ERENDIRA IKIKUNARI’S DIRECTOR

Juan Roberto Mora Catlett (México 1949) studied film at the Fine Arts Academy in Prague Czechoslovaquia. He has directed documentaries and features. Among other awards he has received the "GREAT SPECIAL AWARD OF THE JURY, VII LATIN-AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL, TRIESTE, ITALY", THE GOLDEN COLUMBUS AWARD IN HUELVA’S IX IBERO-AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL, SPAIN. Two MEXICAN FILM ACADEMY AWARDS. A JOHN SIMON GUGGENHEIM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION fellowship, in 1986, and grants from the JOHN D. & CATHERINE T. MACARTHUR FOUNDATION, in 1998, U.S./MEXICO FUND FOR CULTURE (BANCOMER-ROCKEFELLER-FONCA), in 1997, and Membership of Mexico's "NATIONAL SYSTEM OF ART CREATORS", admittance awarded by Mexico's NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE, in 1994. He teaches at the University Center of Film Studies, National Autono­mous University of Mexico and at the Center for Film Training of the National Council of the Arts and Culture.

 

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY

The Work of Elizabeth Catlett (1976) 16mm 28 min

Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Photographer (1983) 16mm 28 min

Remembrances of Juan O’Gorman (1983) 35mm 30 min

In search of the eternal sun (1996) video 56 min

The murals of the Fine Arts Palace  (1996) video 56 min

Betty y/& Pancho  (1998) video 56 min

Return to Aztlan (1990) 35mm 90 min

VolArte (2003) animation 35mm 10 min

Eréndira ikikunari (2006) 35mm 107 min