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Seis Días En La Oscuridad
''Seis dias en la oscuridad'', also released as ''Six Days in the Dark'', is a 2003 film written and directed by Gabriel Soriano and starring Ludwika Paleta, Dario T. pie and Gustavo Sánchez Parra. In this urban thriller set in Mexico City three rich kids, Claudio (Omar Garcia), Vampiro (Mauricio Fernandez) and Juan Carlos (Alan Bitter) enjoy a carefree life until Claudio is blamed for a car crash. To pay the corrupt police officers who are after him the friends decide to stage Claudio's kidnapping. The film was screened in several festivals, including Guadalajara International Film Festival, San Diego Film Festival, Mar del Plata Film Festival and Festival del Cinema Latinoamericano di Trieste. Plot On a dark Mexican roadside, Claudio calls his friends and tells them he needs to meet them. Claudio tells them he is being extorted by two policemen after running someone over. Two corrupt cops demand 200,000 pesos to cover up the manslaughter charge for the accident. Vampiro thinks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Soriano
Gabriel Soriano (born May 3, 1971) is a Mexican writer, director and producer. Early life Soriano studied film in New York and produced and directed four feature films, including Seis días en la oscuridad ''Seis dias en la oscuridad'', also released as ''Six Days in the Dark'', is a 2003 film written and directed by Gabriel Soriano and starring Ludwika Paleta, Dario T. pie and Gustavo Sánchez Parra. In this urban thriller set in Mexico City thre .... This film participated in several film festivals around the world and was nominated for the Best First Work, Ópera Prima, by the Society of Mexican Cinema Journalists, Asociación de Periodistas Cinematográficos de México. Gabriel is the founder and CEO of Paynal Media, an independent film production company based in Houston, Texas. Paynal also develops web sites and TV shows for Spanish audience. Filmography References External links * * Paynal Media 1972 births Living people Mexican film directors { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centro De Capacitación Cinematográfica
The Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC) is a film school belonging to Mexico's Secretariat of Culture. It was founded in 1975 with the aim of providing technical and artistic training for those entering the film industry. The CCC is part of the International Association of Film and Television Schools and since 2011 to the International Federation of Film Archives. Recognized as a cutting-edge school in film teaching, it received the Award for Academic Excellence at the Tel Aviv Film School Festival, in Israel, in 2005, and in 2006 the Golden Ariel for its 30 years of educational work and contribution to national cinema. It is one of Mexico's two major film schools, the other being the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. The CCC produces about forty short films annually, as well as medium and full-length ones. The films include elements of academic work and are made to professional production standards. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jumbo (band)
Jumbo is the name of an Avanzada Regia alternative rock band from Monterrey, Mexico. They were founded in May 1997 with the following lineup: *Alejandro Clemente Castillo Guerra, known simply as "Castillo"; (vocals and guitar) *Jorge Tamez Chapa, a.k.a. "Flip Fantastic", "Fruit", or "Flipi"; (guitar) *Carlos Alfredo Castro Aradillas, a.k.a. "Charly Pornet"; (bass guitar) *Eduardo David González Peláez., a.k.a. "Edy" or "Eddie"; (keyboard) *Enrique Demián González Peláez, a.k.a. "Bugs Wako"; (drums) History In the early 1990s, before the creation of Jumbo, Castillo, Charly, Eddie, Chuy Guerra, Javier Othón and René Garza formed a band called "Blueswagen" which played mainly covers of bands like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Doors, Pink Floyd, R.E.M., U2, The Police, Lenny Kravitz, Stone Temple Pilots and Red Hot Chili Peppers. They started gaining more fans and an increasing popularity, which led to playing bars and clubs and recording many demos. BMG obtained ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Antonio Muñiz
Marco Antonio Muñiz (born 3 March 1933) is a Mexican singer from Jalisco, Mexico. Known all over Latin America, he also acted in the 1965 film ''Sinful'' (Spanish: El Pecador). He belongs to the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Early life and career Muñiz was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco. From an early age, he showed musical talent. Muñiz's first album was a tribute to singers of other eras. It was titled "Aquellas Canciones!" ("Those Songs!"), and it was released in 1956. That was the first of close to 80 albums, all of which he recorded under the BMG or RCA Internacional labels. For many years he was part of the musical group "Los Tres Ases" and recorded many songs that made the Group famous and made Muniz famous too. Career in the 60s In 1965, he began an uninterrupted streak of years traveling to Puerto Rico's Caribe Hilton Hotel in San Juan around Christmas, to offer concerts there. (At one time, Muñiz claimed he was such a regular at the hotel that he could figure his wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
35 Mm Movie Film
35 mm film is a film gauge used in filmmaking, and the film standard. In motion pictures that record on film, 35 mm is the most commonly used gauge. The name of the gauge is not a direct measurement, and refers to the nominal width of the 35 mm format photographic film, which consists of strips wide. The standard image exposure length on 35 mm for movies ("single-frame" format) is four perforations per frame along both edges, which results in 16 frames per foot of film. A variety of largely proprietary gauges were devised for the numerous camera and projection systems being developed independently in the late 19th century and early 20th century, as well as a variety of film feeding systems. This resulted in cameras, projectors, and other equipment having to be calibrated to each gauge. The 35 mm width, originally specified as inches, was introduced around 1890 by William Kennedy Dickson and Thomas Edison, using 120 film stock supplied by George Eastman. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Serradilla
