Directing
Jorge Prelorán
Born — Died
1933-05-28 — 2009-03-28
Place of birth
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Known for
Directing
Credits
36 titles
Jorge Prelorán was an Argentine-American filmmaker renowned for his ethnographic documentaries that intimately portrayed the lives and cultures of rural communities in Argentina. His pioneering work in "ethnobiography" combined anthropological research with cinematic storytelling, offering deep insights into his subjects' personal experiences. Notable films include Hermógenes Cayo (1969) and Luther Metke at 94 (1980), the latter earning an Academy Award nomination. Prelorán's extensive body of work is preserved at the Smithsonian Institution's Human Studies Film Archives, ensuring his contributions to documentary filmmaking and cultural preservation continue to be recognized.
Known for
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Trapiches caseros
1965
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Venganza
1954
10.0An experimental film documentary of a playful little girl exploring nature.
Claudia
1972
Dialogue between a cameraman and a visual artist: that is, the filmmaker obsessed with winning awards at film festivals and the painter eager for the opportunity to have his poetry heard discuss the value of art criticism and the effect of family on the artist's life.
Obsesivo
1994
NRThe feast of the Virgin of the Rosary in Iruya, in a remote village in the Zenta Mountain Range in the province of Salta, is one of the many festivals celebrated in the Northwest of Argentina, where the fusion of the ancestral cultures of the region is represented, along with elements of Hispanic influence, building a transcultural look as a strategy of resistance.
Iruya
1968
7.8IMAGINERO is an ethnobiography of Hermogenes Cayo, a self-taught woodcarver and painter who lives on the high Andean plateau of Argentina. The film portrays Hermogenes, his wife Aurelia Kilpe, and their children in their Andean lifestyle, as well as Hermogenes' passion for painting, carving, building, and his devotion to the Virgin Mary. Devout, austere and dedicated to craftsmanship, he can make anything from religious figures carved from cactus wood to a working harmonium. Inspired by a trip to Buenos Aires to advocate for land rights, Hermogenes has labored to replicate the style of the capital's grand cathedral and shrine to the Virgin with resourcefulness and skill.
Hermógenes Cayo (Imaginero)
1969
Film credits
Behind the camera
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Trapiches caseros
1965
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Venganza
1954
10.0An experimental film documentary of a playful little girl exploring nature.
Claudia
1972
Dialogue between a cameraman and a visual artist: that is, the filmmaker obsessed with winning awards at film festivals and the painter eager for the opportunity to have his poetry heard discuss the value of art criticism and the effect of family on the artist's life.
Obsesivo
1994
Dialogue between a cameraman and a visual artist: that is, the filmmaker obsessed with winning awards at film festivals and the painter eager for the opportunity to have his poetry heard discuss the value of art criticism and the effect of family on the artist's life.
Obsesivo
1994
Dialogue between a cameraman and a visual artist: that is, the filmmaker obsessed with winning awards at film festivals and the painter eager for the opportunity to have his poetry heard discuss the value of art criticism and the effect of family on the artist's life.
Obsesivo
1994
NRThe feast of the Virgin of the Rosary in Iruya, in a remote village in the Zenta Mountain Range in the province of Salta, is one of the many festivals celebrated in the Northwest of Argentina, where the fusion of the ancestral cultures of the region is represented, along with elements of Hispanic influence, building a transcultural look as a strategy of resistance.
Iruya
1968
7.8IMAGINERO is an ethnobiography of Hermogenes Cayo, a self-taught woodcarver and painter who lives on the high Andean plateau of Argentina. The film portrays Hermogenes, his wife Aurelia Kilpe, and their children in their Andean lifestyle, as well as Hermogenes' passion for painting, carving, building, and his devotion to the Virgin Mary. Devout, austere and dedicated to craftsmanship, he can make anything from religious figures carved from cactus wood to a working harmonium. Inspired by a trip to Buenos Aires to advocate for land rights, Hermogenes has labored to replicate the style of the capital's grand cathedral and shrine to the Virgin with resourcefulness and skill.
Hermógenes Cayo (Imaginero)
1969
7.8IMAGINERO is an ethnobiography of Hermogenes Cayo, a self-taught woodcarver and painter who lives on the high Andean plateau of Argentina. The film portrays Hermogenes, his wife Aurelia Kilpe, and their children in their Andean lifestyle, as well as Hermogenes' passion for painting, carving, building, and his devotion to the Virgin Mary. Devout, austere and dedicated to craftsmanship, he can make anything from religious figures carved from cactus wood to a working harmonium. Inspired by a trip to Buenos Aires to advocate for land rights, Hermogenes has labored to replicate the style of the capital's grand cathedral and shrine to the Virgin with resourcefulness and skill.
Hermógenes Cayo (Imaginero)
1969
6.0Through soft landscape images of Tilcara, accompanied only by music, Medardo Pantoja, known as "the painter of the Quebrada de Humahuaca", in Jujuy, allows us to access the mysteries of that region.
