Gerardo Naumann is a main voice in an exciting new generation of theater and filmmakers in Argentina. He wrote and staged "Cosas" (2002) and "Emily" (2006), the latter presented in 2008 by Culturgest in a kitchen furniture store in Alvalade. He collaborated with Stefan Kaegi on the dramaturgy of "¡Sentate! El zoostituto" (2003). To make "Uruguay" (2006), the film behind "Una Obra Útil," he received a grant from the Proa and Typa Foundations.