Jorge Ignacio Castillo
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Jorge Ignacio Castillo, is a Canadian
author
, film critic and independent filmmaker.
, Chile
. He was an entertainment writer and film critic for the Santiago La Segunda Spanish language daily newspaper from 1994-2002.
Castillo emigrated to Canada in 2002 and became a Canadian citizen in 2006.
In 2011, Castillo was a guest lecturer for a class at the University of British Columbia
on the impact of technology on society.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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Author
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, film critic and independent filmmaker.
Biography
Jorge Castillo was born in ChuquicamataChuquicamata
Chuquicamata, or "Chuqui" as it is more familiarly known, is by digged volume the biggest open pit copper mine in the world, located in the north of Chile, 215 km northeast of Antofagasta and 1,240 km north of the capital, Santiago...
, Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
. He was an entertainment writer and film critic for the Santiago La Segunda Spanish language daily newspaper from 1994-2002.
Castillo emigrated to Canada in 2002 and became a Canadian citizen in 2006.
In 2011, Castillo was a guest lecturer for a class at the University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
on the impact of technology on society.
See also
- Prairie Dog alternative newspaper
- Planet S bi-weekly magazine