Marcos Zurinaga (September 6, 1952 in
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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) is a
Puerto Rican 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 ...
, screenwriter and
cinematographer
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.
Biography
His late mother was UPR professor Rosa Zurinaga. He studied at the UPR Elementary School, University High School (UHS) and obtained his B.A. at UPR in 1972. He joined Puerto Rican filmmaker
Roberto Gándara
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Club career
Born in Salamanca, Gándara graduated from the youth academy of local UD Salamanca and made his debut for ...
upon graduation, setting aside plans to study a master's degree, founding the film company Zaga Films. Among the several movies that he has directed is ''
La Gran Fiesta'', a movie about the last grand party at the "
Casino de Puerto Rico" building in
Old San Juan
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, before it was turned over to military use as the
United States
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was drawn into
World War II
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, and ''
A Step Away
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'', a 1980 critically acclaimed movie narrated by
Orson Welles
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. In 1996 came an unusual movie in Zurinaga's filmography, the thriller-mystery film ''
The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca
''The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca'' is a 1996 Spanish-American drama-biographical film directed by Marcos Zurinaga. It is based on a book by Ian Gibson about the life and murder of Spanish poet Federico García Lorca. It stars Andy García as ...
''.
''The Disappearance of García Lorca''
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Filmography
* ''Siempre estuvimos aquí'' (director) 1977
* ''Alicia Alonso y el ballet Nacional de Cuba'' (16 mm, color, 90 mins. Director) 1979
* ''A Step Away
''A Step Away'' is an Official Olympic Film, a documentary filmed during the VIIIth Pan American Games held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from July 1 to July 15, 1979. It was produced and directed by Roberto Ponce and co-directed by Marcos Zurinaga ...
'' (35 mm, color, 120 mins. Director. Roberto Ponce Producer) 1980
* '' La Gran Fiesta'' (35 mm, color, 100 mins. Director, Producer and screenwriter) 1985
* ''Tango Bar
''Tango Bar'' is a 1987 Argentine-Puerto Rican musical drama film directed by Marcos Zurinaga and starring Raul Julia, Rubén Juárez and Valeria Lynch. It was written by Zurinaga with Juan Carlos Codazzi and José Pablo Feinmann. It was selected ...
'' (35 mm, color. Director, Producer and Screenwriter) 1987
* '' A flor de piel'' (35 mm, color, 80 mins. Director) 1990
* ''Puerto Rico'' (70 mm, color, 15 mins. Director and Producer) 1992
* ''Un pueblo que canta-a'' Banco Popular de Puerto Rico
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Christmas special (Video. Director) 1994
* ''El espíritu de un pueblo-a'' Banco Popular de Puerto Rico
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Christmas special (Video. Director) 1995
* ''Somos un solo pueblo-a'' Banco Popular de Puerto Rico
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Christmas special (Video. Director) 1996
* ''The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca
''The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca'' is a 1996 Spanish-American drama-biographical film directed by Marcos Zurinaga. It is based on a book by Ian Gibson about the life and murder of Spanish poet Federico García Lorca. It stars Andy García as ...
'' (35 mm, color. Director, Screenwriter and Producer) 1996
* ''Siempre Piel Canela'' (Video. Director) 1998
* ''Mariela y otras historias Mariela is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Mariela Antoniska (born 1975), Argentine field hockey goalkeeper in the national women's team (won Olympic medals in 2000 & 2004)
*Mariela Castro (born 1962), the director of the Cuban ...
'' Director. Caesar Osiris
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2010
References
Puerto Rican film directors
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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