Fundamental Directors in the Colombian History Cinema
by ColombiaEnCine | created - 29 Jul 2017 | updated - 11 Aug 2017 | PublicA list of the best Colombian directors that must see if it wants to approach the Colombian cinema. Sorted chronologically. Please include comments about directors not included with productions until 1989. In construction (for now until 1989).
1. Francisco di Doménico
Director | La hija del Tequendama
Francisco di Doménico is known for La hija del Tequendama (1915) and El drama del 15 de Octubre (1915).
In the Beginning of the Colombian cinema (1912-1921 mainly) he was an Italian businessman, itinerant exhibitor, producer and filmmaker. His legacy ranges from being one of the pioneers in bringing film to Colombia, to making national productions, through news, documentaries and fiction.
2. Gonzalo Acevedo Bernal
Director | Centenario de Bolívar en Santa Marta y Venezuela
Gonzalo Acevedo Bernal is known for Centenario de Bolívar en Santa Marta y Venezuela (1930), El excelentísimo Manuel Prado Ugarteche, Presidente del Perú, visita a la República de Colombia (1941) and Feria exposición nacional (1955).
The Acevedo brothers are a family group of filmmakers from Colombia, made up of the father, Arturo, and their four children, Alfonso, Alvaro, Armando and Gonzalo. From the filming of the burial of General Benjamin Herrera, 1924, they continued during the next thirty years filming the national happenings. To see: Bajo el cielo antioqueño (1925).
3. Máximo Calvo Olmedo
Director | Flores del valle
Máximo Calvo Olmedo was born in Spain. He is known for Flores del valle (1941), Castigo del fanfarrón (1944) and La María (1922).
Pioneer of Colombian cinema of Spanish origin. (1920-1941 mainly). To see: Flores del Valle (1941).
4. Marco Tulio Lizarazo
Producer | Bajo el sol de los llanos
Marco Tulio Lizarazo is known for Bajo el sol de los llanos (1957).
Important driver as producer and director of documentary shorts (40-50 years). To see: Revolución en Marcha (1953) and Feria de Manizales (1959).
5. Antonio Ordóñez Ceballos
Producer | Un ángel de la calle
Antonio Ordóñez Ceballos is known for Un ángel de la calle (1967), El milagro de sal (1958) and Claustros de la Nueva Granada (1968).
In 1950 he founded the Cinematographic Colombia laboratories dedicated to both the advertising film and the development of the Newsletter. Pioneer of the first feature films of fiction. To see: El Milagro de Sal (1958).
6. Julio Luzardo
Director | Una tarde, un lunes
Julio Luzardo was born in 1938 in Bogota, Colombia. He is a director and writer, known for Una tarde, un lunes (1971), Tres cuentos colombianos (1962) and El río de las tumbas (1964).
Director engaged in the origin of a national cinematography in the decades of the sixties and seventies. To see: Tres cuentos colombianos (1962).
7. Francisco Norden
Director | Cóndores no entierran todos los días
Son of an Austrian father and a Colombian mother, Francisco Norden was born in Belgium. He studied architecture at the National University in Bogotá. He finished architecture in Paris at L'Ecole National des Beaux Arts, and then in London at the Polytechnic School of Architecture. In 1955 he ...
Director engaged in the origin of a national cinematography in the decades of the sixties and seventies. An Icon in the Colombian cinematography. To see: Las Murallas de Cartagena (1963), Camilo, el cura guerrillero (1974), Cóndores no entierran todos los días (1984).
8. Enoch Roldán
Director | El hijo de la choza
Enoch Roldán is known for El hijo de la choza (1961) and Luz en la selva (1960).
In the 60's this fighter managed to make three feature films. To see: Luz en la selva (1960).
9. José María Arzuaga
Director | Rapsodia en Bogotá
Jose Maria Arzuaga, of Spanish origin, made a major contribution to the cinema of Colombia when he relocated there at age 30 after struggling with studies and a career under Franco.He had grown up during the Civil War and had to compromise some with his pursuits in order to help support his ...
Spanish director who brought to the Colombian cinema a different cinematographic optic (scenarios, narrative structure, camera management). To see: Rapsodia en Bogotá (1963).
10. Gabriela Samper
Director | A Mask for Me, a Mask for You
Gabriela Samper was the first woman in Colombia to make documentary films and is also recognized for her contribution in recording the ethnography and folklore of her country.She was born to a middle class Bogota household in 1918 (her father was a lawyer) and she spent almost a decade, from 1928 ...
Important documentalist in the development of the Colombian documentary. To see: Festival folclórico de Fómeque (1969)
11. Marta Rodríguez
Director | Nuestra voz de tierra, memoria y futuro
Marta Rodríguez was born on December 1, 1933 in Bogotá, Colombia. She is a director and writer, known for Nuestra voz de tierra, memoria y futuro (1982), Campesinos (1975) and Chircales (1972).
