Sergio Giral
Sergio Giral (born January 2, 1937 in Havana , Cuba ) is a Cuban film director.
Life
The son of an American and a Cuban, Giral grew up in New York City . In 1961, at the invitation of Néstor Almendros, he moved to Cuba to work with him at the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos . There he worked as a director's assistant and as head of the public relations department. He was a jury member at various film festivals, such as the Latin American Film Festival in Havana , the Damascus Film Festival in Syria and the Festival de Amiens in France . The films El otro Francisco , Rancheador and Maluala , which are part of his film trilogy on the age of slavery in the Caribbean , have received various Cuban and international awards. At the beginning of the 1990s he returned to the USA .
Filmography
- 1962: Heno y ensilaje
- 1964: La jaula
- 1965: Nuevo canto
- 1967: Cimarrón
- La muerte de Joe J. Jones (1967)
- Anatomía de un accidente (1970)
- Por accidente (1971)
- Querer y poder (1973)
- Qué bueno canta usted (1973)
- El Otro Francisco (1974)
- Rancheador (1976)
- Maluala (1977)
- Techo de vidrio (1982)
- Plácido (1986)
- María Antonia (1990)
- Dos Veces Ana (2010)
Web links
- Premios and filmography on the website of the ICAIC (span.)
- Sinopsis El otro Francisco
- Sinopsis Rancheador
- Sinopsis Maluala
- Sinopsis Techo de Vidrio
- Sinopsis Plácido
- Sinopsis María Antonia
Individual evidence
- ↑ Síntesis biográfica de Sergio Giral en el sitio oficial del ICAIC ( Memento of the original of June 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Giral, Sergio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cuban film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Havana , Cuba |