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Bruno Lázaro Pacheco (born 1957 in Madrid, Spain) is a critically acclaimed Spanish-Canadian
film director who has written and directed fiction, documentary and
experimental films.
Biography
Son of Spanish poet and writer Jesús López Pacheco who left Spain
for Canada during the Fascist Francisco Franco dictatorship. His
first feature, The Traveller (1990), had its premiere at
the Toronto International
Film Festival and participated in the presentation of Canadian
Cinema at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, France.
He completed his film studies at the Centre for the Arts at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada where he studied with
renowed filmmakers Al Razutis and David Rimmer.
Lázaro Pacheco was a founding member of Cineworks, an
independent filmmakers' co-operative society in Vancouver where he
began making short fiction, documentary and experimental films.
After moving to Toronto
in the 1990s, he made a controversial sci-fi cult film City of
Dark in 1998. In 2004 he released his first Spanish film
¡Es para ti! shot both in Toronto and Barcelona.
Lázaro Pacheco has been a guest programmer at international
festivals and established the Festival of Canadian Cinema in Madrid showcasing independent
Canadian films in Spain. He currently lives in Madrid and Toronto
working as a commercial director.
Filmography
- Hate to Love (1989) Awarded: Chicago International
Film Festival - Silver Plaque Award
- Swingspan (1989) Awarded: Northwest Film & Video
Festival, Portland (Oregon) - Best Film
- The Traveller (1990) Premiered: Toronto International
Film Festival
- City of Dark (1998) Awarded: Figueira da Foz
International Film Festival - Most Innovative Film of the
Festival
- ¡Es para ti! (2004) Awarded: Lyon Festival of New
Generation Cinema - Best Film Award. Biennale du cinema in Annecy -
Grand prix
- There Are No Outdoor Ice Rinks In Madrid (2008)
Further
reading
- “Video-Liebesbriefe digital” - Kameramann (2004) Germany -
Wolfgang Jung
- “La Hermosa Imperfección” - Contrastes (2004) Spain - Fernando
I. Chover
- “Visible Cities, Invisible Freedoms” (1998) - CineAction (No.45
Nov. 1998) Canada - Marcy Goldberg (ISSN 0826-9866)
- “A la recherche d’une identité - Renaissance du cinéma d’auteur
canadien-anglais” (1991) Pierre Véronneau, Cinémathéque Québécoise
– Musée du Cinéma - Denyse Therrien (ISBN 2-89207-038-4)
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