Víctor Manuel Gaviria González (born January 19, 1955, in Liborina, Antioquia, Colombia) is a film director, writer, and poet. His four feature-length films are highly acclaimed and have won many international awards. He is the first Colombian filmmaker to be featured at the Cannes Film Festival in France.[1] He is often recognized as the most influential and well-known filmmaker to come out of Colombia, often being considered an exception to Colombian Cinema.
Born in the town of Liborina and raised in Medellin, Colombia, he was the sixth of 8 siblings. He grew up during the beginning of the Colombian conflict; an ongoing civil war between the Colombian government and extremist groups, including drug cartels, which led to immense violence and unrest throughout Medellin. He attended the University of Antioquia in Colombia and received a degree in psychology. While there, Gaviria gained an interest in poetry and wrote a total of seven poetry books that won several awards.
He studied psychology at Antioquia's University, but he soon quit to pursue his film-making career. He joined several art collectives and met the catholic priest Luis Alberto Álvarez, who would be a close friend and an important figure in his development as a director.
He's known for his raw style to portrait social issues and exclusion. He has developed a method that has deeply influenced Colombian and Latinamerican cinema; the use of natural actors, meaning persons with no acting formation but who are natural storytellers and are actively involved in the development of the film.
Title | Year | Runtime |
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Buscando treboles | 1980 | 8 min |
Sueños sobre un mantel vacío | 1980 | 9 min |
La Lupa del Fin del Mundo | 1981 | 20 min |
El vagón rojo | 1981 | 15 min |
Los habitantes de la noche | 1984 | 20 min |
La vieja guardia | 1984 | 25 min |
Que pase el aserrador | 1985 | 50 min |
Los músicos 1986 | 1986 | 32 min |
¿Quién escucha a Vieco? | 1986 | 30 min |
Los cuentos de Campo Valdés | 1987 | 30 min |
Urabá hoy: la recreación en Urabá | 1988 | 48 min |
Dario Lemos: Un retrato | 1989 | 30 min |
David y Roberto: Los polizones de Nueva Colonia | 1989 | 27 min |
Urabá hoy: Vereda La Balsa | 1989 | 25 min |
Lo que dañaba a mi hermano era la edad: La historia de Víctor Manuel Zúñiga | 1989 | 31 min |
Mamá Margarita | 1990 | 30 min |
El obispo llega el 15 | 1990 | 27 min |
Yo te tumbo tu me tumbas | 1990 | 60 min |
Rodrigo D. No futuro | 1990 | 90 min |
El Paseo | 1992 | 30 min |
Los derechos del niño | 1992 | 30 min |
Mirar al muerto, por favor | 1992 | 30 min |
Simón el mago | 1994 | 85 min |
Muchachos a lo bien | 1995 | 28 min |
La mita - una vieja inolvidable | 1995 | 22 min |
La vendedora de rosas | 1998 | 115 min |
Poner a actuar pájaros | 1998 | 90 min |
Sumas y restas | 2004 | 105 min |
El gol que costó un muerto | 2004 | 30 min |
La marcha continúa | 2013 | 78 min |
La mujer del animal | 2017 | 90 min |
Title | Year | Publisher |
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En la ciudad, alguien también perplejo. | 1978 | Cúcuta: Instituto de Cultura y Bellas Artes |
Con los que viajo sueño. | 1980 | Universidad Externado de Colombia |
La luna y la ducha fría | 1980 | Universidad de Antioquia |
El campo al fin de cuentas no es tan verde | 1982 | Ediciones Acuarimántima: Ediciones Hombre Nuevo |
El Pulso del cartógrafo | 1986 | Ediciones Autores Antioqueños |
El pelaíto que no duró nada | 1990/2020 | Planeta / Seix Barral |
El rey de los espantos | 1993 | Centro Editorial Universidad del Valle |
El tío Miguel | 1998 | Norma |
Los días del Olvidadizo | 1998 | Norma |
La mañana del tiempo | 2003 | Hombre Nuevo Editores |
Detrás de Cámara | 2018 | Pigmaleón |
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