Jaime Humberto Hermosillo

Jaime Humberto Hermosillo (born January 22, 1942 in Aguascalientes , † January 13, 2020 in Guadalajara ) was a Mexican film director , film producer , screenwriter and university lecturer . He was one of the most successful filmmakers in Mexico in recent decades. In his films, Hermosillo, the only Mexican director to be openly homosexual , often addressed the hypocrisy of society.

Life

Jaime Humberto Hermosillo made his first film in 1965 with Homesick . The short film was based on a story by Albert Camus . Another short film followed in 1967, before Hermosillo presented his first full- length feature film Los nuestros in 1969 . As an independent filmmaker, he was able to continue his work under the government of José López Portillos , who became president on December 1, 1976 and appointed his sister Margarita López Portillo , who subsequently wiped out almost all state film funding, as director of all film studios and radio stations . Jaime Humberto Hermosillo released three films in 1977. In 1979 he made María de mi corazón based on a literary model by Gabriel García Márquez . This film, which tells a love story in which the main character María does not develop due to a mix-up, belongs to the genre of film comedy . The critic Tomás Pérez-Turrent wrote about this film that Hermosillo “once again… demonstrates his unique powers of observation of the [behavior], customs, myths and values of the Mexican middle class, caught in their everyday moods… at the same time , while appraising this seemingly banal everydayness, Hermosillo is also capable of penetrating beyond it on the fantastic, without any barrier to separate it from reality. ”In 1985 Hermosillo released the film Doña Herlinda y su hijo , which tells the story of a gay man who being forced into marriage by his mother to a woman as a facade. This film was seen as a commentary on moral standards in Mexico and received international attention. In 1988, El verano de la señora Forbes was another adaptation of a novel by Gabriel García Márquez by Hermosillo. In the sex comedy The Homework from 1991, the faces of the actors cannot be seen for a long time due to the camera position. The film was in just one setting turned. In 1992 Jaime Humberto Hermosillo had a less successful sequel with La tarea prohibida .

Jaime Humberto Hermosillo taught film at the University of Guadalajara . He was involved in some productions of his students.

Filmography

literature

Carl J. Mora, "Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004." McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson NC 2005. ISBN 978-0-7864-2083-4

Web links

Jaime Humberto Hermosillo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Information on cinemexicano.mx

Individual evidence

^ Andrea Noble: "Mexican National Cinema." Taylor & Francis, 2005. pp. 21.
^ Carl J. Mora, "Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004." McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson NC 2005. Page 147.
^ Carl J. Mora, "Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004." McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson NC 2005. p. 158.

personal data
SURNAME	Hermosillo, Jaime Humberto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Mexican film director, film producer, screenwriter and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 22, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH	Aguascalientes
DATE OF DEATH	January 13, 2020
Place of death	Guadalajara

[auslöschen-1] Andrea Noble: "Mexican National Cinema." Taylor & Francis, 2005. pp. 21.

[2] Carl J. Mora, "Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004." McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson NC 2005. Page 147.

[schwul-3] Carl J. Mora, "Mexican Cinema: Reflections of a Society, 1896-2004." McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson NC 2005. p. 158.