Carlos Rendón Zipagauta
Carlos Rendón Zipagauta (Cali, 29 September 1955) is a Colombian-Belgian documentary filmmaker. Rendón Zipagauta studied film and screenwriting in Belgium, where he lived for 16 years. He began as assistant then co-director to Jean Christophe Lamy.
Also recorded as Carlos Rendon Zipaganta
Carlos Rendón Zipagauta
- Name
- Carlos Rendón Zipagauta
- Born
- 29 September 1955
- Birthplace
- Cali, Colombia
- Occupation
- film director screenwriter
- Died
- 2018
- Nationality
- Colombia
- Languages
- Spanish
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Carlos Rendón Zipagauta (Cali, 29 September 1955) is a Colombian-Belgian documentary filmmaker. Rendón Zipagauta studied film and screenwriting in Belgium, where he lived for 16 years. He began as assistant then co-director to Jean Christophe Lamy.
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Carlos Rendón Zipagauta (1955–2018) was a Colombian film director and screenwriter. The film director was born in Cali. Languages used include Spanish.
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Biography
He returned to Colombia to shoot documentaries. His 1993 film Nukak Makú, about the indigenous Nukak peoples, won festival prizes in France and Belgium enabling also EU grants to make further documentaries. Returning to Colombia Rendón Zipagauta has taught cinema at the University of Santa Magdalena since 2004, and teaches French at the Alliance Française of Santa Marta.
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• Name — Carlos Rendón Zipagauta • Birth Name — Carlos Rendón Zipagauta • Born — 29 September 1955 • Birthplace — Cali, Colombia • Occupation — film director screenwriter • Years Active — 1986–
Filmography (Director)
Filmography (Director)
• Documentaries • 1991: Salseros, on Cali's salsa music • 1992: Tamalameque, on the town Tamalameque • 1993: Nukak Makú, on the indigenous Nukak people of Colombia • 1997: Ciénaga Grande on the grand swamps • 1998: Charanguita • 2004: Porteur d'eau produced by Scarfilm • 2007: Biblioburro, on Biblioburro The Donkey Library • Screenwriter • 1988: P.O.V., TV series
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- 1.El Tiempo EL DOCUMENTO DE RENDÓN ZIPAGUATA "Carlos Rendón Zipagauta nació en Cali..."
- 2.Síntesis: anuario social, político y económico de Colombia -Luis Alberto Restrepo Moreno - 1994 - Page 62 "Otro hecho cinematográfico de importancia lo protagonizó el documental Nukak Makú, realizado por Audiovisuales de Colombia y AVC Rainbow de Bélgica, bajo la dirección de Carlos Rendón Zipagauta y Jean Christophe Lamy, al recibir ..."
- 3.Gabriel Cabrera Becerra -Las Nuevas Tribus y Los Indígenas de la Amazonia 2007 "Recientemente el co-director Carlos Rendón Zipagauta anotaba en un corto reportaje que la película había sido "vendida a 45 telivisoras en 37 países y que había recibido hasta entonces 6 premios""
- 4.Largometrajes colombianos en cine y video: 1915-2004 Jorge Nieto, Jorge Alberto Moreno Gómez, Rito Alberto Torres Moya - 2005 Documental EXHIBICIÓN: 18 Septiembre 1997, Televisión Colombiana DIRECCIÓN: Carlos Renden Zipagauta ASISTENTE DE DIRECCIÓN: Jairo H. Serna Rosales GUIÓN: Carlos Rendón Zipagauta y Jairo H. Serna Rosales TEXTOS: ...
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