Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Caracas, Venezuela
Credits
21 titles
Guillermo Escalón
Biography
Guillermo Escalón (b. 1950) is a Salvadoran film director, cinematographer, and producer. Escalón joined the theater group El Taller de los Vagos in 1969 and collaborated with the likes of José David Calderón, Alejandro Cotto, and Baltazar Polío. With the escalation of the political conflict, Escalón immigrated from El Salvador to France, where he graduated in Philosophy and joined a television crew. With his experience in professional filmmaking, Escalón returned to El Salvador and cemented himself as a key figure in the Salvadoran guerrilla film movement.
Known For
Filmography
Fire Dialogues
Camera Operator
Laberintos
Narrator
Radio Venceremos
Self
Cárcel de árboles
Director
The Word in the Woods
Director of Photography
La Isla: Archives of a Tragedy
Director of Photography
Jean Charles
Director of Photography
What Sebastian Dreamt
Cinematography
Haunted Land
Director of Photography
Princesa
Director of Photography
Ixcán
Director of Photography
Alejandro
Self
The Devil's Dream
Cinematography
Tiempo de audacia
Director
Carta de Morazán
Director
La decisión de vencer (Los primeros frutos)
Director
Historias prohibidas de Pulgarcito
Camera Operator
Intertidal Zone
Director
Morazán
Director
El Gran Debut
Camera Operator
Topiltzin
Assistant Camera