Director

Pocho Álvarez

Directing

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Directed movies: 4Directed series: 0All crew credits: 10

TMDB ID: 1873052

Known for: Directing

Born: December 23, 1953

Age: 72

Place of birth: Riobamba, Ecuador

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2007 - 2022

Years active: 16

Frequent jobs

Director (3)Director of Photography (1)Editor (3)Cinematography (1)Story Consultant (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

César "Pocho" Álvarez is an ecuadorian documentary filmmaker with 30 years of experience. His documentaries cover social and cultural issues, like the struggle of indigenous communities against the mining and oil companies in films such as Tóxico, Texaco, Tóxico (2007) and A cielo Abierto, Derechos Minados (2009). Likewise, he has made portraits of characters such as Oswaldo Guayasamín and Raúl Castro in Luar Trocas (1987) and of Jorge Enrique Adoum in the film Jorgenrique (2010).

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