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Fernando Pérez (b. 1944)

Alias:
Fernando Pérez Valdés

Birthplace:
Havana, Cuba

Born:
November 19, 1944

Biography from TheMovieDB

Fernando Pérez Valdés (born November 19, 1944; Havana) is a Cuban film director and writer, with a degree in Hispanic Language and Literature from the University of Havana.  He has taught Film Appreciation and Film History courses at the International Film School of San Antonio de los Baños. Since 1962 he has been linked to cinema, first as a production assistant and then as an assistant director. In 1975 he debuted as a documentary filmmaker, also making numerous editions of the Latin American ICAIC News. He began his career as a feature film director in 1987 with Clandestinos, a film that would earn him great recognition from national and international critics. Throughout his career he has received numerous awards at different festivals both in Cuba and abroad, being awarded with the National Film Award in 2007. He was also awarded the Casa de las Américas Prize for his book Correspondents of War.

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Film Production

Director:
1975  Puerto Rico
1987  Living Dangerously
1990  Hello Hemingway
1995  Madagascar
1998  Life Is to Whistle
2003  Suite Habana
2007  Madrigal
2010  José Martí, the Eye of the Canary
2014  The Wall of Words
2016  Last Days in Havana
2019  Defiant Souls
2022  Nelsito's World

Screenplay:
1975  Puerto Rico
1987  Living Dangerously
1990  Hello Hemingway
1995  Madagascar
1998  Life Is to Whistle
2003  Suite Habana
2007  Madrigal
2010  José Martí, the Eye of the Canary
2014  The Wall of Words
2016  Last Days in Havana
2019  Defiant Souls
2022  Nelsito's World

Special Effects:
1962  The Longest Day
1975  Puerto Rico
1983  The Angry Cid
1987  Living Dangerously
1990  Hello Hemingway
1995  Madagascar
1998  Life Is to Whistle
2003  Suite Habana
2007  Madrigal
2010  José Martí, the Eye of the Canary
2014  The Wall of Words
2016  Last Days in Havana
2019  Defiant Souls
2022  Nelsito's World

Writer:
1962  The Longest Day
1975  Puerto Rico
1983  The Angry Cid
1987  Living Dangerously
1990  Hello Hemingway
1995  Madagascar
1998  Life Is to Whistle
2003  Suite Habana
2007  Madrigal
2010  José Martí, the Eye of the Canary
2014  The Wall of Words
2016  Last Days in Havana
2019  Defiant Souls
2022  Nelsito's World

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