Jorge Preloran

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Jorge Preloran (born May 28, 1933 in Buenos Aires , † March 28, 2009 in Culver City ) was an Argentine - American documentary filmmaker.

Life

Preloran was born in Buenos Aires to an Argentine father and an Irish-American mother. After a first short film called Venganza (1954), he left Argentina and studied at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Film Studies . He graduated in 1961. With his dual citizenship , he served in the United States Armed Forces and was stationed in Germany. In 1961 his film career began with the Tinker Foundation, for which he made films about gauchos . With these films, he is considered a pioneer of ethnobiographical film, in which different ethnic groups are not portrayed as “primitive” and “exotic”, but rather individuals in their natural environment and with an open mind. His usual course of action included acquainting himself months in advance with the subject of his work and establishing a relationship and taking advice from those portrayed.

From 1963 to 1969 he mainly made films about Argentine folklore for the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán in the province of Tucumán . In 1969 he made Hermógenes Cayo ( Imaginero ), which is considered one of the ten best Argentinian films. In his long career he made more than 50 films. His film Luther Metke at 94 was nominated for Best Documentary Short at the 1981 Academy Awards.

Preloran taught at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television from 1976 to 1994. In 2007 he donated his life's work to the Smithsonian Institution's Human Studies Film Archives . He died on March 28, 2009 at the age of 75.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1954: Venganza (short film)
  • 1961: Death Be Not Proud
  • 1969: Hermógenes Cayo (Imaginero)
  • 1972: La iglesia de Yavi
  • 1973: The Ona People
  • 1975: The Warao People
  • 1979: Luther Metke at 94 (short documentary film)
  • 1980: Hector de Mauro Puppeteer
  • 1983: Mi tía Nora

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Documentary Educational Resources | Ethnographic, Documentary, and Non-fiction Films from Around the World | Jorge Prelorán. Retrieved February 8, 2020 (American English).
  2. ↑ a b Grant will allow restoration of four Jorge Prelorán films | Cultural Compass. December 16, 2011, accessed February 8, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b Jorge Preloran dies at 75; Argentine filmmaker and former UCLA professor. In: Los Angeles Times . April 5, 2009, Retrieved February 8, 2020 (American English).
  4. ^ Rossi, Juan José .: El Cine documental etnobiográfico de Jorge Prelorán . 1a ed. Ediciones Búsqueda, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1987, ISBN 950-560-048-8 , pp. 191-193 .
  5. ↑ Luther Metke a los 94 - IMDb. Retrieved February 8, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Preloran, Jorge
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Argentinian-American documentary filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Buenos Aires
DATE OF DEATH March 28, 2009
Place of death Culver City