Mario Handler

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Mario Handler

Directing 90 November 10, 1935

Montevideo, Uruguay

Mario Handler was born on November 10, 1935 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He is a renowned filmmaker and photographer, considered by many to be the pioneer of Uruguayan militant cinema.…

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Jericho

Jericho

5.4 1991 Movie
Broken Columns

Broken Columns

10.0 2015 Movie
Aside

Aside

7.7 2002 Movie
Caño Mánamo

Caño Mánamo

6.4 1983 Movie
Elections

Elections

6.0 1967 Movie
Profesión: vivir

Profesión: vivir

8.0 1985 Movie
Alidha Ávila's Sucre

Alidha Ávila's Sucre

9.0 1995 Movie
In Prague

In Prague

5.0 1964 Movie
Mariposas S.A.

Mariposas S.A.

6.5 1986 Movie
Tell Mario not to Come Back

Tell Mario not to Come Back

6.0 2007 Movie
Liber Arce, liberarse

Liber Arce, liberarse

5.3 1969 Movie
Now We're Going to Call You Brother

Now We're Going to Call You Brother

6.5 1971 Movie

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Mario Handler was born on November 10, 1935 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He is a renowned filmmaker and photographer, considered by many to be the pioneer of Uruguayan militant cinema. He made his debut film "Vanguardista" in 1958. Afterwards he traveled to Germany where he did an internship in scientific cinema at the IWF (Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film). Later, in Czechoslovakia he made a documentary called In Prague. He focused primarily on class struggles. Some of his first works are "Carlos" (1964), a film-portrait of a homeless man, "Me Gustan Los Estudiantes" (1968) and "Liber Arce, Liberation" (1969) about the student protests. In 1972 he goes into exile to Venezuela due to the imminent rise to power of the military forces and the subsequent coup. Handler's later work in Venezuela involves themes of colonial domination and cultural roots, and examinations on forms of syncretism and popular religiosity. After several years of exile, he returned to Uruguay in 1999, where he directed several feature-lenght documentaries like Aside (2002) and Broken columns (2015). In 2000 he became a professor in Audiovisual Cinema at the University of the Republic.

Filmography

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  1. 2015
    Broken Columns

    Movie Director

  2. 2007
    Tell Mario not to Come Back

    Movie Writer

  3. 2002
    Aside

    Movie Editor

  4. 1998
    Ver a Hilda Vera

    Movie

  5. 1995
    Alidha Ávila's Sucre

    Movie Editor

  6. 1992
    Los Platos del Diablo

    Movie Editor

  7. 1991
    Jericho

    Movie Thanks

  8. 1988
    Mestizo

    Movie Director

  9. 1986
    La Matanza de Santa Bárbara

    Movie Editor

  10. 1986
    Mariposas S.A.

    Movie Producer

  11. 1985
    Profesión: vivir

    Movie Editor

  12. 1983
    Caño Mánamo

    Movie Editor

  13. 1976
    Colonial Times

    Movie Music

  14. 1975
    Two Ports and a Hill

    Movie Director

  15. 1971
    Now We're Going to Call You Brother

    Movie Cinematography

  16. 1970
    Computación en la Universidad

    Movie Cinematography

More credits
  1. 1969
    Liber Arce, liberarse

    Movie Director

  2. 1969
    Uruguay 1969: El Problema de la Carne

    Movie Director

  3. 1968
    Me gustan los estudiantes

    Movie Director

  4. 1967
    Elections

    Movie Camera Operator

  5. 1966
    Juegos y Rondas Tradicionales del Uruguay

    Movie Director

  6. 1965
    Carlos: Film Portrait of a Montevideo Panhandler

    Movie Writer

  7. 1965
    Sugar Cane Workers

    Movie Director

  8. 1964
    In Prague

    Movie Writer