Writings
- Veinte años por un Cine de Author, [25] essay, 2000
- Que Habrá sido de Herbert Marcuse, [26] short stories, 2014
- Rumores, [27] poems, 2015
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Jacobo Penzo (born 1948 in Carora), is a Venezuelan filmmaker, [1] best known for his drama piece The House of Water , shown in the Directors' Fortnight section [2] [3] of the Cannes Film Festival in 1984. The film also represented Venezuela in the Best Foreign Language Film competition at the 57th Academy Awards. [4] Penzo is also a painter and a writer. [5]
Jacobo Penzo was born in Carora Lara, Venezuela on September 22, 1948. He moved to Caracas with his family in 1957. After high school he studied journalism at the Central University of Venezuela. [5] From 1999 to 2002 Penzo was President of the Venezuelan National Cinematheque Foundation (Cinemateca Nacional) [6] [7]
Some of Penzo´s documentaries are:
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