Óscar Catacora (18 August 1987 – 26 November 2021) was a Peruvian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer.
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 Catacora in 2021 | |
| Born | Óscar Quispe Catacora 18 August 1987 Ácora, Peru |
| Died | 26 November 2021 (aged 34) El Collao, Peru |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, cinematographer. |
| Years active | 2007–2021 |
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Biography
editCatacora was born on 18 August 1987 in the town of Ácora, Department of Puno.[1][2] In 2007 he directed and acted in the medium-length film El sendero del chulo. Two years later he entered the Professional School of Arts at the Universidad Nacional del Altiplano de Puno (UNA) to specialise in Theatre, but eventually dropped out to enlist in the Peruvian Army.[3]
In 2011 he began studying Social Communication Sciences at the UNA with the aim of specialising in audiovisual production. Two years later, in 2013, he wrote and directed La venganza del Súper Cholo (2013).[3] That same year Catacora won a grant of 400,000 soles from the Peruvian Ministry of Culture in the National Film Competition to carry out his project Wiñaypacha.[3] The film – "the first Peruvian feature film shot entirely in Aymara" – is his debut feature and was presented by Peru as a national candidate for the Oscars in Hollywood as Best International Feature Film, also aspiring as a candidate for best Ibero-American film at the 33rd edition of the Goya Awards in Spain.[4][5] It won the 2018 award for Best Peruvian Feature Film from the Peruvian Film Press Association (APRECI).[6]
In 2018, he again obtained funding from the Ministry of Culture that would allow him to make his second feature film, a historical film about the indigenous rebellion that took place in southern Peru in 1780 and whose presentation is scheduled to coincide with the Peruvian Bicentennial celebration.[7]
On 26 November 2021, the production company Cine Aymara announced the death of Catacora during the filming of his new film Yana-Wara in El Collao Province due to appendicitis.[8][1][2]
Filmography
edit- El sendero del chulo (2007)
- La venganza del Súper Cholo (2013)
- Aventura sangrienta (2017)
- Wiñaypacha (2018)
- Yana-Wara (2023)
Awards
editAwards for Best Young Director, Best First Film and Best Cinematography at the Guadalajara International Film Festival (2018) for Wiñaypacha.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b "Falleció Oscar Catacora, cineasta puneño que dirigió la película Wiñaypacha" (in Spanish). La República. 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ a b "In Memoriam: Óscar Catacora antes de "Wiñaypacha"". Cinencuentro (in Spanish). 28 November 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ a b c "Óscar Catacora". sensacine.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ Lucía Blasco (7 November 2018). ""Wiñaypacha" de Óscar Catacora: la conmovedora película peruana protagonizada por una anciana que nunca había visto un filme". bbc.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "Wiñaypacha". premiosgoya.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "El cine habla aimara". elperuano.pe (in Spanish). 4 February 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ Liliana Caysahuana (6 February 2019). "Óscar Catacora: "Aposté por un cine comprometido con la sociedad"" (in Spanish). Diario Correo. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "Óscar Catacora, director de la película Wiñaypacha, falleció a los 34 años" (in Spanish). La República. 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "Peruano gana premio internacional a mejor director joven en México" (in Spanish). Diario Correo. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2021.