Jacobo Penzo (born 1948 in Carora; died 2020 in Caracas), was a Venezuelan filmmaker, best known for his drama piece The House of Water, shown in the Directors' Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival in 1984. The film also represented Venezuela in the Best Foreign Language Film competition at the 57th Academy Awards. Penzo is also a painter and a writer.
Biography Jacobo Penzo was born in Carora Lara, Venezuela on September 22, 1948. He moved to Caracas with his family in 1957. After high school he studied journalism at the Central University of Venezuela. From 1999 to 2002 Penzo was President of the Venezuelan National Cinematheque Foundation (Cinemateca Nacional)
Awards
Venezuelan National Cinema Award (Premio Nacional de Cine de Venezuela) in 2002. Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Government of France in 2007 in recognition to Penzo´s artistic talents
Films
The House of Water ("La Casa de Agua"), 1984 Música Nocturna ("Night Music"), 1987 En territorio Extranjero ("On A Foreign Land") 1993 Borrador ( "Draft" ) co-production, 2006 Cabimas donde todo comenzó ("Cabimas, the burst") 2012
Documentaries
Some of Penzo´s documentaries are:
Falso Retrato de Luis Alberto Crespo (" Fake Portrait of LAC ") 2014 El Profeta Olvidado ( "The Forgotten Prophet" ), co-production with Carlos Azpúrua 2003 Maracaibo Blues 2001 Algunas Preguntas a la Mujeres (Questions to Women) 1984 El Silencio de la Memoria ("The Silence of the Past") 1986 La Pastora Resiste ("The Old Town Battle") 1982 El Afinque de Marín ("The Barrio Beat") 1980 Tecnología para el hombre ("Progress for The People") 1986 El Compadre Antonio ("Saint Anthony: a Friend of the People") 1982 Dos Ciudades ("Two Cities") 1982
Writings
Veinte años por un Cine de Author, essay, 2000 Que Habrá sido de Herbert Marcuse, short stories, 2014 Rumores, poems, 2015
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