
Directing
Marcos Zurinaga
Born 1952-09-06 · San Juan, Puerto Rico
Marcos Zurinaga is a Puerto Rican film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. 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.
Acting credits
NRRaúl 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, determination and joy, Juliá’s brilliant and daring career was tragically cut short by his untimely death at age 54.
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
NRA 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 the questions of who, when, and for whom have films been made in Puerto Rico and the resources that are available to do it.
Cinema Puerto Rico: una antropología visual
2014
Behind the camera
This documentary traces the role women have played in Puerto Rican society.
Siempre estuvimos aquí
1977
5.6A 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.
Death in Granada
1996
5.6A 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.
Death in Granada
1996
5.6A 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.
Death in Granada
1996
Three stories of teenagers who are exposed to drugs and violence.
Lucía, Ignacio y otras historias
2008
Three stories of teenagers who are exposed to drugs and violence.
Lucía, Ignacio y otras historias
2008
9.0Presents 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.
Somos un solo pueblo
1995
NRMANA performing the tracks from the comeback album Arde el Cielo.
Maná - Arde el Cielo
2008
6.4In 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.
La gran fiesta
1986
6.4In 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.
La gran fiesta
1986
6.4In 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.
La gran fiesta
1986
6.2A fled Tango show owner returns to Buenos Aires to join his partners after the oppressive government of Argentina has dissolved.
Tango Bar
1987
6.2A fled Tango show owner returns to Buenos Aires to join his partners after the oppressive government of Argentina has dissolved.
Tango Bar
1987
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.
Con la música por dentro: cien años de historia
1999
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.
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.
We, the People of Puerto Rico - No to the Coal Plant in Aguada
1979
The music of the Puerto Rican composer Pedro Flores which was televised on Dec. 8, 1996.
Al compás de un sentimiento: la música de Pedro Flores
1996
10.0Determined 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.
The Bad Girl
2008
8.0Homage to the Puerto Rican composer Rafael Hernández.
Romance del cumbanchero: la música de Rafael Hernández
1998
Homage to Puerto Rican composers, musicians, and singers.
Un pueblo que canta
1993
A public relations rep is hired by a women's commission to produce a documentary commemorating the commission's 10th anniversary.
A flor de piel
1990
Presentation of popular and folk music by Puerto Rican composers which aims to exemplify the national characteristics, values, and identify of its people.
El espíritu de un pueblo
1994
9.0Homage to famed 1950’s Puerto Rican singer, composer, and television personality Bobby Capó.
Siempre piel canela: la música de Bobby Capó
1997
Documentary on Cuban prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso and her company the Ballet Nacional de Cuba.
Alicia Alonso y el Ballet Nacional de Cuba
1979