Jacobo Penzo
Jacobo Penzo, is a Venezuelan filmmaker, best known for his drama piece The House of Water, shown in the
Directors' Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival in 1984. The film also represented Venezuela in the Best Foreign Language Film competition at the 57th Academy Awards. Penzo is also a painter and a writer.Biography
Jacobo Penzo was born in Carora Lara, Venezuela on September 22, 1948. He moved to Caracas with his family in 1957. After high school he studied journalism at the Central University of Venezuela. From 1999 to 2002 Penzo was President of the Venezuelan National Cinematheque Foundation- Venezuelan National Cinema Award in 2002.
- Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Government of France in 2007 in recognition to Penzo´s artistic talents
Films
- The House of Water, 1984
- Música Nocturna , 1987
- En territorio Extranjero 1993
- Borrador co-production, 2006
- Cabimas donde todo comenzó 2012
Documentaries
Some of Penzo´s documentaries are:
- Falso Retrato de Luis Alberto Crespo 2014
- El Profeta Olvidado, co-production with Carlos Azpúrua 2003
- Maracaibo Blues 2001
- Algunas Preguntas a la Mujeres 1984
- El Silencio de la Memoria 1986
- La Pastora Resiste 1982
- El Afinque de Marín 1980
- Tecnología para el hombre 1986
- El Compadre Antonio 1982
- Dos Ciudades 1982
Writings
- Veinte años por un Cine de Author, essay, 2000
- Que Habrá sido de Herbert Marcuse, short stories, 2014
- Rumores, poems, 2015
