Torres, Daniel Diaz

Biography:
Daniel Díaz Torres, Director and screenwriter, was born in Havana in 1948. Díaz Torres began working at the Cuban film institute ICAIC in 1968, first as a film critic and later as a director’s assistant and instructor. After focusing on documentaries, he made his feature film debut with Jíbaro in 1985. But it was Alicia en el Pueblo de las Maravillas - one of the most controversial films in Cuban film history - that brought him international recognition. Since the mid-1980s, Daniel Díaz Torres has been considered one of Cuba’s most important filmmakers.
Filmography:
2010 | Lisanka |
2007 | Camino al Edén (The Way to Eden) |
2000 | Hacerse el Sueco (Playing the Swede) |
1997 | Tropicanita |
1995 | Quiereme y veráz (Quiereme and Truthful) |
1991 | Alicia en el Pueblo de las Maravillas (Alice in Wondertown) |
1986 | Otra Mujer (Another Woman) |
1985 | Jíbaro |
1982 | Vaqueros de Montaña (Mountain Jeans, doc.) |
1980 | Los Dueños del Río Madera (The River Madera Owners, doc.) |
1978 | La casa de Mario (The House of Mario, doc.) |
1977 | Encuentro en Texas (Meeting in Texas, doc.) |
1975 | Libertad para Luis Corvalán (Freedom for Luis Corvalan, doc.) |