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Fina Torres
Directing · Born 1951-10-09 · Caracas, Venezuela
Biography
Fina Torres is a film director. She became known by winning la Caméra d'Or award at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival with her directorial debut film, Oriana. She studied design, photography and journalism in Venezuela and later on film at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques in Paris. She now lives in Mexico and the United States. She continues to work with film projects related to Latin America as well as giving workshops in direction and script writing in Venezuela. Her notable works include Mécaniques célestes (Celestial Clockwork) (1995), Woman on Top (2000), Habana Eva ("Havana Eva" (2008).
Known for

Woman on Top
Director

From Prada to Nada
Screenplay

Fernand
Script Supervisor

Celestial Clockwork
Director

Liz in September
Producer

The Wonderful World of Sex
1978

Foreign Directors on Directing
2008

Esperanza
Director

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self

The Leap Years
Writer
Filmography
- 2014Liz in SeptemberProducer
- 2014Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel WomenSelf
- 2011From Prada to NadaScreenplay
- 2010Habana EvaDirector
- 2008The Leap YearsWriter
- 2008Foreign Directors on Directing
- 2005EsperanzaDirector
- 2000Woman on TopDirector
- 1995Celestial ClockworkDirector
- 1985OrianaDirector
- 1980FernandScript Supervisor
- 1978The Wonderful World of Sex
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