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Manuel Trujillo Durán
Manuel Trujillo Durán (8 January 1871 – 14 March 1933) was a Venezuelan photographer who pioneered film in Venezuela. Trujillo was most successful as a photographer, though he dabbled in other industries and is best remembered for his connections to the fledgling film industry in Venezuela. He became one of the first people from Latin America to learn how to show films; he was thought for many years to be the director of Venezuela's first films, and traveled through Venezuela and Colombia with projectors to introduce cinema to this part of the South American continent. Early and personal life Manuel María Segundo de la Trinidad Trujillo Durán was born in Maracaibo, Maracaibo, Zulia, a prosperous city in northwest Venezuela, on 8 January 1871, to José Trinidad Trujillo and María del Carmen Durán. He had a brother, Guillermo Trujillo Durán, Guillermo, with whom he was always very close. At age 14, Trujillo began studying at the Colegio Federal de Varones, where he exc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trujillo (surname)
Trujillo is a Spanish surname that originates from the Spanish town of Trujillo in modern day Extremadura, Spain. The town of Trujillo was home to many conquistadors which is why it became widespread in the Americas. Notable people with the surname include: * Alex Trujillo (born 1974), Puerto Rican boxer * Alfonso López Trujillo (1935–2008), Colombian cardinal * Bernardo Trujillo (1920–1971), Colombian-born American marketing executive * César Gaviria Trujillo (born 1947), Colombian president * Chad Trujillo (born 1973), American astronomer * Consuelo Trujillo, Spanish actress * David Trujillo (born c. 1976), American businessman * Diego Trujillo (born 1960), Colombian actor * Héctor Trujillo (1908–2002), Dominican Republic president * Luis Trujillo (born 1977), Peruvian footballer * Lynn Trujillo, American lawyer and government official * Marcela Trujillo, Chilean visual artist, painter, cartoonist, professor * María Trujillo (born 1959), Mexican–American ath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zulia
Zulia State ( es, Estado Zulia, ; Wayuu: ''Mma’ipakat Suuria'') is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Maracaibo. As of the 2011 census, it has a population of 3,704,404, the largest population among Venezuela's states. It is also one of the few states (if not the only one) in Venezuela in which voseo (the use of ''vos'' as a second person singular pronoun) is widespread. The state is coterminous with the eponymous region of Zulia. Zulia State is in northwestern Venezuela, bordering Lake Maracaibo, the largest body of water of its kind in Latin America. Its basin covers one of the largest oil and gas reserves in the Western Hemisphere. Zulia is economically important to the country for its oil and mineral exploitation, but it is also one of the major agricultural areas of Venezuela, highlighting the region's contribution in areas such as livestock, bananas, fruits, meat, and milk. Toponymy There are several competing theories about the origin of the sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venezuelan Photographers
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It has a territorial extension of , and its population was estimated at 29 million in 2022. The capital and largest urban agglomeration is the city of Caracas. The continental territory is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Colombia, Brazil on the south, Trinidad and Tobago to the north-east and on the east by Guyana. The Venezuelan government maintains a claim against Guyana to Guayana Esequiba. Venezuela is a federal presidential republic consisting of 23 states, the Capital District and federal dependencies covering Venezuela's offshore islands. Venezuela is among the most urbanized countries in Latin America; the vast majority of Venezuelans live in the cities of the nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
