Fernando Pérez

Fernando Pérez

Fernando Pérez Valdés (born November 19, 1944; Havana) is a Cuban film director and writer, with a degree in Hispanic Language and Literature from the University of Havana. He has taught Film Appreciation and Film History courses at the International Film School of San Antonio de los Baños. Since 1962 he has been linked to cinema, first as a production assistant and then as an assistant director. In 1975 he debuted as a documentary filmmaker, also making numerous editions of the Latin American ICAIC News. He began his career as a feature film director in 1987 with Clandestinos, a film that would earn him great recognition from national and international critics. Throughout his career he has received numerous awards at different festivals both in Cuba and abroad, being awarded with the National Film Award in 2007. He was also awarded the Casa de las Américas Prize for his book Correspondents of War.

  • Title: Fernando Pérez
  • Popularity: 3.575
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1944-11-19
  • Place of Birth: Havana, Cuba
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  • Also Known As: Fernando Pérez Valdés
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Fernando Pérez Movies

  • 2010
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    Memória Cubana

    Memória Cubana

    1 2010 HD

    Through the files of Cuban cinema news program Noticieros ICAIC Latinoamericanos, the documentary shows the most relevant events of the second half...

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  • 2003
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    Rodar en Cuba

    Rodar en Cuba

    5 2003 HD

    Documentary - Short Film

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  • 2008
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    Titón: From Havana to Guantanamera, 1928-1996

    Titón: From Havana to Guantanamera, 1928-1996

    1 2008 HD

    A look at the life and work of Cuban filmmaker Tomas Gutierrez Alea.

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  • 2003
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    Suite Habana

    Suite Habana

    6.4 2003 HD

    Dawn breaks in La Habana, and as the day advances we follow the simple lives of ten ordinary Cubans, with only sounds and images accompanied by music.

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  • 1998
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    Life Is to Whistle

    Life Is to Whistle

    5.9 1998 HD

    Three characters in present-day Havana must choose between clinging to their self-restricting beliefs, or getting rid of them to live more freely....

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  • 1990
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    Hello Hemingway

    Hello Hemingway

    5.143 1990 HD

    The plot, set in Havana in the last period of Fulgencio Batista's dictatorship, follows a young girl whose aspirations to obtain a scholarship in...

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  • 2014
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    The Wall of Words

    The Wall of Words

    2 2014 HD

    A mother struggles to hold her family together after her son succumbs to a disease that leaves him disabled.

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  • 1987
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    Clandestinos

    Clandestinos

    6.611 1987 HD

    In 1950s Havana, a romance blooms between two young revolutionaries whose clandestine printing press publishes pamphlets meant to stir up rebellion...

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  • 2007
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    Madrigal

    Madrigal

    5 2007 HD

    Javier is an actor with an affinity for writing. When he begins his love story with Luisita, he does not know where the truth begins and ends....

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  • 2007
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    Madrigal

    Madrigal

    5 2007 HD

    Javier is an actor with an affinity for writing. When he begins his love story with Luisita, he does not know where the truth begins and ends....

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  • 1995
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    Madagascar

    Madagascar

    6.4 1995 HD

    The 50-minute "Madagascar" has the resonance and eloquence of the best poetry, as it deftly turns an adolescent's search for identity into a metaphor...

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  • 1962
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    The Longest Day

    The Longest Day

    7.582 1962 HD

    The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the...

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  • 2022
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    Nelsito's World

    Nelsito's World

    6.5 2022 HD

    A car accident. The victim is Nelsito, a 16-year-old autistic teenager, who has runaway from home. From his stretchter and through his imaginary pen,...

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  • 2022
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    Nelsito's World

    Nelsito's World

    6.5 2022 HD

    A car accident. The victim is Nelsito, a 16-year-old autistic teenager, who has runaway from home. From his stretchter and through his imaginary pen,...

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  • 1975
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    Puerto Rico

    Puerto Rico

    1 1975 HD

    Presents a socio-economic analysis of present day Puerto Rico. Uses archival footage, re-enactments of historic events, and interviews with...

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  • 2003
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    Suite Habana

    Suite Habana

    6.4 2003 HD

    Dawn breaks in La Habana, and as the day advances we follow the simple lives of ten ordinary Cubans, with only sounds and images accompanied by music.

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  • 2014
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    The Wall of Words

    The Wall of Words

    2 2014 HD

    A mother struggles to hold her family together after her son succumbs to a disease that leaves him disabled.

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  • 2010
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    José Martí, the Eye of the Canary

    José Martí, the Eye of the Canary

    5.8 2010 HD

    This historical drama, depicting different phases in the late childhood and youth of the so-called "Apostle of Cuba" José Martí, is...

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  • 1983
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    The Angry Cid

    The Angry Cid

    3 1983 HD

    Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, “Mio Cid”, is in love with Jimena, but the Count of Oviedo, his father, challenges him to a duel and is...

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  • 2016
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    Last Days in Havana

    Last Days in Havana

    6.1 2016 HD

    The story of a friendship in a city on the verge of substantial change. Miguel dreams of settling in New York while he waits for a visa that never...

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  • 2016
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    Last Days in Havana

    Last Days in Havana

    6.1 2016 HD

    The story of a friendship in a city on the verge of substantial change. Miguel dreams of settling in New York while he waits for a visa that never...

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  • 2019
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    Defiant Souls

    Defiant Souls

    6.4 2019 HD

    Santiago de Cuba, January 19th, 1819. Coming from Lausanne, Enrique Faber, a Swiss doctor and surgeon, arrives on the island, a Spanish province,...

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  • 2019
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    Defiant Souls

    Defiant Souls

    6.4 2019 HD

    Santiago de Cuba, January 19th, 1819. Coming from Lausanne, Enrique Faber, a Swiss doctor and surgeon, arrives on the island, a Spanish province,...

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  • 1995
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    Madagascar

    Madagascar

    6.4 1995 HD

    The 50-minute "Madagascar" has the resonance and eloquence of the best poetry, as it deftly turns an adolescent's search for identity into a metaphor...

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