Lorenzo Vigas
Lorenzo Vigas Castes (born 1967) is a Venezuelan director, screenwriter and film producer.
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- Birth Name
- Lorenzo Vigas Castes
- Born
- 1967
- Birthplace
- Mérida, Venezuela
- Education
- University of Tampa
- Occupation
- director, screenwriter and film producer
- Awards
- Golden Lion
- Nationality
- Venezuela
- Fields
- film production
- Languages
- Spanish
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Lorenzo Vigas Castes (born 1967) is a Venezuelan director, screenwriter and film producer.
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• Birth Name — Lorenzo Vigas Castes • Born — 1967 • Birthplace — Mérida, Venezuela • Education — University of Tampa • Occupation — director, screenwriter and film producer • Awards — Golden Lion
Education
Education
Born in Mérida, the son of the painter Oswaldo Vigas, Vigas graduated in molecular biology at the University of Tampa. In 1995 he studied cinema at New York University and started directing several experimental films.
Career
Career
Back in Venezuela in 1998, he directed the RCTV documentary series Expedición and various documentaries and commercials. Located in Mexico, in 2003 he directed the short film Los elefantes nunca olvidan (Elephants Never Forget), produced by Guillermo Arriaga and presented at the Cannes Film Festival. With his first feature film From Afar, Vigas won the Golden Lion for best film of the 72nd edition of the Venice Film Festival. In July 2016 he was named as a member of the main competition jury for the 73rd Venice International Film Festival where he premiered a documentary on his father titled "The Orchid Seller".
Filmography
Filmography
• The Box (2021) • The Orchid Seller (El vendedor de orquídeas), 2016 (Documentary) • From Afar (Desde allá), 2015 • Los elefantes nunca olvidan, 2004 (Short film)
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2016
El vendedor de orquídeas (2016, Lorenzo Vigas) (2016) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
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- 1.Fermín. Lorenzo Vigas, cine entre amigos.
- 2.Vivarelli. ‘From Afar’ By Venezuelan First-Time Director Lorenzo Vigas Scoops Venice Golden Lion.
- 3.Una Venezuela de cine.
- 4.Laurie Anderson, Joshua Oppenheimer, Zhao Wei Set For Venice Jury.
- 5.'La Caja' de Lorenzo Vigas (México).
- 6.Entrevista al cineasta en Encuadre iberoamericano, conducido por Fernanda Solórzano y Leonardo García Tsao. Canal 22/TV UNAM, 2020 (Consultado lunes, 10 de febrero del 2020).
- 7.Official Awards of the 72nd Venice Film Festival. La Biennale.
- 8.Palmarés de la 64 edición del Festival de San Sebastián, 2016
- 9.Venezuela’s Lorenzo Vigas’ From Afar (Desde allá), winner of Venice’s Golden Lion, received the best screenplay on Thessaloniki Film Festival 2015.
- 10.Premios Corales – 37 Habana Film Festival 2015.
- 11.Premio del Público a la Mejor Película Iberoamericana de Ficción fue para “Desde allá” de Lorenzo Vigas (Venezuela).
- 12.“Desde Allá” gana Premio a la Mejor Dirección en el Festival de Cine de Lima.
- 13.Lorenzo Vigas' Awards.
- 14.Lorenzo Vigas recibe sus primeros reconocimientos en Venecia.
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His recorded language was Spanish. He was the child of Oswaldo Vigas. Recorded as film director, screenwriter and film producer.
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