Biography
Marcos Zurinaga is a Puerto Rican film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. He studied at the UPR Elementary School, University High School (UHS) and obtained his B.A. at UPR in 1972. He joined Puerto Rican filmmaker Roberto Gándara upon graduation, setting aside plans to study a master's degree, founding the film company Zaga Films. Among the several movies that he has directed is La Gran Fiesta, a movie about the last grand party at the old "Casino de Puerto Rico" building in Old San Juan, before it was turned over to military use as the United States was drawn into World War Two, and A Step Away, a 1980 critically acclaimed movie narrated by Orson Welles. In 1997 came an unusual movie in Zurinaga's filmography, the thriller-mystery film The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca.
Filmography
all 25
Movies 25
Director 16
Producer 4
self 2
Meant To Be (2010)
The Bad Girl (2008)
Death in Granada (1996)
Somos un solo pueblo (1995)
Un pueblo que canta (1993)
A flor de piel (1990)
Tango Bar (1987)
La gran fiesta (1986)
One-Way Ticket (1983)
Puerto Rico: A Colony the American Way (1981)
Juan Ramón Jiménez: diario de un poeta (1981)
A Step Away (1980)
We, the People of Puerto Rico - No to the Coal Plant in Aguada (1979)
Ednita: es para ti (1978)
Siempre estuvimos aquí (1977)
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GenderMale
Birthday1952-09-06 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceSan Juan, Puerto Rico
CitizenshipsUnited States
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