Carmen Castillo (filmmaker)

In this Chilean name, the first or paternal surname is Castilloand the second or maternal family name is Echeverría.

Carmen Castillo
Castillo at the 2015 Santiago International Book Fair
Born	María del Carmen Castillo Echeverría (1945-05-21) 21 May 1945 (age 80) Santiago, Chile
Citizenship	Chile France
Education	University of Chile
Political party	Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR)
Spouse	Andrés Pascal Allende ​ ​ (m. 1966,divorced)​
Partners	Miguel Enríquez Pierre Devert
Children	4
Parents	Fernando Castillo Velasco  [ es ] (father) Mónica Echeverría Yáñez (mother)
Relatives	Eliodoro Yáñez (great-grandfather) María Flora Yáñez (grandmother) Juan Emar (great-uncle) Laura Allende (ex-mother-in-law) Denise Pascal (ex-sister-in-law)

Carmen Castillo is a French-Chilean filmmaker, scriptwriter, historian and academic, known for being a prominent member of the Chilean Resistance and Solidarity Movement. ^{[1] [2]}

Early life

María del Carmen Castillo Echeverría was born on 21 May 1945 in Santiago, into an upper class family. ^[3] Her mother, Mónica Echeverría Yáñez (1920–2020), was a writer, journalist, actress, playwright and feminist activist. ^{[4] [3]} Her father, Fernando Castillo Velasco  [ es ] (1918–2013), was an architect, rector, politician and member of the Christian Democratic Party. ^[3]

Through her mother, Castillo is the great-granddaughter of Eliodoro Yáñez, granddaughter of María Flora Yáñez and the great-niece of Juan Emar. ^[3]

Castillo was educated at the University of Chile. ^[5]

Career

Before the 1973 coup d'état Castillo was a history professor and researcher at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. ^[2] From 1970–1971, Castillo worked with Beatriz Allende at the La Moneda Palace. ^[2]

In 2025, Castillo was on the 78th Cannes Film Festival jury for the L'Œil d'or. ^[6]

Personal life

In 1966, Castillo married Andrés Pascal Allende, a Chilean Marxist dissident and member of the MIR. ^{[7] [5]} The couple had one daughter, Camila Pascal Castillo, before later divorcing. ^[7]

Castillo's son with Enríquez was born on the 29 December 1974 in London, and died on the 29 January 1975. ^[8]

Castillo was the partner of French filmmaker Pierre Devert, with whom she had two children. ^{[5] [9]}

Filmography

• (1983) Los muros de Santiago. Co-directed with Pierre Devert and Fabienne Servan-Schreiber. ^[10]

• (1984) Estado de guerra: Nicaragua. Co-directed with Sylvie Blum. ^[10]

• (1994) La flaca Alejandra. Documentary. Co-directed with Guy Girard. Story and self. ^{[10] [11] [12]}

• (1994–1999) Tierras extranjeras, serie de largometrajes de ficción para la cadena Arte. ^[10]

• (1995) La Verdadera Leyenda del Subcomandante Marcos. ^[10]

• (1996) Inca de Oro. Documentary, co-directed with Sylvie Blum. ^{[10] [13] [14]}

• (1999) El bolero, una educación amorosa. Documentary. Director. ^{[10] [15] [16]}

• (2000) Viaje con la cumbia por Colombia. ^[10]

• (2000) María Félix, la inalcanzable. ^[10]

• (2000) El astrónomo y el indio. Documentary, co-directed with Sylvie Blum. ^{[17] [18]}

• (2001) El Camino del Inca. ^[10]

• (2002) El astrónomo y el indio. ^[10]

• (2003) José Saramago, el tiempo de una memoria. ^[10]

• (2003) Mísia, la voz del fado." ^[10]

• (2004) El país de mi padre. ^[10]

• (2007) Calle Santa Fe  [ fr ]. Documentary. Director and story. ^{[10] [19] [20]}

• (2008) Desterria, un país llamado exilio. Documentary. ^[21] .

• (2010) El tesoro de América - El oro de Pascua Lama. ^[10]

• (2011) Victor Serge, vivencias de un revolucionario. ^[10]

• (2013) L’Espagne de Juan Goytisolo, Manuel Rivas et Bernardo Atxaga. ^[10]

• (2015) Aún estamos vivos. Documetry. Director and story. ^{[10] [22] [23]}

• (2017) Cuba en debate. Documentary. Director and story. ^{[10] [24]}

• (2019) Una embajada  [ es ].Documentary. ^[10]

References

1. "Castillo, Carmen (1945-....) forme internationale". BnF Catalogue général (in French). Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France. 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
2. "Biografía Carmen Castillo". Biografía Directora (in Spanish). Santiago: Universidad de Chile. 2005. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
3. Frankel, Emily Elizabeth (2021). Weintraub, Scott (ed.). "The Convergence of Past and Present Revolutionary His & Herstories in Subcomandante Marcos – La verdadera leyenda (1995) Produced by Carmen Castillo & Tessa Brisac". A Contracorriente: Una Revista De Estudios Latinoamericanos. 18 (3). Durham, New Hampshire; Raleigh, North Carolina: University of New Hampshire;North Carolina State University: 125–160. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
4. "Echeverría, Mónica". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress. 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
5. Christian, Shirley (2 July 1987). "SANTIAGO JOURNAL; THE EXILE RETURNS, EMBODYING THE AGONY OF '73". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 November 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
6. "Le jury 2025". L'Œil d'Or (in French). Paris: L'Œil d'Or; La Scam : Société civile des auteurs multimédia. 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
7. García de Fernandez, Filomena (1980). "Fernando Castillo se refiere a su hija Carmen". Biblioteca Nacional de Chile : Archivo de Referencias Críticas (in Spanish). Valparaíso: El Mercurio. p. 4. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
8. Castillo Velasco, Fernando; García de Fernandez, Filomena (10 July 1980). "Fernando Castillo se refiere a su hija Carmen". El Mercurio (in Spanish). Valparaíso, Chile. Archivo de Referencias Críticas; Disponible en Biblioteca Nacional Digital de Chile. p. 4. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
9. Broué, Caroline; Castillo, Carmen (2023). "Carmen Castillo, une histoire chilienne. Épisode 5/5 : Empreintes". France Culture (in French). Paris, France: Radio France . Retrieved 20 August 2025.
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20. "Calle Santa Fe, Carmen Castillo". Cineteca Nacional de Chile (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Centro Cultural La Moneda. 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
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22. "Aún estamos vivos". Acervo Cineteca Nacional de Chile (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Cineteca Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
23. Piña, María Carolina (2015). "'Aún estamos vivos' de Carmen Castillo". Carrusel de las Artes (in Spanish). Radio France Internationale. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
24. "Cuba en debate". Acervo Cineteca Nacional de Chile (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Cineteca Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 20 August 2025.