Marcos Zurinaga

Marcos Zurinaga

  • Birthday: 1952-09-06
  • Place of birth: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Biography

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.

Filmography

Production

One-Way Ticket

1983

As Director of Photography

A Step Away

1980

As Director of Photography

A flor de piel

1990

As Director of Photography

La gran fiesta

1986

As Director of Photography

Juan Ramón Jiménez: diario de un poeta

1981

As Director of Photography

Tango Bar

1987

As Director of Photography

Siempre estuvimos aquí

1977

As Director of Photography

Alicia Alonso y el Ballet Nacional de Cuba

1979

As Director of Photography

Ednita: es para ti

1978

As Director of Photography

Death in Granada

1996

As Director

Somos un solo pueblo

1995

As Director

La gran fiesta

1986

As Director

Tango Bar

1987

As Director

Un pueblo que canta

1993

As Director

El espíritu de un pueblo

1994

As Director

A Step Away

1980

As Assistant Director

A flor de piel

1990

As Director

Siempre estuvimos aquí

1977

As Director

The Bad Girl

2008

As Producer

La gran fiesta

1986

As Producer

Meant To Be

2010

As Co-Producer

Death in Granada

1996

As Producer

La gran fiesta

1986

As Story

La gran fiesta

1986

As Screenplay

Tango Bar

1987

As Writer

Death in Granada

1996

As Screenplay

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