Known For
Directing
Born
Nov 19, 1944
Place of Birth
Havana, Cuba
Credits
17 titles
Fernando Pérez
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Nelsito's World
Director
Defiant Souls
Director
Last Days in Havana
Director
The Wall of Words
Director
Memória Cubana
Self
José Martí, the Eye of the Canary
Director
Titón: From Havana to Guantanamera, 1928-1996
Interviewee
Madrigal
Director
Suite Habana
Director
Rodar en Cuba
Life Is to Whistle
Director
Madagascar
Director
Culpa
Eleuterio Santacruz
Hello Hemingway
Director
Living Dangerously
Director
The Angry Cid
Special Effects
Puerto Rico
Director