Israel Lugo (born November 7, 1973) is an American actor, director and

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-winner music video director. Lugo was born in

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, New York and has credits for directing the documentary ''Sonó, Sonó, Tité Curet!!!'' (2011) and for acting on ''Mi Dia de Suerte'', ''The Apostate'', ''El Clown'' and '' Che''. Also he is known for his work with Gabriel Coss directing music videos for Calle 13,

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, Maná and

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, among others.

Acting career

Lugo began his career as a child actor on several TV shows such as ''Chiquimundo'', ''Los 7 del 7'', ''Los García'' and ''La Casa de María Chuzema''. Lugo also studied psychology at the

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before returning to his acting career appearing on ''Mi Dia de Suerte'', ''The Apostate'', ''El Clown'' and '' Che''. In 2011, Lugo co-directed the documentary ''Sonó, Sonó, Tité Curet!!!''.

Career as music video director

In 2005 Lugo launched 939 films with Gabriel Coss. They directed and produced " Atrévete-te-te" and "La Jirafa", from Calle 13's debut album. Lugo and Coss worked again with Calle 13 on the lead single from their album ''

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'' in 2007. " Tango del Pecado", was shot in

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and it was described as "the story of a catastrophe, a shameless Latin-American version of a '' Romeo and Juliet''-type of love." The video was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award in 2007 losing to "Ven a Mi Casa Esta Navidad" by Voz Veis. Lugo and Coss directed Canadian singer-songwriter

's "

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", in a video that "finds Furtado frolicking with a male model in Puerto Rico." About the video, Furtado stated: "It's very tropical and romantic. It reminds me of old

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videos, it has that element of art to it. It's kind of like cinema." Furtado recorded with Calle 13 a remix version of "

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" and shot a video in

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also directed by Lugo and Coss. The music video for "

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" by Mexican band Maná featuring

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was directed by Lugo and Coss and was shot at

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in 2006. Lugo and Coss received a Latin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video in 2009 for " La Perla" by Calle 13 featuring

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which was shot at slum of the same name. The music video for "Vamo' a Portarnos Mal", included on ''

Entren Los Que Quieran ''Entren Los Que Quieran'' (English: ''Enter Those Who Want to'') is the fourth studio album by Puerto Rican hip hop band Calle 13, released on November 22, 2010. Recorded in the wake of controversial events surrounding the group, the album co ...

'' by Calle 13, was directed by Lugo and Coss in 2010, with locations on Las Monjas, Barrio Obrero and Las Gladiolas at San Juan, Puerto Rico.

References

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