A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Havana, Cuba
Born:
December 14, 1941
Died:
September 18, 2008
Humberto Solás (14 December 1941 – 18 September 2008) was a Cuban film director, credited with directing the classic film Lucía (1968), which explored the lives of Cuban women during different periods in Cuban history. His cinematic style borrows from Luchino Visconti's spectacular mise en scene and is permeated by sometimes heavy melodrama. He started making shorts at a very young age, before directing his first medium length film Manuela, in 1966. The success of this film led him to direct Lucía, an ambitious period piece told in three stories in different moments of Cuban history, all as seen through the eyes of a different woman, each named Lucia. He later directed many different projects over the course of his career. Solás has won 13 awards for filmmaking and been nominated for an additional 9. His 1968 film Lucía won the Golden Prize and the Prix FIPRESCI at the 6th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1985 film A Successful Man was entered into the 15th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1977 he was a member of the jury at the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. He has twice served on the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival, in 1977 and 1997. In 2003, he founded Gibara's Poor Cinema Festival, "open to filmmakers with limited funds". Solás was awarded Cuba's National Film Prize in 2005. Humberto Solás died of cancer on September 18, 2008, at the age of 66.
Director:
1962 Variaciones
1965 El acoso
1966 Manuela
1968 Lucía
1974 Simparelé
1976 Cantata de Chile
1976 One Day in November
1977 Nacer en Leningrado
1982 Beloved
1982 Cecilia
1986 A Successful Man
1989 Obataleo
1993 Le siècle des lumières
2001 Barrio Cuba
2001 Honey for Oshun
???? El Retrato
Screenplay:
1962 Variaciones
1965 El acoso
1966 Manuela
1968 Lucía
1974 Simparelé
1976 Cantata de Chile
1976 One Day in November
1977 Nacer en Leningrado
1982 Beloved
1982 Cecilia
1986 A Successful Man
1989 Obataleo
1993 Le siècle des lumières
2001 Barrio Cuba
2001 Honey for Oshun
???? El Retrato
Script:
1962 Variaciones
1965 El acoso
1966 Manuela
1968 Lucía
1974 Simparelé
1976 Cantata de Chile
1976 One Day in November
1977 Nacer en Leningrado
1982 Beloved
1982 Cecilia
1986 A Successful Man
1989 Obataleo
1993 Le siècle des lumières
2001 Barrio Cuba
2001 Honey for Oshun
???? El Retrato
Writer:
1962 Variaciones
1965 El acoso
1966 Manuela
1968 Lucía
1974 Simparelé
1976 Cantata de Chile
1976 One Day in November
1977 Nacer en Leningrado
1982 Beloved
1982 Cecilia
1986 A Successful Man
1989 Obataleo
1993 Le siècle des lumières
2001 Barrio Cuba
2001 Honey for Oshun
???? El Retrato
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