Medardo Pantoja
1969
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Castelao (Biografía de un ilustre gallego)
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Manos pintadas
1971
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Manos pintadas
1971
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Manos pintadas
1971
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Casabindo
1965
8.0Gleyzer’s first color film was his final collaboration with his old classmate Jorge Prelorán, who preferred a less polemical approach to documenting poverty. QUILINO details the Cordoba villagers’ reliance on the railroad that brings them customers from the cities, and the looming likelihood that the route will be shut down.
Quilino
1966
6.5Edited documentary film by Jorge Preloran presents a portrait of the children of a small rural school in Chucalezna, in Humahuaca Canyon, Jujuy Province, Argentina. In addition to working in the fields and attending their classes, the children paint. Their colorful depictions of the life and landscape of Chucalezna, painted on donated paper tacked to the exterior walls of the school, have garnered international recognition. Filmed in October 1966. Produced at the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán with assistance from the Fondo Nacional de las Artes.
Chucalezna
1968
9.0It deals with traditions related to cattle and horses as well as changes in the agricultural economy in the region of the Sierras de Elizonda , in the Sierras de Valle Fértil , on the way to Valle de la Luna in the province of San Juan
Valle fértil
1972
9.0It deals with traditions related to cattle and horses as well as changes in the agricultural economy in the region of the Sierras de Elizonda , in the Sierras de Valle Fértil , on the way to Valle de la Luna in the province of San Juan
Valle fértil
1972
9.0COCHENGO MIRANDA is a portrait of a farmer and his family living in the Pampas region of Central Argentina. Made by Jorge Preloran, Argentina's best-known documentary filmmaker, the film is an example of his unique genre of ethnobiography, in which the story of an individual reveals larger truths about a culture and way of life.
Cochengo Miranda
1975
9.0Version re-edited from film of same title released in 1967 and shot in 1966. Easter weekend market in Yavi, a small town in Jujuy Province, Argentina, along the border with Bolivia.
La feria de Yavi
1967
7.0Portrait of Luther Metke, a Spanish American War veteran, poet, philosopher, and log-cabin maker, aged 94 at the time of filming. In voice over narration drawn from interviews, Metke recites his own poetry and talks about his life and his philosophy. Includes footage of Metke building a six-sided cabin, being interviewed by a local TV news station, and visiting with his family. Oscar nominated documentary short in 1980.
Luther Metke at 94
1980
7.5Two women are torn between the past, with its traditions and apparent security, and the future full of uncertainty.
My Aunt Nora
1983
NRDocuments the life of the last generation of Selk'nam's. Their way of life, economy, rituals, chants, traditions, and their slow extinction after the colonization...
The Ona People: Life and Death in Tierra del Fuego
1977
7.5Ethnographic film by Jorge Preloran presents a portrait of a well-preserved colonial church in the small town of Yavi, Jujuy Province, Argentina. A voice over narration by Zenaida Wayar, the church's caretaker for over forty years, provides the history of the church and the region.
La iglesia de Yavi
1972
7.4This three-part documentary on Indian peasant life in the Catamarca region of Argentina is an emotionally moving examination of the generational cycle of poverty in underdeveloped countries.
It Happened in Hualfin
1965
8.0Ethnographic film documents a family of woodcutters living in isolation in the mountains of Calden, at the geographic center of Argentina. Through his narration, Sixto Ramon Zerda explains his wish for his children to be educated and to avoid the punishing work and exploitation he has suffered. Introduction narrated by Henry Fonda.
Zerda's Children
1978
NRMade over a span of eight years, this documentary is structured as a conversation between anthropologist Mabel Prelorán and Zulay Saravino, who has left her Ecuadorian mountain village to explore opportunities in Los Angeles. Working the land and making textiles to sell, Zulay’s industrious family sent all of their daughters to school — at the time an unusual move in Quinchuqui — and raised an intelligent, independent daughter whose literacy, business sense and introduction to the Preloráns led her to try her luck in the States. Devoted to her village, she relates a mesmerizing account of Otavaleñan traditions and reflects on her experiences in the US.
Zulay, Facing the 21st Century
1989
NRMade over a span of eight years, this documentary is structured as a conversation between anthropologist Mabel Prelorán and Zulay Saravino, who has left her Ecuadorian mountain village to explore opportunities in Los Angeles. Working the land and making textiles to sell, Zulay’s industrious family sent all of their daughters to school — at the time an unusual move in Quinchuqui — and raised an intelligent, independent daughter whose literacy, business sense and introduction to the Preloráns led her to try her luck in the States. Devoted to her village, she relates a mesmerizing account of Otavaleñan traditions and reflects on her experiences in the US.
Zulay, Facing the 21st Century
1989
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Araucanos de Ruca Choroy
1969
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Araucanos de Ruca Choroy
1969
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The unvictorious one
1957
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Un tejedor de Tilcara
1967
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Un tejedor de Tilcara
1967
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Feria en Simoca
1965
