Jorge Molina Enríquez (born 1966 in

Palma Soriano Palma Soriano is a Cuban city and municipality in the Santiago de Cuba Province. With a population of 125,385 in the city proper, it is the second-largest in the province and the 16th-largest in Cuba. History The city was founded in 1825, unitin ...

in the province of Santiago) is a

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n actor and

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 ...

. After studying cinema in the

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, he graduated from the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Television (International Film and TV School of

San Antonio de los Baños San Antonio de los Baños is a municipality and town in the Artemisa Province of Cuba. It is located 26 km from the city of Havana, and the Ariguanabo River runs through it. It was founded in 1802. History There are 39 schools in the town, ...

), known as EICTV. His thesis film, ''Molina's Culpa'' was a controversial tale with anti-Catholic content. He is a member of the communist party

Career

As an actor, Molina has appeared in close to 80 films (including student films and shorts), most notably in Cuban filmmaker Fernando Perez's films ''Madagascar'', ''La vida es silbar'' and ''Madrigal''. He recently he played one of the leading characters in the international hit ''Juan de los Muertos''. His own works are always irreverent and provocative low budget productions, featuring plenty of sexual activity and violence. In 2008 Jorge Molina won funds fro
CINERGIA (Fund for the Promotion of the Audiovisual in Central America and the Caribbean).
The jury granted Molina with $10.000 for producing his shortfilm ''Molina's Ferrozz'', based on Charles Perraul's fairytale "Little Red Riding Hood". When he received the funds, Panamanian writer and frequent collaborator Edgar Soberón Torchia suggested he could extend the script, Molina agreed and he finally directed his first feature film, which was exhibited during the annual film festival in Havana. In 2018 he released ''Molina's Margarita'. Molina was the cultural liaison at the EICTV, and also teaches directing at the

Instituto Superior de Arte The University of Arts of Cuba / Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) was established on September 1, 1976, by the Cuban government as a school for the arts. Its original structure had three schools: Music, Visual Arts, and Performing Arts. History ...

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

. He lives in San Antonio de los Banos with his wife and their two daughters.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Molina Enriquez, Jorge 1966 births Living people People from Palma Soriano Cuban film directors Cuban male film actors Academic staff of the Instituto Superior de Arte