- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- November 19, 1944
- Place of Birth
- Havana, Cuba
Fernando Pérez
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 Correspond…
Filmography
movieNelsito's World
2023 · Director, Screenplay
movieDefiant Souls
2019 · Director, Screenplay
movieLast Days in Havana
2016 · Director, Writer
movieThe Wall of Words
2014 · Director, Writer
movieMemória Cubana
2010 · Self
movieJosé Martí, the Eye of the Canary
2010 · Director
Titón: From Havana to Guantanamera, 1928-1996
movieTitón: From Havana to Guantanamera, 1928-1996
2008 · Interviewee
movieMadrigal
2007 · Director, Writer
movieSuite Habana
2003 · Director, Writer
movieRodar en Cuba
2003
movieLife Is to Whistle
1998 · Director, Writer
movieMadagascar
1995 · Director, Writer
movieCulpa
1993 · Eleuterio Santacruz
movieHello Hemingway
1990 · Director
movieLiving Dangerously
1987 · Director
movieThe Angry Cid
1983 · Special Effects
moviePuerto Rico
1975 · Director