Camilo Luzuriaga | |
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| Born | 1953 |
| Nationality | Ecuadorian |
| Occupation | Director and producer |
Notable work | La Tigra (1989), Entre Marx y Una Mujer Desnuda (1996), |
Camilo Luzuriaga (born in Loja, Ecuador 1953) is an Ecuadorian film producer, actor, writer, photographer, and director.
Luzuriaga has produced, directed, edited, and written various movies, short films, and documentaries.
Luzuriaga's directorial debut was the film adaption of José de la Cuadra's novelette La Tigra (1989), which starred Lissette Cabrera, was hailed by critics as the rebirth of Ecuadorian cinema. One of his most renowned films is Entre Marx y Una Mujer Desnuda(Between Marx and a Naked Woman) (1996) based on the 1976 novel written by the Ecuadorian writer Jorge Enrique Adoum. The film is in Spanish with English and French subtitles. The film won Best Art Direction at the 18th Havana Film Festival, Best Script and Best Sound Track at the Trieste Film Festival, and was Nominated for Best Foreign Film by the Spanish Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Sciences, 1997. Michael Wilmington of the Chicago Tribune called the film, "One of the fest's major surprises is this startlingly inventive and sophisticated, beautifully done film from tiny Ecuador... packed with wit, energy, passion, intelligence, high style and memorable characters... the movie is wildly creative and funny."
Luzuriaga adapted an historical novel by Juan Valdano into the film, 1809-1810 mientras llega el día (2004) which related the story of the independence of Quito.
He played Captain Bolivar Rojas in the movie Chronicles directed by Sebastián Cordero starring John Leguizamo. He was also the local producer of Proof of Life directed by Taylor Hackford starring Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe.
Luzuriaga has been a photographer since 1971, and has had five solo exhibitions. He organized the First Contemporary National Photography Festival in Ecuador (1982). He was a photography teacher at the Central University's School of Art in Quito until 1987, at the Catholic University's School of Design in Quito until 1994 and at the Film and Acting Workshop until 2002.
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The majority of Ecuador's population is descended from a mixture of both European and Amerindian ancestry. The other 10% of Ecuador's population originate east of the Atlantic Ocean, predominantly from Spain, Italy, Lebanon, France and Germany. Around the Esmeraldas and Chota regions, the African influence would be strong among the small population of Afro-Ecuadorians that account for no more than 10%. Close to 80% of Ecuadorians are Roman Catholic, although the indigenous population blend Christian beliefs with ancient indigenous customs.
Ethnic makeup of Ecuador: mestizo 70%, Amerindian 7%, Spanish and others 12%, black 11%.
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