Director

Rafael Sánchez

Directing

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Directed movies: 4Directed series: 0All crew credits: 6

TMDB ID: 1492624

IMDb ID: nm0845147

Known for: Directing

Born: November 24, 1920

Died: July 1, 2006

Age: 85

Place of birth: Santiago, Chile

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1958 - 1992

Years active: 35

Wikidata: Q6097089

Also known as

Rafael C. Sánchez S.J

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Director (4)Editor (1)Electrician (1)

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Biography

Considered the "father of the Latin American documentary", Jesuit priest Rafael Sánchez has his place in the history of Chilean cinema for many reasons. He was the founder of the emblematic Film Institute of the Universidad Católica of Chile (1955), from where he made his films and trained documentary filmmakers such as Patricio Guzmán. In addition, he wrote the book El montaje cinematográfico: arte en movimiento (1970), a work on editing technique with wide international influence. Filmed a single fiction film entitled El cuerpo y la sangre (1962), one of the fundamental films of the so-called New Chilean Cinema, which also features music created by the Franco-Chilean composer Juan Lemann.

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