Francisco José Lombardi
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Francisco José Lombardi (born 3 August 1947) is a Peruvian film director, producer and screenwriter. He has directed 17 films since 1977. He received the Silver Shell for Best Director in 1985 for his film The Time of the Hero based on the novel La ciudad y los perros by Mario Vargas Llosa. His film Without Compassion was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.
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Biography
Francisco José Lombardi (also known as 'Pancho' Lombardi) was born in Tacna, Peru on August 3rd 1947. His early schooling was conducted in his hometown, and he went to high school at the Colegio de La Inmaculada de Lima, where he published his first movie reviews in the school magazine Cine Estudio. This brought him into contact with the group editor of the film criticism magazine Hablemos de Cine, in which he published several critical texts. He then studied at the Film School of the University de Litoral in Santa Fe, Argentina until the university was taken over by the Onganía military government during the Argentine Revolution. He returned to Peru and studied film at the University of Lima.
In 1974 he began making short films after founding Producciones Inca Films with Jose Rey de Castro Zavala. His short films include Al otro lado de la luz (The Far Side of Light), Tiempo de Espera (Timeout) and Callejón Oscuro (Dark Alley). He was also the producer of short films by Augusto Tamayo, Aldo Salvini, Paul Guevara, Augusto Cabada, Lucho Barrios, among other directors. In 1977 his debut feature film, Muerte al amanecer (Death at Dawn) was a commercial and critical success, and allowed him to quickly follow up by directing a section of the film Cuentos inmorales (Immoral Tales) (1978). Since then Lombardi has directed films continuously, many of them co-produced with Spain and with Gerardo Herrero as producer.
In 2003 he split with Producciones Inca Films and thereafter worked independently. His work in film has been recognized through tributes and retrospectives at various international Film Festivals, including festivals in La Habana, Freiburg, Huesca and Trieste. In 2002 the Lima Film Festival awarded the Spondylus, the highest honor at the event, in recognition of his career as a filmmaker. In 2004, Lombardi was awarded the 'Irene Diamond Lifetime Achievement Award' given annually by Human Rights Watch for "his extraordinary commitment to human rights in film." He also received the Pablo Neruda Medal of the Order of Merit, awarded by the National Council for Culture and Arts of Chile for "his outstanding contribution to film and Latin American culture."
In recent years he has also entered the world of theater direction, staging four plays to date with marked success. In 2008 won the awards given annually by the newspaper El Comercio for "Best play of the year" and "Best Director" in theater.
Outside of his cultural work, Lombardi was President of the Sporting Cristal football club from 1993 to 1997[1] when the team won the Peruvian Primera División three years in a row (1994-95-96) and played in the final of the Copa Libertadores America in 1997. In 2003 he was elected Vice President of the Federación Peruana (the governing body of football in Peru), a position he resigned in 2005 after helping to establish the Under-17s World Cup and the Copa America.[2]
In 2005 Lombardi was a member of the jury at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival in Argentina. [3]
Filmography
- Muerte al amanecer (1977)
- Cuentos inmorales (1978)
- Muerte de un magnate (1980)
- Maruja en el infierno (1983)
- The Time of the Hero (1985)(based on the novel La ciudad y los perros by Mario Vargas Llosa)
- La boca del lobo (1988)
- Caídos del cielo (1990) (based on the story 'Los gallinazos sin plumas' by Julio Ramón)
- Sin Compasión (1994)(based on the novel Crime and Punishment, by Dostoevsky)
- Bajo la piel (1996)
- No se lo Digas a Nadie (1998) (based on the novel of the same name by Jaime Bayly)
- Pantaleón y las visitadoras (1999) (based on the novel of the same name by Mario Vargas Llosa)
- Captain Pantoja and the Special Services (2000) (based on the novel of the same name by Mario Vargas Llosa)
- Tinta roja (2000)(based on the novel of the same name by Alberto Fuguet)
- Ojos que no ven (2003)
- Mariposa negra (2006)
- Un cuerpo desnudo (2008)
- Ella (2009)
Awards
