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Clemente de la Cerda

Clemente de la Cerda

Writing

September 13, 1935 – December 13, 1984 (died at 49)
Chichiriviche, Venezuela
Male
21 Movies
1 TV Shows

An outstanding Venezuelan film director, de la Cerda's films were characterized for their denunciation of social conditions of the underprivileged in Venezuelan society. As a child, his family moved to Caracas, where he soon enrolled in the School of Plastic Arts. Between 1962 and 1963 he frequented the Venezuelan Institute of Movie Studies, directed at the time by the actor Luis Salazar. Later, he studied theater with Humberto Orsini in the Central University of Venezuela for 8 months. At the same time, he began to work at Televisa (later Channel 4) as a camera assistant, advancing in responsibilities until getting to direct musical programs and soap operas, among those shows "La telenovela criolla" ("The Creole Soap Opera"), which starred Maria Escalona and Américo Montero. As a result of the arrival of videotape recording, he decided to leave television for film, working in news and commercials, first as a cameraman and soon as a director. In 1964 he began his career as a film director, producing a series of narrative films that, over the course of 10 to 20 years, made him the most active film director of that time in Venezuela. Among his more important films are: Isla de Sal [Island of Salt] and El Rostro [The Hidden Face] (1964), Sin fin [Endless] (1971), Cahuramanacas (short film, 1971), Soy un delincuente [I Am a Delinquent] (1976), Reincidente {a sequel to I Am a Delinquent} and Companer de viaje [Fellow Traveller] (1977), El crimen del penalista [The Crime of the Criminal Attorney] (1979), Los criminales [The Criminals] (1982), Reten de Catia and Agua que no haz de beber [Water Not to Drink] (1984). His film "I Am a Delinquent" was not only a box office success, but marked the beginning of a new wave in Venezuelan cinema. In effect, its point of view, denouncing the material and psychological conditions of Venezuelan society, cemented his work as a prominent part of the national cinema

I'm a Delinquent
I'm a Delinquent

I'm a Delinquent

1976 6.6

Cinematography

Age 40 (now 49)
I'm a Delinquent
I'm a Delinquent

I'm a Delinquent

1976 6.6

Screenplay

Age 40 (now 49)
I'm a Delinquent
I'm a Delinquent

I'm a Delinquent

1976 6.6

Director

Age 40 (now 49)
Second Offender
Second Offender

Second Offender

1977 7.5

Director

Age 42 (now 49)
Second Offender
Second Offender

Second Offender

1977 7.5

Adaptation

Age 42 (now 49)
Cahuramanacas
Cahuramanacas

Cahuramanacas

1973

Writer

Age 37 (now 49)
Cahuramanacas
Cahuramanacas

Cahuramanacas

1973

Director

Age 37 (now 49)
Retén de Catia
Retén de Catia

Retén de Catia

1984 8.0

Director

Age 48 (now 49)
Compañero de viaje
Compañero de viaje

Compañero de viaje

1979 7.0

Director

Age 43 (now 49)
Compañero de viaje
Compañero de viaje

Compañero de viaje

1979 7.0

Screenplay

Age 43 (now 49)
The Criminals
The Criminals

The Criminals

1982 8.0

Screenplay

Age 46 (now 49)
The Criminals
The Criminals

The Criminals

1982 8.0

Director

Age 46 (now 49)
Isla de sal
Isla de sal

Isla de sal

1964 10.0

Director

Age 28 (now 49)
Isla de sal
Isla de sal

Isla de sal

1964 10.0

Editor

Age 28 (now 49)
El crimen del penalista
El crimen del penalista

El crimen del penalista

1979 9.0

Director

Age 43 (now 49)
El crimen del penalista
El crimen del penalista

El crimen del penalista

1979 9.0

Writer

Age 43 (now 49)