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Guillermo Escalón
Caracas, Venezuela
Guillermo Escalón (b. 1950) is a Salvadoran film director, cinematographer, and producer. Escalón joined the theater group El Taller de los Vagos in 1969 and collaborated with the…
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Guillermo Escalón (b. 1950) is a Salvadoran film director, cinematographer, and producer. Escalón joined the theater group El Taller de los Vagos in 1969 and collaborated with the likes of José David Calderón, Alejandro Cotto, and Baltazar Polío. With the escalation of the political conflict, Escalón immigrated from El Salvador to France, where he graduated in Philosophy and joined a television crew. With his experience in professional filmmaking, Escalón returned to El Salvador and cemented himself as a key figure in the Salvadoran guerrilla film movement.
Filmography
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2023
Fire Dialogues
Movie Camera Operator
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2021
Laberintos
Movie Narrator
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2017
Radio Venceremos
Movie Self
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2015
Cárcel de árboles
Movie Director
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2011
The Word in the Woods
Movie Director of Photography
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2009
La Isla: Archives of a Tragedy
Movie Director of Photography
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2009
Jean Charles
Movie Director of Photography
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2004
What Sebastian Dreamt
Movie Cinematography
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2001
Haunted Land
Movie Director of Photography
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2001
Princesa
Movie Director of Photography
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1999
Ixcán
Movie Director of Photography
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1994
Alejandro
Movie Self
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1992
The Devil's Dream
Movie Cinematography
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1983
Tiempo de audacia
Movie Director
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1982
Carta de Morazán
Movie Director
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1981
La decisión de vencer (Los primeros frutos)
Movie Director
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1980
Historias prohibidas de Pulgarcito
Movie Camera Operator
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1980
Intertidal Zone
Movie Director
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1980
Morazán
Movie Director
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1976
El Gran Debut
Movie Camera Operator
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1975
Topiltzin
Movie Assistant Camera
