Sergio Giral
Sergio Giral (2 January 1937 – 12 March 2024) was a Cuban-American film writer and director. He was born in Cuba to parents Antonio and Plácida, and raised in New York City, as an aspiring young painter in the days of the Beatnik generation. It was there, after a series of shorts and documentaries, that Giral filmed a trilogy (The Other Francisco, Rancheador and Maluala) about slavery in 19th Century Cuba and the Caribbean.
Sergio Giral
- Name
- Sergio Giral
- Born
- 2 January 1937
- Died
- 12 March 2024 (aged 87)
- Birthplace
- Havana, Cuba
- Place of death
- Bay Harbor Island, U.S.
- Occupation
- Film director
- Known for
- The Other Francisco
- Nationality
- United States · Cuba
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Sergio Giral (2 January 1937 – 12 March 2024) was a Cuban-American film writer and director. He was born in Cuba to parents Antonio and Plácida, and raised in New York City, as an aspiring young painter in the days of the Beatnik generation. It was there, after a series of shorts and documentaries, that Giral filmed a trilogy (The Other Francisco, Rancheador and Maluala) about slavery in 19th Century Cuba and the Caribbean.
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Sergio Giral was a Cuban and American director, painter and screenwriter. The director was born in Havana. Sergio Giral worked in United States.
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The Other Francisco was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Diploma. In 1991 Giral returned to the United States. He resided in Miami. Dos veces Ana was his first feature film made in USA. Giral died on 12 March 2024, at the age of 87.
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• Name — Sergio Giral • Born — 2 January 1937 • Died — 12 March 2024 (aged 87) • Birthplace — Havana, Cuba • Place of death — Bay Harbor Island, U.S. • Occupation — Film director • Known for — The Other Francisco
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Filmography
• Year — English title — Original title (if different) • 1967 — Cimarrón — • 1968 — Gonzalo Roig — • 1973 — Qué bueno canta usted — • height="13" | 1975 — The Other Francisco — El otro Francisco • 1975 — Rancheador — The Slave Hunter • 1979 — Maluala — • height="13" | 1981 — Glass Roof — Techo de vidrio • 1986 — Plácido — • 1991 — María Antonia (film) — • height="13" | 1995 — The Broken Image — La imagen rota • 2000 — Chronicle of an ordinance — • 2004 — Al barbaro del ritmo — • 2010 — Dos Veces Ana —
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