Jairo Pinilla

Jairo José Pinilla Téllez
Pinilla in 1970
Born (1944-08-21) 21 August 1944 (age 82)
Cali, Colombia
OccupationDirector
Years active1970–present

Jairo José Pinilla Téllez (born 21 August 1944) is a Colombian film director. Considered the father of horror, suspense and science fiction in Colombia, and colloquially nicknamed "the Colombian Ed Wood".

Biography

Born in Cali in 1944, he moved to Bogotá with his family at the age of four. From an early age he was attracted to themes of death and fear. The first film he saw in a movie theatre was The Thief of Baghdad. Pinilla studied electrical engineering at the Universidad Industrial de Popayán and specialized in electromechanical computers in Mexico with the North American company Burroughs Enterprise. In his free time he visited the Churubusco studios where he met the stars of Mexican cinema in the 60's. He decided to return to Colombia and make films. His first short film "Que mago" was made with reversible Black and White film and without sound, where we find for the first time in Colombia special effects in a short film. After making this film Pinilla began to put his ideas into practice, writing and directing "Cita con la época". A co-production of Asofilms and San Pablo Films, the short film was awarded a prize in Milan, Italy.

Selected filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1977 Funeral Siniestro
1979 Área Maldita
1981 27 horas con la muerte
1983 T-O Triángulo de Oro: La Isla Fantasma

References

  1. ↑ "El regreso del muerto viviente". Semana. February 2005. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  2. ↑ "Jairo José Pinilla Téllez". Retina Latina (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  3. ↑ Tiempo, Casa Editorial El (21 March 2012). "La historia del hombre que sembró el terror y cosechó algunas risas". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Perfiles: Jairo Pinilla". Perfiles: Jairo Pinilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Jairo Pinilla Téllez". Centro Virtual Isaacs (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Cuadernos de cine colombiano" (PDF). idartesencasa.gov.co. Retrieved 4 April 2023. [page needed]