Fernando Pérez (director)

Fernando Pérez Valdés (born 19 November 1944) is a prominent Cuban film director.

Career

Pérez graduated from the University of Havana with a degree in Language and Spanish Literature, and began working in the Cuban film industry in 1971 as an assistant director, before directing his first documentary in 1975.

His feature debut was the drama '' Clandestinos'' (1987) but it was not until ''Madagascar'' (1994) that he garnered significant international recognition. Pérez later directed '' La Vida es Silbar'' (1998) and '' Suite Habana'' (2003). ''Suite Habana'' is considered by some critics to be the best Cuban film in decades. '' Variety'' hailed it as "A lyrical, meticulously-crafted and unexpectedly melancholy homage to the battered but resilient inhabitants of a battered but resilient city." His most recent film called ''Madrigal'' tells a story about life in the theater world. His next film was a biopic that covered the childhood and early teenage years of Cuban national hero Jose Marti entitled Marti: El ojo del Canario, which premiered in 2010 and earned several awards in the film Festival Circuit. In recent years he completed La Pared de las Palabras (2014), Ultimos Dias en la Habana (2016) and Insumisa (2018).

In the spring term 2016 Pérez was the fifth Friedrich Dürrenmatt Guest Professor for World Literature at the University of Bern.

Selected filmography

*'' Clandestinos'' (1987)
*'' Hello Hemingway'' (1990)
*''Madagascar'' (1994)
*'' Life Is to Whistle'' (1998)
*'' Suite Habana'' (2003)
*''Last Days in Havana'' (2016)

References

External links

Full Filmography and awards list at ICAIC's (Cuban Film Industry) Official Website
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Cuban film directors
Living people
1944 births
University of Havana alumni