Nombre: Perry Henzell
Nacimiento: 7 de marzo de 1936, Annotto Bay, St.
Mary's, Jamaica – 30 de noviembre 2006, Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth's,
Jamaica.
Películas: The Harder They Come (Caiga quien
caiga).
Henzell
se hizo famoso como director del primer largometraje de ficción jamaicano, The Harder They Come (Caiga quien
caiga), del que también fue guionista y productor.
Los
ancestros de Henzell pertenecieron a una antigua familia británica que hizo
fortuna en las plantaciones cañeras de Antigua.
Henzell
creció en una finca con cañaveral cercana a Kingston y fue enviado a esa ciudad
a estudiar desde que tenía catorce años, luego asistió a la Universidad McGill
entre 1953 y 1954. Abandonó la escuela y se fue a viajar por Europa. Trabajaba
eventualmente como asistente de la BBC. Regresó a Jamaica a finales de los años
cincuenta, y por ese entonces comenzó a dirigir publicidad hasta que llegó el
proyecto The Harder They Come, en el cual estuvo trabajando durante años.
Henzell
también filmó buena parte de lo que sería su próxima película No Place Like
Home, pero quedó en quiebra antes de poder finalizar la película. Una vez que
comprobó las dificultades inmensas de hacer cine en Jamaica se transformó en
novelista, y publicó su primer relato, Power
Game, en 1982, que fue pensada como una trilogía basada en el personaje de
Ivanhoe Martin.
El
material rodado de No Place Like Home
se perdió. Años después apareció una parte en un laboratorio de Nueva York, y
se exhibió al público en el Festival de Toronto.
En
el 2003 publicó su segunda novela, Cane, y poco después comenzó a trabajar en
una secuela de la película que lo convirtió en una de las personalidades más
relevantes del cine caribeño: The Harder
They Come, cuando murió de cáncer a los 70 años.
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Perry Henzell was born on March 7, 1936, Annotto Bay,
St. Mary's, Jamaica and died on November 30, 2006, Treasure Beach, St.
Elizabeth's, Jamaica. He was most famous for being the director of the first
Jamaican feature film, The Harder They Come (1972), starring Jimmy Cliff.
Henzell, whose ancestors included Huguenot
glassblowers and an old English family who had made their fortune growing sugar
on Antigua, grew up on the Caymanas sugar cane estate near Kingston. He was
sent to a boarding school in the United Kingdom at fourteen and later attended
McGill University in Montreal in 1953 and 1954. He then dropped out of this
school, choosing instead to hitchhike around Europe. He eventually got work as
a stagehand at the BBC. He returned to Jamaica in the 1950s, where he directed
advertisements for some years until he began work on The Harder They Come.
The Harder They Come is a Jamaican crime film which
stars reggae singer Jimmy Cliff, who plays Ivanhoe Martin, a character based on
Rhyging, a real-life Jamaican criminal who achieved fame in the 1940s. Other
major roles in the film were played by Janet Bartley (Elsa), Basil Keane
(Preacher), the late Ras Daniel Hartman (Pedro), Beverly Anderson (now Manley),
the late Bob Charlton, Jamaican actor Volaire Johnson (pushcart boy), and well
known Jamaican comedians Ed 'Bim' Lewis (photographer), and Aston 'Bam' Winter
(drunken husband).
The Harder They Come was released in February 1973 in
New York City by Roger Corman's New World Pictures to little attention. It became
more popular when it was played to midnight audiences nationwide. The film is
referenced in the Clash songs The Guns of Brixton and Safe European Home. In
2005, it was developed into a stage musical by the Theatre Royal Stratford East
and UK Arts Productions in London. Adapted by Henzell, it opened on March 25,
2006. The soundtrack to the film is considered a breakthrough for reggae in the
United States.
Henzell also shot some footage for what was planned as
his next film, No Place Like Home, but he went broke before he could finish the
film. Fed up by this, and the lack of finance for further production, he went
on to become a writer, publishing his first novel, Power Game in 1982. Both
were meant to complete a planned trilogy of films centering on Ivanhoe Martin.
The footage for No Place Like Home was lost. Years later, he came across
editing tapes in a lab in New York. Just to have a sense of completion, he
worked on the project. When he showed it to a few friends, their response was
enthusiastic. He eventually was able to retrieve the original footage. No Place
Like Home was screened for the public at the 31st annual Toronto International
Film Festival in September 2006 at the Cumberland Theatre; it was sold out.
Henzell has been called "the most important
filmmaker to emerge from the Caribbean" and his landmark film, The Harder
They Come, was responsible for introducing Reggae music to the world. With
unique insight, visual sense and original thinking, he forever changed the way
we look at things. Through his films, stage plays, and novels, the worldwide
impact of his work continues to grow.