Documentalist with the premise: "an observer eye that participates in their lives". To see: Chircales (1972), Nuestra voz de tierra, memoria y futuro (1982).
12. Jorge Silva
Director | Nuestra voz de tierra, memoria y futuro
Jorge Silva was born in 1941. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Nuestra voz de tierra, memoria y futuro (1982), Campesinos (1975) and Chircales (1972). He was married to Marta Rodríguez. He died in 1988.
Worked in company of Marta Rodríguez. To see: Chircales (1972), Nuestra voz de tierra, memoria y futuro (1982)
13. Lizardo Díaz Muñoz
Producer | Dschungelmädchen für zwei Halunken
Lizardo Díaz Muñoz was born on January 29, 1928 in Baraya, Huila, Colombia. He was a producer and actor, known for Two Sane Nuts (1974), Caballo y el hombre (1978) and Canción de paz (1985). He was married to Raquel Ércole. He died on November 8, 2012 in Bogota, Colombia.
Musician and producer who helped make feature films in the 60s and 70s. To see: Y la novia dijo... (1964), Aquileo Venganza (1974).
14. Gustavo Nieto Roa
Director | El taxista millionario
Gustavo Nieto Roa was born on April 3, 1942 in Tunja, Boyacá, Colombia. He is a director and producer, known for El taxista millionario (1979), Tiempo para amar (1980) and Aura o las violetas (1974).
Colombian stories with commercial orientation and common places. To Rescue: Esposos en Vacaciones (1977).
15. Jairo Pinilla
Director | T-O: Triángulo de oro - 'La isla fantasma'
Jairo Pinilla is an outstanding Colombian film director, considered the father of horror, suspense and science fiction in Colombia. That is why he is called Colombian Ed Wood or Colombian Steven Spielberg since he has used special effects never before used in Colombian cinema.
Born in Cali in 1944, ...
Without a budget became a place in the Colombian commercial cinema (with too many common places). To Rescue: Funeral Siniestro (1977).
16. Luis Ospina
Director | Breath of Life
Luis Ospina was born on June 14, 1949 in Cali, Colombia. He was a director and writer, known for Breath of Life (1999), Pura sangre (1982) and Un tigre de papel (2008). He died on September 27, 2019 in Bogota, Colombia.
Documentalist and indispensable scriptwriter in the development of the Colombian cinema. To see: Cali: de película (1973), Agarrando Pueblo (1977), Todo comenzó por el fin (2015).
17. Carlos Mayolo
Director | La mansión de Araucaima
Carlos Mayolo was born on September 10, 1945 in Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. He was a director and actor, known for La mansión de Araucaima (1986), The Vampires of Poverty (1978) and Carne de tu carne (1983). He was married to Beatriz Caballero. He died on February 3, 2007 in Bogota, ...
An Icon director and one of the most important figures in the Colombian cinema. To see: Cali: de película (1973), Agarrando Pueblo (1977).
18. Jorge Alí Triana
Director | Bolivar soy yo
Jorge Alí Triana was born on April 4, 1942 in Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia. He is a director and writer, known for Bolivar soy yo (2002), Tiempo de morir (1985) and Oedipus Mayor (1996).
With a long career in Colombian cinema and TV. To see: Tiempo de Morir (1985)
19. Lisandro Duque Naranjo
Director | Los niños invisibles
Lisandro Duque Naranjo was born on October 30, 1943 in Sevilla, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. He is a director and writer, known for Los niños invisibles (2001), Visa USA (1986) and Los actores del conflicto (2008).
Important director in the construction of the colombian cinema. To see: Los niños invisibles (2001).
20. Camila Loboguerrero
Director | María Cano
Camila Loboguerrero was born on September 3, 1941. She is a director and writer, known for María Cano (1990), Nochebuena (2008) and Con su música a otra parte (1983).
Important director in the construction of the colombian cinema. To see: María Cano (1989).
21. Luis Fernando Bottia
Director | La boda del acordeonista
Luis Fernando Bottia is known for La boda del acordeonista (1986), El guacamayo (1983) and El Faro (2013).
Director of the north coast of Colombia. To see: Juana tenía el pelo de oro (2006).
22. Ciro Durán
Director | La toma de la embajada
Ciro Durán was born on December 10, 1937 in Convención, Norte de Santander, Colombia. He was a director and writer, known for La toma de la embajada (2000), La nave de los sueños (1996) and Gamín (1977). He died on January 10, 2022.
Director who belongs to the history of colombian cinema. To see: La toma de la embajada (2000).
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