Nicolás Echevarría
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Nicolás Echevarría is a Mexican film director
and cinematographer
. He has directed over 20 films since 1973. His 1991 film Cabeza de Vaca
was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival
.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and cinematographer
Cinematographer
A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...
. He has directed over 20 films since 1973. His 1991 film Cabeza de Vaca
Cabeza de Vaca (film)
Cabeza de Vaca is a 1991 Mexican film about the adventures of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca , an early Spanish explorer, as he traversed what later became the United States south-east and northern Cuba becoming a shaman. His journey of a number of years began in 1528...
was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival
41st Berlin International Film Festival
The 41st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 15 to 26, 1991.-Jury:* Volker Schlöndorff * Chantal Akerman* Laurie Anderson* José Luis Borau* Judith Godrèche* Yuri Klepikov* Renate Krößner* Gillo Pontecorvo...
.
Selected filmography
- María SabinaMaria SabinaMaría Sabina was a Mazatec curandera who lived her entire life in a modest dwelling in the Sierra Mazateca of southern Mexico...
: mujer espíritu (1978) - Poetas campesinos (1980)
- Niño FidencioNiño FidencioEl Niño Fidencio was a famous Mexican curandero. His birth name was José de Jesús Fidencio Constantino Síntora. Today he is revered by the Fidencista Christian Church...
, el taumaturgo de Espinoza (1981) - Cabeza de VacaCabeza de Vaca (film)Cabeza de Vaca is a 1991 Mexican film about the adventures of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca , an early Spanish explorer, as he traversed what later became the United States south-east and northern Cuba becoming a shaman. His journey of a number of years began in 1528...
(1991) - Vivir mata (2001)