No Place Like Home was also directed by Henzell.
Following the success of The Harder They Come, Perry Henzell directed part two
of his Jamaican trilogy, which follows New York producer Susan as she ventures
into the Jamaican countryside (reversing the country-to-city trajectory of the
first film) in search of a runaway actress. After working on the film
throughout the 1970s, Henzell discovered that the footage had been lost.
Fortunately, it was found 30 years later, and now Henzell's follow-up to his
breakthrough classic can be seen on the big screen!
Perry Henzell died of cancer on November 30, 2006,
aged 70. Versión
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Puerto Rico
Nombre: Abdiel Colberg Birriel
Nacimiento: Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, 20 de diciembre de 1957
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Ocupación: Director de cineLista de películas: Milagro en Yauco (1995), Los Días de Doris (1999–2000), Fire in the Soul (2002–2003), Aventura Verde (2010)
Trayectoria:
Se inició
en el arte en el año 1976. Para esa época comenzaba a desempeñarse como
coordinador de piso del programa televisivo Sábado de estrellas, que
se trasmitía en su país, Puerto Rico. En 1980 se inició en el campo de la
publicidad y produjo y dirigió numerosos comerciales galardonados en
diferentes eventos.
En 1987 dirigió la producción musical Sueño de Navidad, la cual se convirtió en un éxito de taquilla. En 1990 realizó el galardonado vídeo musical Un amor como el mío, para la cantante Lunna. Ya para esa época Colberg comenzaba a incursionar en el campo de las producciones televisivas, al dirigir 26 capítulos de la comedia No hay cama pa' tanta gente. Un año más tarde, realizó el docudrama Terremoto en Puerto Rico. En 1995 Abdiel Colberg reafirmó su innegable calidad como director y productor al realizar el drama navideño Milagro en Yauco. Al concluir el siglo XX, Abdiel Colberg se dio a la encomienda de realizar su segundo proyecto fílmico para la televisión bajo el título Los Díaz de Doris, presentada en numerosos festivales internacionales. Drama que relata los problemas de una madre divorciada y como enfrenta los problemas diarios. En 2001 Abdiel dirigió para la pantalla chica Casos inesperado, producción de corte realista y temática social. Posteriormente se destacó en la dirección de varios proyectos, como los mensajes de la campaña de la Alianza para un Puerto Rico sin Drogas. |
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Movie director
1987 marked Colberg's film directing debut, with
the musical Sueño de Navidad (Christmas Dream) which was presented at
San Juan's Centro de Bellas Artes for two weeks. Guede Films recruited
his services in 1989, where he produced commercials for TLD, Kentucky
Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut. In 1990, he produced
the musical video musical Un amor como el mío (A love like mine) for
Puerto Rican singer Lunna. It was during this era that
Colberg directed 26 chapters of the local television comedy "No hay cama
pa' tanta gente" which was transmitted through WIPR, Canal 6 in Puerto
Rico. In 1996, the Government of Puerto Rico required his services for the
production of "Terremoto en Puerto Rico" (Earthquake in Puerto
Rico) a documentary which was distributed by Blockbuster
Inc. In 1995, he directed and produced "Milagro en Yauco" (A
miracle in Yauco), a Christmas story which was transmitted via Telemundo.[2]
Amongst the movies he directed and co-wrote is Los
Dias de Doris (1999), a drama starring Cordelia González, Braulio Castillo, Jr., Raul Davila and Alba
Raquel Barros.[1] The drama deals with
the problems that a divorced mother of three has to face in her daily life.
Colberg also produced musical videos for the group LimiT XXI, Melina León and
for Luis Fonsi.
The Puerto Rican filmmaker Abdiel Colberg formally began to work in the
audiovisual in 1976 as coordinator of the television program Sábado de
estrellas, which was broadcast in Puerto Rico. In 1980, he worked in the advertising
industry, where he directed and produced a great number of
commercials that were awarded in different events.
In 1987, he directed a musical production Sueño de Navidad, which
became a box office success. In 1990, he direted the award winning music
video Un amor como el mío for the singer Lunna. Just at the time he
began to work on the television production field, where he directed 26
episodes of the television comedy No hay cama pa´tanta gente. A year
later, he made the docudrama Terremoto in Puerto Rico.
In 1995, Colberg reaffirmed his undeniable skill as director and producer
with the Christmas drama Milagro in Yauco.
A the end of the century, Abdiel Colberg made his second film project for television with the title Los Díaz de Doris, shown in numerous International Film Festivals. In 2001, Abdiel directed for the small screen Casos inesperados a production with a realist style and a social theme. Later he stood out in the direction of projects as the promotional campaign for a Puerto Rico without drugs. |
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