Jorge Luis Sánchez (born 1960 in
Havana
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Cuba
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n film director. He was a founder of the ''Federación Nacional de Cine Clubes de Cuba'' - the Nacional Federation of Cine Clubs of Cuba.
He started to work in
ICAIC in 1981 as camera assistant, and later as assistant director.
His first feature ''
El Benny
''El Benny'' is a Cuban film released in 2006, directed and co-written by Jorge Luis Sánchez, his first feature-length film. It is a fictional story based on the life of the famous Cuban musician Benny Moré. It includes new versions of his so ...
'' was presented at the
Locarno International Film Festival
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in August 2006, where its star
Renny Arozarena won the Boccalino prize for best performance for protagonist in all sections of festival. The film was Cuba's candidate for the
Academy Awards
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. Sánchez is distantly related to
Benny Moré
Bartolomé Maximiliano Moré Gutiérrez (24 August 1919 – 19 February 1963), better known as Benny Moré (also spelled Beny Moré), was a Cuban singer, bandleader and songwriter. Due to his fluid tenor voice and his great expressivity, he was k ...
, the subject of this film. At the Latinamerican Film Festival in Havana in December 2006, Sanchez received an award for the film.
Filmography
*''Amigos'' 1987 fiction, 30 min., 16 mm. Taller de Cine Asociación Hermanos Saíz.
*''Diálogo'' 1988 documentary, 10 min, Vídeo Betacam. Taller de Cine Asociación Hermanos Saíz.
*''Un Pedazo de Mí'' documentary, 15 min, 35 mm. Taller de Cine Asociación Hermanos Saíz-ICAIC.
*''El Fanguito'' documentary, 1990 11 min, 35 mm. ICAIC.
*''El Habanero'' news, 1990 7 min, 35 mm. ICAIC.
*''Nietos y Abuelos'' documentary, 199013 min, 35 mm. ICAIC.
*''Donde Está Casal'' documentary, 1990 13 min, 35 mm. ICAIC
*''Adrenalina'' documentary, 199113 min, 35 mm. ICAIC.
*''El Cine y la Memoria'' documentary, 1992 13 min, 35 mm. ICAIC.
*''Atrapando Espacio'' documentary, 1994 24 min, 35 mm. ICAIC.
*''Y Me Gasto la Vida'' documentary, 1997 38 min, Vídeo Betacam. ICAIC.
*''Patinando La Habana'' documentary, 1997 26 min, Vídeo Betacam. ICAIC.
*''Culto a los Orishas'' teleseries doc. of 20 episodes, 1999 Video Betacam. Lucompa Producciones. Venezuela.
*''Las Sombras Corrosivas de Fidelio Ponce Aun'' documentary, 1999 52 min, Vídeo Betacam. ICAIC
*''Cero en Conducta'' documentary, 2003 13 min, Vídeo Betacam. ICAIC
*''
El Benny
''El Benny'' is a Cuban film released in 2006, directed and co-written by Jorge Luis Sánchez, his first feature-length film. It is a fictional story based on the life of the famous Cuban musician Benny Moré. It includes new versions of his so ...
'' drama/musical, 2005-6 126 min, 35 mm. ICAIC-Coral Capital Entertainment
*''
Irremediablemente juntos'' drama, 2012 126 min, 35 mm. ICAIC-Coral Capital Entertainment
*''
Buscando a Casal'' drama/biopic, 2019 126 min, 35 mm. ICAIC-Coral Capital Entertainment
See also
*
Cinema of Cuba
Cinema arrived in Cuba at the beginning of the 20th century. Before the Cuban Revolution of 1959, about 80 full-length films were produced in Cuba. Most of these films were melodramas. Following the revolution, Cuba entered what is considered the ...
External links
*
ICAIC's (Cuban Film Industry) Official Website
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1960 births
Living people
Cuban film directors
People from Havana