Palito Ortega Matute
Directing
- Born
- July 17, 1967 · Huamanga, Ayacucho, Peru
- Died
- February 8, 2018 (age 50)
Throughout his career, Palito directed nine feature films, most of them focusing on the period of violence that Peru experienced between 1980 and 2000. His films have been screened in various venues in Ayacucho, Lima, and at international film festivals, and he has received numerous awards and accolades.
Palito Ortega attended school in Huamanga and at the Colegio Guadalupe in Lima. He returned to Ayacucho, where he studied anthropology at the National University of San Cristóbal de Huamanga. His early work consisted of documentaries for tourism purposes, projects for television channels, and reports and documentaries related to acts of violence commissioned by non-governmental organizations. In 1994, he premiered his first film, "Dios tarda pero no olvida" (God Takes His Time But Doesn't Forget), which ran for two months in Ayacucho due to its large audience.
Known for
The Demon of the Andes
August 28, 2014
La Casa Rosada
May 3, 2018
Incesto en los Andes: La maldición de los jarjachas
January 1, 2002
El Rincón de los Inocentes
July 12, 2012
The sin
October 14, 2007
God takes but doesn't forget
January 1, 1996
La maldición de los Jarjachas 2
January 1, 2003
Semana Santa de Ayacucho
January 1, 2005
Behind the camera10
- 2018La Casa Rosada Director, Producer, Writer, Editor
- 2014The Demon of the Andes Director
- 2012El Rincón de los Inocentes Director
- 2007The sin Director, Writer
- 2005Semana Santa de Ayacucho Director
- 2003La maldición de los Jarjachas 2 Director, Writer
- 2002Incesto en los Andes: La maldición de los jarjachas Writer, Director
- 2000Sangre Inocente Director
- 1998Dios tarda pero no olvida 2 Director
- 1996