Jaime Humberto Hermosillo Delgado (22 January 1942 – 13 January 2020) was a Mexican
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
, often compared to Spain's
Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (; (often known simply as Almodóvar) born 25 September 1949) is a Spanish filmmaker. His films are marked by melodrama, irreverent humour, bold colour, glossy décor, quotations from popular culture, and complex narr ...
.
Born in
Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, in central
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
, Hermosillo's films often explore the hypocrisy of middle-class Mexican values.
He worked with
Gabriel García Márquez on ''Mary My Dearest'' (1979) and ''
The Summer of Miss Forbes'' (1988). His film ''
Homework'' (1991) was entered into the
17th Moscow International Film Festival
The 17th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 8 to 19 July 1991. The Golden St. George was awarded to the Soviet-German film ''Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea'' directed by Karen Gevorkian.
Jury
* Oleg Yankovsky (Soviet Un ...
where it won a Special Mention.
At the time of his death Hermosillo was teaching film-making at the
University of Guadalajara
The University of Guadalajara ( es, Universidad de Guadalajara) is a public higher education institution in the Mexican city of Guadalajara. The university has several high schools as well as graduate and undergraduate campuses, which are distr ...
and had recently collaborated with his students on several projects.
On 13 January 2020, Hermosillo died at the age of 77, 9 days before his 78th birthday.
References
External links
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Mexican Director pageYahoo Biography
1942 births
2020 deaths
Ariel Award winners
Best Director Ariel Award winners
Mexican film directors
Mexican LGBT writers
LGBT film directors
People from Aguascalientes
People from Guadalajara, Jalisco
Mexican male screenwriters
Gay screenwriters
University of Guadalajara faculty
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