Famous Film Directors from Colombia
Dec. at 46 (1926-1972)Álvaro Cepeda Samudio (March 30, 1926 – October 12, 1972) was a Colombian journalist, novelist, short story writer, and filmmaker. Within Colombia and the rest of Latin America, he is known in his own right as an important and innovative writer and journalist, largely inspiring much of the artistically, intellectually and politically active climate for which this particular time and place, that of mid-century Colombia, has become known. His fame is considerably more quaint outside his home country, where it derives primarily from his standing as having been part of the influential artistic and intellectual circle in Colombia in which fellow writer and journalist Gabriel García Márquez—with whom he was also a member of the more particularized Barranquilla Group—and painter Alejandro Obregón also played prominent roles. Only one of his works, La casa grande, has received considerable notice beyond the Spanish-speaking world, having been translated into several languages, English and French among them; his fame as a writer has therefore been significantly curtailed in the greater international readership, as the breadth of his literary and journalistic output has reached few audiences beyond those of Latin America and Latin American literary scholars.- Age: 49Andrés Baiz Ochoa (born 1975), also known as Andi Baiz, is a Colombian film director and screenwriter. As a film director, his first feature was Satanás, based on the book of the same name. He is known also for directing the film The Hidden Face and for the TV series Metástasis and Narcos.
Andrés Burgos Vallejo
Age: 51Andrés Burgos Vallejo is a film director, screenwriter and writer.- Age: 46Andrés Useche is an award-winning Colombian American writer, film director, graphic artist, singer-songwriter and activist.
Antonio Negret
Age: 42Antonio Negret is a film director, actor and screenwriter.- Age: 55Carlos Moreno is a film director, television director, film editor and screenwriter.
- Age: 44Carlos Osuna is a film director, editor and producer and a screenwriter.
Ciro Durán
Age: 87Ciro Durán is a film director, film editor and screenwriter.Ciro Guerra
Age: 43Ciro Guerra (born 6 February 1981) is a Colombian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his 2015 film Embrace of the Serpent, the film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.- Age: 81Fernando Vallejo Rendón (born 1942 in Medellín, Colombia) is a Colombian-born novelist, filmmaker and essayist. He obtained Mexican nationality in 2007.
- Age: 94Francisco Norden (born 9 November 1929) is a Colombian film director, screenwriter, editor and producer born in Brussels from an Austrian father and a Colombian mother. He has directed eight films between 1963 and 2005. His film Cóndores no entierran todos los días was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.
- Dec. at 87 (1927-2014)Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez (American Spanish: [ɡaˈβɾjel ɣaɾˈsi.a ˈmaɾkes] (listen); 6 March 1927 – 17 April 2014) was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo [ˈɡaβo] or Gabito [ɡaˈβito] throughout Latin America. Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century and one of the best in the Spanish language, he was awarded the 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. He pursued a self-directed education that resulted in his leaving law school for a career in journalism. From early on, he showed no inhibitions in his criticism of Colombian and foreign politics. In 1958, he married Mercedes Barcha; they had two sons, Rodrigo and Gonzalo.García Márquez started as a journalist, and wrote many acclaimed non-fiction works and short stories, but is best known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967), The Autumn of the Patriarch (1975), and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985). His works have achieved significant critical acclaim and widespread commercial success, most notably for popularizing a literary style known as magic realism, which uses magical elements and events in otherwise ordinary and realistic situations. Some of his works are set in the fictional village of Macondo (mainly inspired by his birthplace, Aracataca), and most of them explore the theme of solitude. Upon García Márquez’s death in April 2014, Juan Manuel Santos, the President of Colombia, called him "the greatest Colombian who ever lived."
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Harold Trompetero
Age: 53Harold Trompetero is a film director, producer and screenwriter.Iván D. Gaona
Age: 44Iván D. Gaona is a film and television director and a screenwriter.- Dec. at 59 (1947-2006)Jaime Osorio Gómez was a film producer, director and actor.
Jaime Osorio Marquez
Age: 48Jaime Osorio Marquez is a film director and screenwriter.Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza
Age: 49Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza is a film producer.- Age: 59John Legizamo is a multifaceted artist known for his extraordinary talent in the entertainment industry. Born on July 22, 1964, in Bogotá, Colombia, Leguizamo moved to New York City with his family at a young age. This move would prove pivotal, as it was in this city that he first developed his passion for acting. His journey began in the classrooms of the famous Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and later, at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Over the course of his career, Leguizamo has managed to leave an indelible mark on both stage and screen. He made his film debut in 1986 with Mixed Blood, but it was the one-man Broadway show Freak that truly catapulted him into stardom. The critically acclaimed show saw him receive a Tony nomination, solidifying his place in theatre history. In addition to this, his diverse roles in films like Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge!, and Ice Age have garnered him widespread recognition and appreciation from audiences worldwide. Leguizamo's work extends beyond just acting. He is also a talented writer and producer, having penned and produced several of his own stage performances. His autobiography Pimps, Hos, Playa Hatas, and All the Rest of My Hollywood Friends: My Life, published in 2006, offers an honest and humorous look into his life in Hollywood. Despite facing significant challenges and adversity throughout his life and career, John Leguizamo's resilience, talent, and dedication to his craft have cemented his status as one of the most versatile artists in the entertainment industry.More John Leguizamo
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Age: 31Juan Andrés Arango
Age: 48Juan Andrés Arango is a film director, screenwriter and cinematographer.- Age: 45Juan Felipe Orozco is a film producer, editor and a television director.
Juan Manuel Echavarría
Age: 77Juan Manuel Echavarria Olano is a present-day Latin American artist from Colombia. Born in 1947 in Medellín, Colombia and now resides in Bogotá, Colombia and New York City.Juan Vallejo
Juan Vallejo is a cinematographer, film director, film producer and film editor.Lisandro Duque Naranjo
Age: 80Lisandro Duque Naranjo is a Colombian film director and screenwriter. He has directed ten films since 1974. His 1983 film The Bicycle Racer was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival.- Age: 45Nieto is a film director and film score composer.
Manuela Montoya
Manuela Montoya is a film director and screenwriter.- Age: 70María Emma Mejía Vélez (born 27 September 1953) is a Colombian politician, diplomat, and journalist. She was the Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations to the United Nations in New York. She served as Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Education, and Ambassador of Colombia to Spain. She has been a member of the Foreign Affairs Advisory Commission of Colombia since 1999. Mejía Vélez also ran for vice-president and for mayor of Bogotá.
Pablo Alvarez-Mesa
Pablo ALvarez Mesa is a Colombian film director, film editor, cinematographer and screenwriter.- Paola Mendoza is an actress and film director.
- Age: 64Rodrigo García Barcha (born 24 August 1959), more commonly known as Rodrigo García, is a Colombian television and film director, screenwriter and former cinematographer, best known for his films Nine Lives (2005), Mother and Child (2009), Albert Nobbs (2011), Last Days in the Desert (2015), as well as his work on the HBO drama series In Treatment. He also created, wrote, and directed the award-winning web series Blue (2012–2015), starring Julia Stiles, for which he won an IAWTV Award in 2014.
