Biography
Pedro Chaskel, is one of the main precursors of the so-called New Chilean Cinema, as a director, cameraman and editor of numerous short and feature length films.
An early emigrant from Germany at the age of seven, Chaskel became a Chilean national in 1952, and studied architecture at the Universidad de Chile from 1951 to 1954.
That year, he became a founding member and animator of the Cine Club Universitario de la Federación de Estudiantes de Chile (FECH). A conspirator in the exhibition of films that did not come to Chile through the regular commercial circuit, Chaskel promoted, together with a group of contemplative people, a custom that was not very common in Chile: the cinema forum, or the debate organized after the film screenings that he did at the Central House of the Universidad de Chile. It was there that classics of German expressionism, Italian neo-realism and any film they had available were shown for the first time in Chile.
In 1973, due to the military coup suffered by the government of President Salvador Allende, Chaskel is expelled from the Universidad de Chile by the military authorities, and travels abroad.
Between 1974 and 1983 he settled in Cuba, where he worked as an editor at the Cuban Institute of Art and Cinematographic Industry (ICAIC), and since 1979, as a director and filmmaker for the same institute.
In 1983, he returns to Chile. He works in film and video as an independent professional, working as an editor and director of documentaries.
From 1997 to date, he has taught film at many Chilean universities.
Filmography
all 38
Movies 37
Director 14
Writer 3
Producer 3
self 1
TV Shows 1
The Revolt (2023)
Nada pertenece a la memoria (2017)
Perla (2015)
De vida y de muerte, testimonios de la Operación Cóndor (2015)
Buscando Isla de Pascua, la película perdida (2014)
Road Signs (2000)
¿Y... si fuera cierto? (1996)
Neruda en el corazón (1993)
Lizards' Tales (1989)
Por la vida (1987)
Imágenes de Un Primero de Mayo (1986)
Somos + (1985)
Una foto recorre el mundo (1981)
Eyes Like My Dad (1979)
Recado de Chile (1979)
The Battle of Chile: Part III (1979)
Cantata de Chile (1976)
The Battle of Chile: Part II (1976)
The Battle of Chile: Part I (1975)
Descomedidos y chascones (1973)
Entre ponerle y no ponerle... (1971)
It's Not Time to Cry (1971)
Venceremos (1970)
Jackal of Nahueltoro (1970)
Testimony (1969)
Érase un niño, un guerrillero, un caballo… (1967)
Abortion (1965)
Angelito (1965)
El Analfabeto (1965)
Érase una vez (1965)
Ana (1965)
Yo tenía un camarada (1964)
Aquí vivieron (1964)
Parkinsonismo y cirugía (1962)
Deja que los perros ladren (1961)
Day of the Organ Grinders (1961)
Imágenes Antárticas (1958)
Tres miradas a la calle (1957)
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Known ForEditing
GenderMale
Birthday1932-08-02 (91 years old)
Birth PlaceBerlin, Germany
ReligionJudaism
CitizenshipsChile, Germany
ResidencesSantiago, Chile
Also Known AsPedro Chaskel Berno
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