
Person
Palito Ortega Matute
Directing · 1967–2018 · Huamanga, Ayacucho, Peru
Biography
Throughout his career, Palito directed nine feature films, most of them focusing on the period of violence that Peru experienced between 1980 and 2000. His films have been screened in various venues in Ayacucho, Lima, and at international film festivals, and he has received numerous awards and accolades. Palito Ortega attended school in Huamanga and at the Colegio Guadalupe in Lima. He returned to Ayacucho, where he studied anthropology at the National University of San Cristóbal de Huamanga. His early work consisted of documentaries for tourism purposes, projects for television channels, and reports and documentaries related to acts of violence commissioned by non-governmental organizations. In 1994, he premiered his first film, "Dios tarda pero no olvida" (God Takes His Time But Doesn't Forget), which ran for two months in Ayacucho due to its large audience.
Known for

The sin
Director

La Casa Rosada
Director

La maldición de los Jarjachas 2
Director

Incesto en los Andes: La maldición de los jarjachas
Writer

God takes but doesn't forget
Writer
Sangre Inocente
Director

El Rincón de los Inocentes
Director
Dios tarda pero no olvida 2
Director

The Demon of the Andes
Director
Filmography
- 2018La Casa RosadaDirector
- 2014The Demon of the AndesDirector
- 2012El Rincón de los InocentesDirector
- 2007The sinDirector
- 2003La maldición de los Jarjachas 2Director
- 2002Incesto en los Andes: La maldición de los jarjachasWriter
- 2000Sangre InocenteDirector
- 1998Dios tarda pero no olvida 2Director
- 1996God takes but doesn't forgetWriter
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