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Luis Ospina is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor and Sound Recordist Colombien born on 14 june 1949

Luis Ospina

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Nationality Colombie
Birth 14 june 1949
Death 27 september 2019 (at 70 years)

Luis Ospina, né le 14 juin 1949 à Cali en Colombie et mort le 27 septembre 2019 (à 70 ans) à Bogota (Colombie), est un réalisateur, producteur et scénariste colombien.

Biography

Luis Ospina faisait partie du groupe Cali avec Carlos Mayolo, Andrés Caicedo, Ramiro Arbeláez et d'autres artistes de Cali qui, dans les années 1970, ont fondé le Caliy Cinema Club, le magazine Ojo al cine. Il a dirigé deux films de fiction, Pura sangre (1982) et Soplo de vida (1999) ont réalisé neuf documentaires, ainsi qu'une vingtaine de courts métrages documentaires et de fiction, dont Agarrando pueblo (1977), co-réalisé avec Carlos Mayolo pour critiquer le soi-disant pornomiseria in le cinéma ; Andrés Caicedo : quelques bons amis (1986), sur la vie (et la mort) de l'écrivain caleño Andrés Caicedo ; Œil et vue: la vie de l'artiste est en danger (1988), une suite à Agarrando pueblo, Le malaise suprême: portrait incessant de Fernando Vallejo (2003), sur la vie et l'œuvre de cet écrivain colombien controversé et Un tigre de papier (2007), à propos de Pedro Manrique Figueroa, précurseur du collage en Colombie. Son dernier film était Tout a commencé à la fin (2015), dont la première mondiale a eu lieu au Festival international du film de Toronto, TIFT.

Il a également travaillé dans le domaine de la chronique cinématographique dans des magazines tels que Ojo al cine, El Malpensante, Cinemateca, Kinetoscopioy Number. En 2007, il a publié Words to the wind. Mes restes complets, une anthologie de ses écrits cinématographiques.

Son travail a été primé aux festivals internationaux d'Oberhausen, Biarritz, La Havane, Sitges, Bilbao, Lille, Miami, Lima, Caracas et Toulouse. Des rétrospectives de son travail ont eu lieu à la Filmoteca de Cataluña, à la Cineteca de México, à La Cinemateca de Venezuela et au Centre colombo-américain de Medellín. Certaines de ses œuvres ont été exposées à la Tate Gallery, au musée Solomon R. Guggenheim, au musée Reina Sofía, au centre Georges Pompidou, au musée du Jeu de Paume, au musée d'art moderne de San Francisco, à Dokumenta Cassel et à la galerie BAK.

De 2007 à sa mort, il a été directeur artistique du Festival international du film de Cali (FICCALI).

Luis Ospina est décédé à Bogota, ville où il habitait, le 27 septembre 2019. La cause de sa mort n'a pas encore été précisée. Il laisse dans le deuil sa partenaire Lina González.

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Filmography of Luis Ospina (5 films)

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Actor

The Manor of Araucaima, 1h25
Directed by Carlos Mayolo
Genres Drama, Horror, Romance
Actors José Lewgoy, Carlos Mayolo, Antônio Pitanga, Luis Ospina
Roles The Director
Rating68% 3.426623.426623.426623.426623.42662
Angela, a young model, is working on a T.V commercial that is filmed in the countryside. Her boyfriend is part of the crew behind the camera. Not far from where they are shooting the commercial, there is a house named Araucaima, inhabited by six eccentric characters: a guardian, who patrols the property with his German Sheppard; Camilo, an impotent alcoholic pilot; a monk, with a passion for books; a black servant named Cristobal who does the daily chores; the Machiche, a mature voluptuous woman who keeps the men in the house under her control; and Graciliano "Don Graci", the pampered owner of the house.
Bloody Flesh, 1h26
Directed by Carlos Mayolo
Origin Colombie
Genres Drama, Horror, Romance
Actors Carlos Mayolo, Luis Ospina
Roles Dr. Rafael Francisco Vallesilla
Rating61% 3.098943.098943.098943.098943.09894
On August 6, 1956 the Grandmother dies of a major upper-class family in Cali. The descendants are called to hear the will of the grandmother, two of the heirs are Andres Alfonso and his half sister Margaret. At dawn on August 7 of that year the infamous explosion occurs several truckloads of dynamite that were to be transported to Bogotá. No light, no water and with the roof partially fallen's family as well as others head into the field. Andres and Margaret are asked to go to the farm-out "La Emma" to go for supplies and give the news to the great-uncle Enrique of the death of his sister and his share of the inheritance. Both come to be greeted by the caretaker of the farm and later directed where Enrique is known as the black sheep of the family for being different from them. Both being dirty clothes are changed while Henry tells of its history and let them see both photos and memories. From there it develops a Gothic story of love between Andres and Margaret that slowly develop a strong attraction resulting in an incestuous relationship in which little by little Andres and Margaret are the ghosts of their ancestors who are taking possession of both. The lovers disappear and appear in both the farm and in other murdering and spreading terror in the region. A historical realism magic to resurrect become symbols of power - the matron pride, the bloodthirsty general, ethereal nuns and the doctor vampire.