Ana Isabel Serradilla García (born August 9, 1978) is a Mexican actress starring in TV series such as '' La Viuda Negra'', ''Drenaje Profundo'' and '' Linea nocturna''. She also starred in the Mexican version of '' Desperate Housewives'', '' Amas de Casa Desesperadas''. Biography Serradilla is of Spanish descent with roots in Madrid. As a little girl, she dreamed of becoming an actress but was so shy she often couldn't even answer the telephone. She studied acting at the Centro de Estudios y Formación Actoral and got her first job, ''Chiquititas'' in 1998. In 2012, she debuted in her first English language film, '' Hidden Moon'' for which she won the Silver Goddess "Best Actress" Award. Her theatre credits include ''Sin Cura'' and ''Blackbird''. As of 2014 Serradilla is best known as "La Madrina" ("The Godmother") Griselda Blanco from the popular TV series '' La viuda negra'' (2014), series which covers the life of the cocaine queen Griselda Blanco Griselda Blanco Restr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gael García Bernal
Gael García Bernal (; born 30 November 1978) is a Mexican actor and producer. He is best known for his performances in the films '' Bad Education'', '' The Motorcycle Diaries'', ''Amores perros'', ''Y tu mamá también'', ''Babel'', '' Coco'', and ''Old'', as Jack Russell / Werewolf by Night in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television special ''Werewolf by Night'', and for his role as Rodrigo de Souza in the Amazon Studios streaming television series ''Mozart in the Jungle''. He and Diego Luna founded Canana Films in Mexico City. García Bernal was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his portrayal of a young Che Guevara in ''The Motorcycle Diaries'' in 2005, and in 2016 won his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy for ''Mozart in the Jungle''. In 2016, ''Time'' magazine named him in the annual ''Time'' 100 most influential people list. In 2020, ''The New York Times'' ranked him No. 25 in its list of the 25 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana De La Reguera
Anabell Gardoqui de la Reguera (; born 8 April 1977) is a Mexican actress. She has starred in telenovelas, films, the HBO television series '' Eastbound & Down'' and ''Capadocia'', the Amazon television series '' Goliath'', and the 2006 comedy ''Nacho Libre. Early life Reguera was born in Veracruz, Mexico. Her mother, Nena de la Reguera, was a Miss Veracruz who became a journalist and television personality. Reguera began taking classes in classic ballet and later began performance arts studies at Instituto Veracruzano de la Cultura. She left Veracruz to study at Televisa's CEA, and later studied with Juan Carlos Corazza in Spain and then in Los Angeles with Aaron Spicer, Lisa Robertson, and Joan Scheckel. Later, she became a well known actress in the entertainment industry around the world. Acting career Telenovelas Reguera's acting career began with her role in the telenovela ''Azul'' (1996) followed by ''Pueblo chico, infierno grande'' (1997), with Verónica Castro, for whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syd Field
Sydney Alvin Field (December 19, 1935November 17, 2013) was an American author and speaker who wrote several books on screenwriting, the first being '' Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting'' (Dell Publishing, 1979). He led workshops and seminars about producing salable screenplays. Hollywood film producers use Field's ideas on structure to measure the potential of screenplays. He was inducted into American Screenwriters Association's Screenwriting Hall of Fame. Early life Syd Field was born on December 19, 1935 in Hollywood, California. His uncle, Sol Halprin, was the head of the camera department at 20th Century Fox, and his neighbor was a talent agent who got him minor screen time in ''Gone with the Wind'' (1939) which was cut from the final film. He also played the trumpet in ''State of the Union'' (1948). He attended Hollywood High School where he met Frank Mazzola, the "gang consultant" on ''Rebel Without a Cause (1955)'', who encouraged him to pursue acting. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwika Paleta
Ludwika Paleta (; born Ludwika Paleta Paciorek on November 29, 1978 in Kraków, Poland) is a Polish- Mexican actress. Early life and career Paleta was born in Kraków, Poland in 1978. When her father, the musician Zbigniew Paleta, was offered a job in Mexico, the Paleta family settled permanently. As a child, Ludwika was taken by her sister Dominika Paleta, to an acting audition on a whim. Ludwika impressed the casting directors so much that soon after, she was offered her first television role in '' Carrusel'' (1989). Paleta became an instant celebrity with her character. Three years later, in 1992, she returned to the small screen in what she calls her favorite television job yet, ''El abuelo y yo'' opposite Gael García Bernal. Roles in ''Huracán, Amigas y Rivales,'' and ''Mujer de Madera'' soon followed. Her most recent work in television was in the Endemol-Telefe produced '' Los Exitosos Perez.'' Paleta has obtained great fame and popularity in the Latin American co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Porras
Gabriel Porras (born Carlos Gabriel Porras Flores, February 13, 1968 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actor. He began his acting career working for TV Azteca in telenovelas like "Tres Veces Sofia" along with Mexican diva Lucía Méndez and "El Tio Alberto". His acting career strengthened when he played his first protagonist role in a "El Alma Herida", a telenovela, produced by Telemundo which is owned by NBC Universal. In "El Alma Herida" he shared credits along with Mexican actress Itatí Cantoral with whom he had a relationship in real life. Personal life Gabriel Porras married American-born actress Sonya Smith Sonya Smith ( born April 23, 1972) is an American actress best known for her roles in telenovelas. Biography Sonya was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she is the daughter of German-born Venezuelan actress Ileana Jacquet and Frederick S ... (his co-star in the telenovela Olvidarte Jamas) popular in Venezuelan television drama on February 29, 2008. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
