Person
Jacobo Penzo
Directing
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Sep 22, 1948
- Died
- Sep 22, 2020
- From
- Carora, Venezuela
Jacobo Penzo (born 1948 in Carora; died 2020 in Caracas), was a Venezuelan filmmaker, best known for his drama piece The House of Water, shown in the Directors' Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival in 1984. The film also represented Venezuela in the Best Foreign Language Film competition at the 57th Academy Awards. He was awarded the Venezuelan National Cinema Award (Premio Nacional de Cine de Venezuela) in 2002 and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Government of France in 2007. Penzo was also a painter and a writer.
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En territorio extranjero
Sons of the Earth
La propia gente
The House of Water
Borrador
Wanted: Good Looking Receptionist and Messenger with His Own Motorcycle
Night Music
El mar del tiempo perdido
Cabimas, Donde Todo Comenzó
Congo Mirador
El afinque de Marín
Caño Mánamo