Director

A Paper Tiger, 1h54
Directed by Luis Ospina
Origin Colombie
Genres Documentary
Actors Carlos Mayolo
Rating73% 3.65313.65313.65313.65313.6531
Documentaire sur la vie de Pedro Manrique Figueroa, artiste mystérieusement disparu en 1981, qui mélange vérité et fiction.
Breath of Life, 1h50
Directed by Luis Ospina
Origin Colombie
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Flora Martínez
Rating62% 3.1407653.1407653.1407653.1407653.140765
Pure Blood
Pure Blood (1982)
, 1h30
Directed by Luis Ospina
Origin Colombie
Genres Horror, Crime
Actors Carlos Mayolo
Rating67% 3.379673.379673.379673.379673.37967
Un homme d'affaire, âgé et malade, est relié au monde par deux canaux principaux : celui de ses intraveineuses, et celui de la télévision...

Scriptwriter

A Paper Tiger, 1h54
Directed by Luis Ospina
Origin Colombie
Genres Documentary
Actors Carlos Mayolo
Roles Writer
Rating73% 3.65313.65313.65313.65313.6531
Documentaire sur la vie de Pedro Manrique Figueroa, artiste mystérieusement disparu en 1981, qui mélange vérité et fiction.
Breath of Life, 1h50
Directed by Luis Ospina
Origin Colombie
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Flora Martínez
Roles Writer
Rating62% 3.1407653.1407653.1407653.1407653.140765
Pure Blood
Pure Blood (1982)
, 1h30
Directed by Luis Ospina
Origin Colombie
Genres Horror, Crime
Actors Carlos Mayolo
Rating67% 3.379673.379673.379673.379673.37967
Un homme d'affaire, âgé et malade, est relié au monde par deux canaux principaux : celui de ses intraveineuses, et celui de la télévision...

Producer

A Paper Tiger, 1h54
Directed by Luis Ospina
Origin Colombie
Genres Documentary
Actors Carlos Mayolo
Roles Producer
Rating73% 3.65313.65313.65313.65313.6531
Documentaire sur la vie de Pedro Manrique Figueroa, artiste mystérieusement disparu en 1981, qui mélange vérité et fiction.
Pure Blood
Pure Blood (1982)
, 1h30
Directed by Luis Ospina
Origin Colombie
Genres Horror, Crime
Actors Carlos Mayolo
Roles Producer
Rating67% 3.379673.379673.379673.379673.37967
Un homme d'affaire, âgé et malade, est relié au monde par deux canaux principaux : celui de ses intraveineuses, et celui de la télévision...

Cameraman

A Paper Tiger, 1h54
Directed by Luis Ospina
Origin Colombie
Genres Documentary
Actors Carlos Mayolo
Roles Director of Photography
Rating73% 3.65313.65313.65313.65313.6531
Documentaire sur la vie de Pedro Manrique Figueroa, artiste mystérieusement disparu en 1981, qui mélange vérité et fiction.

Editor

A Paper Tiger, 1h54
Directed by Luis Ospina
Origin Colombie
Genres Documentary
Actors Carlos Mayolo
Roles Editor
Rating73% 3.65313.65313.65313.65313.6531
Documentaire sur la vie de Pedro Manrique Figueroa, artiste mystérieusement disparu en 1981, qui mélange vérité et fiction.
Breath of Life, 1h50
Directed by Luis Ospina
Origin Colombie
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Flora Martínez
Roles Editor
Rating62% 3.1407653.1407653.1407653.1407653.140765
The Manor of Araucaima, 1h25
Directed by Carlos Mayolo
Genres Drama, Horror, Romance
Actors José Lewgoy, Carlos Mayolo, Antônio Pitanga, Luis Ospina
Roles Editor
Rating68% 3.426623.426623.426623.426623.42662
Angela, a young model, is working on a T.V commercial that is filmed in the countryside. Her boyfriend is part of the crew behind the camera. Not far from where they are shooting the commercial, there is a house named Araucaima, inhabited by six eccentric characters: a guardian, who patrols the property with his German Sheppard; Camilo, an impotent alcoholic pilot; a monk, with a passion for books; a black servant named Cristobal who does the daily chores; the Machiche, a mature voluptuous woman who keeps the men in the house under her control; and Graciliano "Don Graci", the pampered owner of the house.
Bloody Flesh, 1h26
Directed by Carlos Mayolo
Origin Colombie
Genres Drama, Horror, Romance
Actors Carlos Mayolo, Luis Ospina
Roles Editor
Rating61% 3.098943.098943.098943.098943.09894
On August 6, 1956 the Grandmother dies of a major upper-class family in Cali. The descendants are called to hear the will of the grandmother, two of the heirs are Andres Alfonso and his half sister Margaret. At dawn on August 7 of that year the infamous explosion occurs several truckloads of dynamite that were to be transported to Bogotá. No light, no water and with the roof partially fallen's family as well as others head into the field. Andres and Margaret are asked to go to the farm-out "La Emma" to go for supplies and give the news to the great-uncle Enrique of the death of his sister and his share of the inheritance. Both come to be greeted by the caretaker of the farm and later directed where Enrique is known as the black sheep of the family for being different from them. Both being dirty clothes are changed while Henry tells of its history and let them see both photos and memories. From there it develops a Gothic story of love between Andres and Margaret that slowly develop a strong attraction resulting in an incestuous relationship in which little by little Andres and Margaret are the ghosts of their ancestors who are taking possession of both. The lovers disappear and appear in both the farm and in other murdering and spreading terror in the region. A historical realism magic to resurrect become symbols of power - the matron pride, the bloodthirsty general, ethereal nuns and the doctor vampire.