
Person
Fernando Pérez
Directing · Born 1944-11-19 · Havana, Cuba
Biography
Fernando Pérez Valdés (born November 19, 1944; Havana) is a Cuban film director and writer, with a degree in Hispanic Language and Literature from the University of Havana. He has taught Film Appreciation and Film History courses at the International Film School of San Antonio de los Baños. Since 1962 he has been linked to cinema, first as a production assistant and then as an assistant director. In 1975 he debuted as a documentary filmmaker, also making numerous editions of the Latin American ICAIC News. He began his career as a feature film director in 1987 with Clandestinos, a film that would earn him great recognition from national and international critics. Throughout his career he has received numerous awards at different festivals both in Cuba and abroad, being awarded with the National Film Award in 2007. He was also awarded the Casa de las Américas Prize for his book Correspondents of War.
Known for

Suite Habana
Director

Last Days in Havana
Director

Hello Hemingway
Director

Living Dangerously
Director

Madrigal
Director

Nelsito's World
Director

The Wall of Words
Director

Puerto Rico
Director

José Martí, the Eye of the Canary
Director

The Angry Cid
Special Effects
Filmography
- 2023Nelsito's WorldDirector
- 2019Defiant SoulsDirector
- 2016Last Days in HavanaDirector
- 2014The Wall of WordsDirector
- 2010Memória CubanaSelf
- 2010José Martí, the Eye of the CanaryDirector
- 2008Titón: From Havana to Guantanamera, 1928-1996Interviewee
- 2007MadrigalDirector
- 2003Suite HabanaDirector
- 2003Rodar en Cuba
- 1998Life Is to WhistleDirector
- 1995MadagascarDirector
- 1993CulpaEleuterio Santacruz
- 1990Hello HemingwayDirector
- 1987Living DangerouslyDirector
- 1983The Angry CidSpecial Effects
- 1975Puerto RicoDirector
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