Carmen Brito Alvarado (born 4 August 1947) is a

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an filmmaker, restorer, and editor. She is best known for rescuing important works of Chilean cinema.

Career

Brito studied at the Film Institute of the

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (''PUC or UC Chile'') ( es, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) is one of the six Catholic Universities existing in the Chilean university system and one of the two pontifical universities i ...

from 1966 to 1970, specializing later in

editing Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, photographic, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing process can involve correction, condensation, o ...

techniques at the School of Arts and Communication of this same house of studies, dedicating herself to work as an editor there from 1970 to 1980. In 1981, she was hired by to carry out editing work, cut negatives, and archive until 1990. At the same time, she dedicated herself to the production of a variety of documentaries and the synchronization and assembly of

feature film A feature film or feature-length film is a narrative film (motion picture or "movie") with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole presentation in a commercial entertainment program. The term ''feature film'' originall ...

s. In addition, she has worked in the post-production and editing of institutional documentaries, television commercials, and other projects. Brito has also taught audiovisual communication at

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, and assembly, negative cutting, and post-production at ARCIS University. In 2013 she received the Pedro Sienna Award for her distinguished career, as well as the FemCine Award.

Filmography

As editor

* ''Sin título'' (short documentary, 1974) * ''Vías paralelas'' (fiction feature, 1975) * ''Hacia una isla desconocida'' (documentary, 1983) * '' Caluga o menta'' (fiction feature, 1990) * '' The Frontier'' (fiction feature, 1991) * ''Ciudad Lejos'' (fiction short, 1996) * ''El último cierra la puerta'' (fiction short, 1996) * ''

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'' (fiction feature, 2000) * ' (fiction feature, 2003) * ''Eme como Mistral'' (fiction short, 2010) * ''Buscando Isla de Pascua, la película perdida'' (documentary, 2014) * ''Mocha Dick, la ballena mapuche'' (documentary, 2016)

Restorations

* ''La Dama de las Camelias'' (

José Bohr José Bohr (3 September 1901 – 29 May 1994) was a German-born Chilean film director, producer, actor and screenwriter. He directed 35 films between 1919 and 1969. Selected filmography Actor * '' Así es la vida'' (1930) * ''Rogue of th ...

, 1947) * '' Three Sad Tigers'' ( Raúl Ruíz, 1968) * ''Canta y no llores corazón'' (Juan Pérez Berrocal, 1925) * ' ( Aldo Francia, 1969) * ''Bajo la cruz del sur'' (Antonio Berchenko and Alberto Santana, 1947) * '' El Húsar de la Muerte'' ( Pedro Sienna, 1925. Restoration from 1995)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brito, Carmen 1947 births Chilean film editors Chilean schoolteachers Conservator-restorers Living people People from Santiago Pontifical Catholic University of Chile alumni Women film editors