Mario Handler
Directing
- Born
- November 10, 1935 (age 90) · Montevideo, Uruguay
Mario Handler was born on November 10, 1935 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He is a renowned filmmaker and photographer, considered by many to be the pioneer of Uruguayan militant cinema. He made his debut film "Vanguardista" in 1958. Afterwards he traveled to Germany where he did an internship in scientific cinema at the IWF (Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film). Later, in Czechoslovakia he made a documentary called In Prague.
He focused primarily on class struggles. Some of his first works are "Carlos" (1964), a film-portrait of a homeless man, "Me Gustan Los Estudiantes" (1968) and "Liber Arce, Liberation" (1969) about the student protests. In 1972 he goes into exile to Venezuela due to the imminent rise to power of the military forces and the subsequent coup.
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Handler's later work in Venezuela involves themes of colonial domination and cultural roots, and examinations on forms of syncretism and popular religiosity. After several years of exile, he returned to Uruguay in 1999, where he directed several feature-lenght documentaries like Aside (2002) and Broken columns (2015). In 2000 he became a professor in Audiovisual Cinema at the University of the Republic.
Known for
Aside
September 6, 2002
Now We're Going to Call You Brother
January 1, 1971
Mariposas S.A.
January 1, 1986
Elections
January 2, 1967
Me gustan los estudiantes
January 1, 1968
Carlos: Film Portrait of a Montevideo Panhandler
January 2, 1965
Caño Mánamo
January 1, 1983
Liber Arce, liberarse
July 19, 1969
La Matanza de Santa Bárbara
August 27, 1986
Los Platos del Diablo
April 14, 1992
Tell Mario not to Come Back
November 1, 2007
Broken Columns
June 18, 2015
Behind the camera22
- 2015Broken Columns Director, Writer
- 2007Tell Mario not to Come Back Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
- 2002Aside Producer, Executive Producer, Sound, Editor, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- 1995Alidha Ávila's Sucre Editor
- 1992Los Platos del Diablo Editor
- 1988Mestizo Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
- 1986La Matanza de Santa Bárbara Editor
- 1986Mariposas S.A. Producer, Editor
- 1985Profesión: vivir Editor
- 1983