José Luis Guerin
José Luis Guerín (born 1960) is a Spanish filmmaker and educator known for Train of Shadows (1997), En construcción (2001), and The Academy of Muses (2015).
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José Luis Guerin
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- Name
- José Luis Guerín
- Born
- 1960
- Birthplace
- Barcelona, Spain
- Occupation
- Film director, screenwriter
- Nationality
- Spain
- Fields
- film direction · film screenwriting
- Honours
- Premi Nacional de Cinema · Premio Nacional de Cinematografía
- Languages
- Catalan · Spanish
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José Luis Guerín (born 1960) is a Spanish filmmaker and educator known for Train of Shadows (1997), En construcción (2001), and The Academy of Muses (2015).
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Biography
The recorded working language is Catalan and Spanish. The field of work recorded is film direction and film screenwriting. Work by José Luis Guerin is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art. Distinctions recorded are Premi Nacional de Cinema and Premio Nacional de Cinematografía.
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Key facts
• Name — José Luis Guerín • Born — 1960 • Birthplace — Barcelona, Spain • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter
Filmography
Filmography
• Berta's Motives (1985) • Souvenir (1986, Short) • City Life (1990) • Innisfree (1990) • Train of Shadows (1997) • En construcción AKA Work in Progress (2001) • Tren Estrasburgo-Paris/ Mujer esperando al tranvia (2006, Short) • Unas fotos en la ciudad de Sylvia (2007) • In the City of Sylvia (2007) • Guest (2010) • Correspondences: Jonas Mekas - J. L. Guerin (2011) • Dos cartas a Ana AKA Two Letters for Ana (2011, Short) • Recuerdos de una manana AKA Memories of a Morning (2011) • L’Accademia delle muse AKA The Academy of Muses (2015) • Le Saphir de Saint-Louis AKA The Sapphire of St. Louis (2015) • De una Isla (2019, Short)
Life and career
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1960
José Luis Guerin born at Barcelona.
Style and influences
As a young cinephile, Guerín attended many film screenings, made films on Super 8 and 16mm and sought out and befriended many of the filmmakers he admired, including Robert Bresson, Raoul Ruiz and Philippe Garrel. Guerín's films are often described as being influenced by the Lumière Brothers, Howard Hawks, Yasujirō Ozu and John Ford (Guerín went so far as to shoot a film in Cong the setting of Innisfree in Ford's The Quiet Man). Guerín is known for his meditative and intellectually curious work in both documentary and narrative filmmaking. Describing Guerín in an introduction to a series of his films, the programmers of the Harvard Film Archive wrote: "Guerín's films purposefully confound narrative and documentary traditions, discovering rich narrative threads woven into the tapestries of his real life subjects and unraveling mysteries without solutions that nevertheless leave the viewer deeply satisfied."
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scholarly publication
- José Luis Guerin; Descubriendo una Sintaxis Posible, Barcelona Investigación Arte Creación, 2014
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2014
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2086767: José Luis Guerin
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Awards
His film Under Construction (En construcción) won the Special Prize of the Jury in the San Sebastián Film Festival in 2001 and the Goya Prize for Best Documentary in 2002.
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The authorities additionally record the heading Jose Luis Guerin. His recorded languages were Catalan and Spanish. Guerin received Premi Nacional de Cinema and Premio Nacional de Cinematografía. Recorded with the occupation film screenwriter. Recorded as film director, screenwriter and film producer.
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