Person
Pocho Álvarez
Directing · Born 1953-12-23 · Riobamba, Ecuador
Biography
César "Pocho" Álvarez is an ecuadorian documentary filmmaker with 30 years of experience. His documentaries cover social and cultural issues, like the struggle of indigenous communities against the mining and oil companies in films such as Tóxico, Texaco, Tóxico (2007) and A cielo Abierto, Derechos Minados (2009). Likewise, he has made portraits of characters such as Oswaldo Guayasamín and Raúl Castro in Luar Trocas (1987) and of Jorge Enrique Adoum in the film Jorgenrique (2010).
Known for
Jorgenrique
Writer
Crude
Director of Photography
Skin Pain
Editor
Gartelmann la memoria
Sound
Helena of Sarayaku
Editor
Galápagos: Paraíso en Pérdida
Writer
Javier con i, Íntag
Director of Photography
Tóxico, Texaco, Tóxico
Writer
The Return
Story Consultant
A cielo abierto, derechos minados
Director
Filmography
- 2022Helena of SarayakuEditor
- 2021The ReturnStory Consultant
- 2021Galápagos: Paraíso en PérdidaWriter
- 2018Gartelmann la memoriaSound
- 2018Javier con i, ÍntagDirector of Photography
- 2013Skin PainEditor
- 2010JorgenriqueWriter
- 2009CrudeDirector of Photography
- 2009A cielo abierto, derechos minadosDirector
- 2007Tóxico, Texaco, TóxicoWriter
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