Joseph Novoa (José Ramón Novoa or José R. Novoa) is a Venezuelan-Uruguayan film director and executive producer. He is married to the director and scriptwriter Elia K. Schneider and is the father of the film director Joel Novoa.

Biography

Joseph Novoa was born in

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22, 1954. He studied architecture in Uruguay but his real path was the arts. He started his entertainment career at El Teatro Circular of Uruguay. Following his dream, he moved to Paris to study Performance Arts in the

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. In Paris, he founded the theatre group El Circo and organized and performed different plays. He got a scholarship from the Danish Government to work with

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Directing Te Odin Teatret (Holstebro, Denmark). He lived in Europe for a few years, where he Directed and Produced plays that were presented in Theater Festivals like

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and Festival Nancy. Some of the plays were "The night of the Assassins", "Masks" and "The Exile of the Sun". In Venezuela, he became the Associate Director of the International

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Festival (

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- UNESCO) in 1978 and 1982. He received the Critven Award (Critic's Prize for best lighting) for the play "Gaz". He studied film at the New York University and Television at the New School of Arts. As a film director, he released his debut long feature "Agony" in 1984 at the Montreal Film Festival and the Indian Film Festival. His movie "Assassins for Hire" ( Sicario) was released in 1994 and was in theaters for 35 weeks becoming one of the bigger blockbusters in Venezuela. It received 27 awards from international film festivals and was the official selection from Venezuela to the Oscars in 1995. His third movie, "Devil's Gold" ( Oro Diablo, 1999), was another blockbuster in Venezuela and won 3 international awards, becoming the official selection for the Oscars on Venezuela's behalf.Cassidy, K. (2001). The contenders. ''The Hollywood Reporter (Archive: 1930-2015), Suppl.Oscar Watch, 366''(22), S-16. Retrieved from ProQuest. "The Boss" (2006) and "A Distant Place" (2009) received good critics from national and international press. A distant Place went to different festivals in Europe, America and Asia. This is the only Venezuelan movie shot with

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cameras in

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35mm. "Alone" (2014) was his sixth movie as a Director. He worked as a Producer in some Venezuelan feature films: Glue Sniffer (1999), Step Forward ( Punto y Raya, 2004), Un-Authorized (2009), God's Slave (2013) and Tamara that is going to be released this 2015. Internationally he produced In This Tricky Life (Uruguay, 2001), Be Happy (Chile, 2004), Encarnacion (Argentina, 2007), Polvo Nuestro Que Estas en los Cielos (Argentina, 2008), El Premio (Peru, 2009), Verdades Verdaderas La Vida de Estela (Argentina, 2011) y Cuchillos en el Cielo (Peru, 2013). His films have been featured in more than 100 international film festivals and have received over 80 significant awards. The most recent was the SEGIB Award by Ibermedia for his latest production, Tamara. He is member by invitation of the Spanish Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences (

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). He was the founder and first VP of the Board of Trustees of the Iberoamerican Federation of Cinematographers (FIPCA), president of the Federation of Film Producers in Venezuela (CAVEPROL) and a member of the board of National Autonomous Center of Film in Venezuela (CNAC). He moved to Los Angeles, California and from there he is developing new projects using English as his primary language. Some of his projects are the featured films Bullet Lullaby and Pando, the documentary Music and Action and a TV Show. As producer, he is working n the movie Unfit Directed by Elia K. Schneider.

Filmography

Feature films

* Tamara (2015 , Producer-Editor) * Alone (Solo, 2014 , Producer-Director) * God's Slave (Esclavo de Dios, 2013 , Producer) * A Distant Place (Un Lugar Lejano, 2009 , Producer-Director) * An-Authorized (Des-Autorizados, 2007 , Producer) * The Boss (El Don, 2006 , Producer-Director) * Step Forward ( Punto y Raya, 2004 , Producer) OSCAR-Academy Awards Entry- Best Foreign Film * Devil Gold ( Oro Diablo - Garimpeiros, 2000 , Producer-Director-) OSCAR-Academy Awards Entry- Best Foreign Film * Glue Sniffer ( Huelepega, 1999 , Producer-Editor) OSCAR-Academy Awards Entry- Best Foreign Film * Assassin's for Hire ( Sicario, 1994 , Producer-Director-Editor) OSCAR-Academy Awards Entry- Best Foreign Film * Agony (Agonia, 1985 , Writer-Producer-Director-Editor)

Short films

* Borrowed Lands (Tierras Prestadas. 1981 , Producer-Editor) * Pedro Navaja (1980 , Writer-Producer-Director-Editor) * The Big World (El Gran Mundo, 1979 , Writer-Producer-Director-Editor)

International coproductions

* El Premio (2009) Directed by Alberto Chicho Durant, Peru. * Encarnación (2007) Directed by Anahi Berneri, Argentina. * Be Happy (2004) Directed by

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, Chile. * In This Tricky Life (En la Puta Vida, 2002) Directed by

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, Uruguay.

Awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Novoa, Joseph Venezuelan film directors Uruguayan film directors 1950 births Living people