Josué Méndez
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Josué Méndez (born September 18, 1976 in Lima, Peru) is a Peruvian director of films including Dias de Santiago ('Days of Santiago') and Dioses ('Gods').
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Biography
Josué Méndez studied Film and Latin American Studies at Yale University, USA, graduating in 1998. He has written and directed several short films, which have been shown at major international festivals (in Oberhausen, Tampere, Huesca, Sao Paulo, and Bilbao, among others). Dias de Santiago was Méndez's first feature film, about a cab driver in Lima who is haunted by his past in the Peruvian military. [1][2] The film was Peru's official selection for the 2005 Academy Awards, and won more than 35 international awards.[3] In 2005, Dioses was chosen to be part of the L'Atelier project organized by the Cannes Film Festival for works in progress. [4] During the making of Dioses, Méndez also benefited from the guidance of British director Stephen Frears as part of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative.[5]
Over the years, Méndez has worked in advertising, films, theater and television for Peruvian and foreign producers, and has worked as an editor of feature films and short films for other directors. In 2006, he served as secretary of the Peruvian Society for Audiovisual Industry (SPIA).[6] Also in 2006, supported by twelve producers of Peruvian national cinema, Méndez launched the 'Peru Pantalla' campaign to evaluate the government's financial support for the industry.[7]
Filmography
- Solo buenos amigos (short film) (1997)
- Dreams & Other Adagios (short film) (1998)[8]
- Parelisa (short film) (1999)
- Dias de Santiago (feature film) (2004)
- Dioses (feature film) (2008)
- Qué culpa tiene el tomate (documentary) (2009)[9]
Awards
Parelisa
- "Home of America" prize in the Iberoamerican Short Film Contest - Latin American Film Festival of Huesca, Spain 2000 [10]
Dias de Santiago
- Best Actor - Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2004
- FIPRESCI Prize and Grand Prix - Fribourg International Film Festival 2004
- Best Actor and Critics Award - Lima Latin American Film Festival 2004
- Transylvania Trophy - Transylvania International Film Festival 2004
- Nominated for Tiger Award - Rotterdam International Film Festival 2004
- Nominated for Golden Spike - Valladolid International Film Festival 2004[11]
- 'Stage des Jeunes Producteurs' Award - Festival of Three Continents in Nantes, France 2004[12]
External links
References
- ↑ Lee, Nathan (December 8, 2005). "In Lima, Cab-Driving Veteran Boils With Rage of Alienation". The New York Times
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397405/
- ↑ http://www.globalfilm.org/lens10/gods.htm
- ↑ http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/cinefoundation/ficheFilmAtelier/id/4326652/year/2005.html
- ↑ "Josué Méndez - Protégés in Locarno". Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. December 2008.
- ↑ http://www.cinencuentro.com/josue-mendez/
- ↑ http://www.livinginperu.com/news-2691-arts-entertainment-peruvian-filmmakers-launch-peru-pantalla-campaign
- ↑ http://www.cinencuentro.com/josue-mendez
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0579062
- ↑ http://www.huesca-filmfestival.com/cine/contents/E_Pelificha.asp?id=2065
- ↑ http://www.cinematropical.com/distribution/diasdesantiago.htm
- ↑ http://www.cinencuentro.com/josue-mendez/
