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Marcos Zurinaga

Marcos Zurinaga

Marcos Zurinaga is a Puerto Rican film director, screenwriter and cinematographer.

His late mother was UPR professor Rosa Zurinaga. He studied at the UPR Elementary School, University High School (UHS) and obtained his B.A. at UPR in 1972. He joined Puerto Rican filmmaker Roberto Gándara upon graduation, setting aside plans to study a master's degree, founding the film company Zaga Films. Among the several movies that he has directed is La Gran Fiesta, a movie about the last grand party at the old "Casino de Puerto Rico" building in Old San Juan, before it was turned over to military use as the United States was drawn into World War Two, and A Step Away, a 1980 critically acclaimed movie narrated by Orson Welles. In 1997 came an unusual movie in Zurinaga's filmography, the thriller-mystery film The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca.

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Movies Made By Marcos Zurinaga (24)

Meant To Be (2010)

A delightful romantic comedy about about a guardian angel who falls for the young woman he is protecting. ...

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Maná - Arde el Cielo (2008)

MANA performing the tracks from the comeback album Arde el Cielo. ...

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Lucía, Ignacio y otras historias (2008)

Three stories of teenagers who are exposed to drugs and violence. ...

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The Bad Girl (2008)

Determined not to simply get married, start a family, and grow old like the rest of the girls in her town, an aspiring Cuban diva sets out to launch a career as a singer. ...

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Con la música por dentro: cien años de historia (1999)

Through music, the world has learn about our sensibility, our happiness... in one word, our soul. This video presents the history of Puerto Rican music throughout 100 years. ...

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Romance del cumbanchero: la música de Rafael Hernández (1998)

Homage to the Puerto Rican composer Rafael Hernández. ...

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Siempre piel canela: la música de Bobby Capó (1997)

Homage to famed 1950's Puerto Rican singer, composer, and television personality Bobby Capó. ...

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The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca (1997)

A journalist starts an investigation into the disappearance of famed poet and political agitator, Garcia Lorca, who disappeared after his arrest by the Nationalists in the early days of the Spanish Civil War in the the 1930's. ...

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Al compás de un sentimiento: la música de Pedro Flores (1996)

The music of the Puerto Rican composer Pedro Flores which was televised on Dec. 8, 1996. ...

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Death in Granada (1996)

A journalist starts an investigation into the disappearance of famed poet and political agitator, Garcia Lorca, who disappeared in the early days of the Spanish Civil War in the the 1930's. ...

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Somos un solo pueblo (1995)

Presents a bit of the history of the migration of our people, people who came out opening new horizons and looking for new destinations. During that absence, it has been music that has defined us and served to remove barriers and grow closer. ...

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El espíritu de un pueblo (1994)

Presentation of popular and folk music by Puerto Rican composers which aims to exemplify the national characteristics, values, and identify of its people. ...

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Un pueblo que canta (1993)

Homage to Puerto Rican composers, musicians, and singers. ...

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A flor de piel (1990)

A public relations rep is hired by a women's commission to produce a documentary commemorating the commission's 10th anniversary. ...

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Tango Bar (1987)

A fled Tango show owner returns to Buenos Aires to join his partners after the oppressive government of Argentina has dissolved. ...

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La gran fiesta (1986)

In 1942, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, a casino is organizing a farewell party for its patrons, since it's about to be turned into a US military base. The guests drink, seduce and gossip, but some also plot against each other. ...

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One-Way Ticket (1983)

Documentary about how the arrival of the railway industry impacted Puerto Rican culture economically, socially, and humanistically during the first half of the 20th century. It includes photos by Jack Delano, among others, and scenarios to reconstruct the ...

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Puerto Rico: A Colony the American Way (1981)

A report on the political, social, and economic problems of Puerto Rico in the early 1980s and on the impact of the island's eighty-four-year-old link to the United States. Features interviews with leaders of the Puerto Rican Socialist and Independence par ...

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Juan Ramón Jiménez: diario de un poeta (1981)

Through photos of the time and recording of the writer, this documentary tells the story of Juan Ramón Jiménez in the light of his work. ...

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A Step Away (1980)

Focuses on the performance of various elite athletes during the PanAmerican Games held in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1979. Athletes showcased in the documentary include USA team swimmer of Puerto Rican origin Jesse Vassallo; legendary Cuban track and field a ...

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Alicia Alonso y el Ballet Nacional de Cuba (1979)

Documentary on Cuban prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso and her company the Ballet Nacional de Cuba. ...

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We, the People of Puerto Rico - No to the Coal Plant in Aguada (1979)

Documentary about the way in which the citizens of the town of Aguada, Puerto Rico asserted their civil rights before the construction of a coal plant that the government intended to establish in the municipality. ...

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Siempre estuvimos aquí (1977)

This documentary traces the role women have played in Puerto Rican society. ...

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Movies Starring Marcos Zurinaga (2)

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage (2019)

Raúl Juliá: The World's a Stage is a warm and revealing portrait of the charismatic, groundbreaking actor's journey from his native Puerto Rico to the creative hotbed of 1960s New York City, to prominence on Broadway and in Hollywood. Filled with passion ...

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Cinema Puerto Rico: una antropología visual (2014)

A look at Puerto Rico and its cinema through films, documentaries, and commercials from the early twentieth century to the emerging cinema of today. Visual and narrative strategies portray fragments of Puerto Rico's general history and, in turn, answers th ...

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