Person

Marcos Zurinaga

Directing · Born 1952-09-06 · San Juan, Puerto Rico

Marcos Zurinaga is a Puerto Rican film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. He studied at the UPR Elementary School, University High School (UHS) and obtained his B.A. at UPR in 1972. He joined Puerto Rican filmmaker Roberto Gándara upon graduation, setting aside plans to study a master's degree, founding the film company Zaga Films. Among the several movies that he has directed is La Gran Fiesta, a movie about the last grand party at the old "Casino de Puerto Rico" building in Old San Juan, before it was turned over to military use as the United States was drawn into World War Two, and A Step Away, a 1980 critically acclaimed movie narrated by Orson Welles. In 1997 came an unusual movie in Zurinaga's filmography, the thriller-mystery film The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca.

• Juan Ramón Jiménez: diario de un poeta

  Director of Photography

• Lucía, Ignacio y otras historias

  Director

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  Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

  Self

• Siempre estuvimos aquí

  Director

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  Maná - Arde el Cielo

  Director

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  Death in Granada

  Director

• One-Way Ticket

  Director of Photography

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  Meant To Be

  Co-Producer

• Ednita: es para ti

  Director of Photography

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  La gran fiesta

  Story

• 2019Raúl Juliá: The World’s a StageSelf
• 2014Cinema Puerto Rico: una antropología visualHimself
• 2010Meant To BeCo-Producer
• 2008Maná - Arde el CieloDirector
• 2008Lucía, Ignacio y otras historiasDirector
• 2008The Bad GirlProducer
• 1999Con la música por dentro: cien años de historiaDirector
• 1998Romance del cumbanchero: la música de Rafael HernándezDirector
• 1997Siempre piel canela: la música de Bobby CapóDirector
• 1996Al compás de un sentimiento: la música de Pedro FloresDirector
• 1996Death in GranadaDirector
• 1995Somos un solo puebloDirector
• 1994El espíritu de un puebloDirector
• 1993Un pueblo que cantaDirector
• 1990A flor de pielDirector
• 1987Tango BarDirector
• 1986La gran fiestaStory
• 1983One-Way TicketDirector of Photography
• 1981Puerto Rico: A Colony the American WayCinematography
• 1981Juan Ramón Jiménez: diario de un poetaDirector of Photography
• 1980A Step AwayAssistant Director
• 1979Alicia Alonso y el Ballet Nacional de CubaWriter
• 1979We, the People of Puerto Rico - No to the Coal Plant in AguadaProducer
• 1978Ednita: es para tiDirector of Photography
• 1977Siempre estuvimos aquíDirector