pluma del Arcángel" by Luis Manzo (2000) y "Sangrador" by Leonardo Henriquez, (1999). In 2000, he developed, produced, and directed, with filmmaker Alberto Arvelo,, "Los Últimos", a television drama series that became the highest ranked Venezuelan TV series of the past decade. In 1997, serving as a producer for AM Films, López-Duran served as casting director of the internationally acclaimed film "One life and Two Trails".

Juan Carlos López-Duran left Cinema SUR in 2001 in order to create Explorart. As President and chief artistic director of Explorart, López-Durán is currently producing a number of exciting films and documentary series for global distribution.