Muerte al amanecer
- International Film Festival, Locarno, Switzerland (1977): Special Jury Mention
- International Film Festival, Cartagena, Colombia, (1978): Best First Film
- International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, Havana, Cuba (1980): Third Prize Coral
Muerte de un magnate
- Iberoamerican Film Festival of Huelva, Spain (1982): Special Jury Mention
Maruja en el infierno
- Tashkent Film Festival, Uzbekistan (1983): Youth Organization Award
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Czech Republic (1984): Jury Mention
- Iberoamerican Film Festival of Huelva, Spain (1983): Special Jury Mention
The Time of the Hero
- San Sebastián Film Festival, Spain (1985): Silver Shell for Best Director
- Cannes Film Festival, France (1985): Selected for the fortnight of Réalisateurs
- Biarritz Film Festival, France (1985): Makhilas gold for Best Picture
- International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, Havana, Cuba (1985): Bronze Coral
La boca del lobo
- San Sebastián Film Festival, Spain (1988):Jury Award
- International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, Havana, Cuba (1988 ): Second Prize Coral; Glauber Rocha Award; Havana Radio Award; Cayman Beard Award; Prize of the International Catholic Film Organization (OCIC)
- Cartagena Film Festival, Colombia (1989): Best Picture; Best Director; Best Screenplay
- Selected for the London Film Festival, U.K (1989)
- Selected for the Berlin Film Festival, Germany (1989)
Caídos del cielo
- Festival des Films du Monde, Montreal, Canada (1990): Award for Best Picture
- Brussels Film Festival, Belgium (1991): The Age of Gold Award
- Spanish Film Academy Goya Award for Best Spanish-speaking Foreign Film
- Biarritz Film Festival, France (1990): Special Jury Prize
- Grand Prix de la XII Jornada Film Orleans, France (1990)
- Selected to participate in the Academy Awards, U.S.A (1990): Nominated for Best Foreign Film
Sin compasión
- Selected for the Cannes Film Festival, France (1994): Screened for Un Certain Regard
- Second Prize of the Film Project Competition organized by the Foundation for New Latin American Cinema and the Government of Mexico (1994)
- International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, Havana (1995): CubaBest Performance Award (Diego Bertie)
- Cartagena Film Festival, Colombia (1995): Catalina Gold, Best Director
- Festival of Trieste, Italy (1995): Best Director
Bajo piel
- San Sebastián Film Festival, Spain (1996): Silver Shell for Best Director
- International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, Havana, Cuba (1996 ): Second Prize Coral; Best Feature Film Screenplay
- Festival de Gramado, Brazil (1997): Best Performance
- Nominated for the Spanish Film Academy Goya Award for Best Spanish-speaking Foreign Film
Pantaleón y la visitadoras
- Festival de Gramado, Brazil (2000): Kikito Gold for Best Film; Best Director; Best Actor; Audience Award; FIPRESCI Prize
- Lima Film Festival, Peru (2000): Spondylus Award for Best Film
- Troia International Film Festival, Portugal (2000): Best Performance
- International Viña del Mar Festival, Chile (2000): Audience Award
- Nominated for the Spanish Film Academy Goya Award for Best Spanish-speaking Foreign Film
- Selected for the Miami Film Festival, U.S.A (2001)
- Selected for the Berlin Film Festival, Germany (2000)
Tinta roja
- International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, Havana, Cuba (2000): Watcher Award; Best Director
- San Sebastián Film Festival, Spain (2000): Silver Shell for Best Actor
- Festival of Los Angeles, U.S.A (2001): Best Screenplay
- International Festival of India (2001): Best Screenplay
- Lima Film Festival, Peru (2001): Second Prize for Best Film
- Miami Film Festival, U.S.A. (2001): Golden Reel Award
Ojos que no ven
- Biarritz Film Festival, France (2003): Best Film; Golden Sun Award
- Valdivia International Film Festival, Chile (2003): Best Film; International Panorama
- Selected for the San Sebastián Film Festival, Spain (2003)
Mariposa negra
- Festival des Films du Monde, Montreal, Canada (2006): Glauber Rocha Award for Best Latin American Film
- Biarritz Film Festival, France (2006): Best Actress
- Málaga Film Festival, Spain (2007): Best Actress
- Finalist for the Spanish Film Academy Goya Award for Best Spanish-speaking Foreign Film (2007)
Un cuerpo desnudo
- Selected for the "World Greats", Festival des Films du Monde, Montreal, Canada (2009)
