Directing
Jorge Bolado
Born
1961-06-30 (65)
Place of birth
Veracruz, Mexico
Known for
Directing
Credits
10 titles
Jorge Evaristo Bolado Muñoz (b. 30 June 1961), better known simply as Jorge Bolado, is a Mexican filmmaker (director, producer, and screenwriter) from Veracruz. He is best known for directing Segundo siglo (Second Century), an experimental road film and cinephile essay that follows a film crew’s journey across Mexico, the United States, and parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland as a meditation on cinema entering its second century. Bolado began making films in Super 8 as a teenager and later studied philosophy at UNAM, communication at Universidad Iberoamericana, and film direction at CCC and CUEC (without completing those programs). His early work includes shorts in 16mm, 35mm, and video…
Known for
NRA short film about the endless fight of two woman. A Mexican and Bosnian co-production set in Sarajevo.
Fine
2016
5.7A small film crew goes through several locations including Europe, New York and Mexico.
Second Century
1999
4.7A heartless poet wants to rewrite his lost stories while talking with Ines, the woman who takes care of his fundamental needs.
La asunción de José
2016
5.0Cenotes—sources of water that in ancient Mayan civilization were said to connect the real world and the afterlife. The past and present of the people living in and around them intersect, and distant memories echo throughout immersive scenes of light and darkness.
Cenote
2020
No synopsis available yet.
Águas tranquilas, Águas profundas
2017
2.5Verónica, a middle-aged highschool history teacher, leads a non eventful life: she has grownup children, grandchildren and a less than perfect marriage. This dynamic seems to be the only thing she can hold on to, as she battles a terminal illness. As she reluctantly accepts her fate, she meets Eva, an irreverent and misunderstood new student who unknowingly injects some life and enthusiasm back into her and provides her with the tools to deal with her destiny.
History Lessons
2018
Film credits
Behind the camera
NRA short film about the endless fight of two woman. A Mexican and Bosnian co-production set in Sarajevo.
Fine
2016
5.7A small film crew goes through several locations including Europe, New York and Mexico.
Second Century
1999
5.7A small film crew goes through several locations including Europe, New York and Mexico.
Second Century
1999
4.7A heartless poet wants to rewrite his lost stories while talking with Ines, the woman who takes care of his fundamental needs.
La asunción de José
2016
5.0Cenotes—sources of water that in ancient Mayan civilization were said to connect the real world and the afterlife. The past and present of the people living in and around them intersect, and distant memories echo throughout immersive scenes of light and darkness.
Cenote
2020
No synopsis available yet.
Águas tranquilas, Águas profundas
2017
26 filmmakers bring their own vision in order to find the truth about the missing students of Ayotzinapa.
Ayotzinapa 26
2016
Javier decides to go to Denmark, where he will start a journey of silence, memories and changes. He will end up in Vederso, a little village where the masterpiece "Ordet" was made.
I Am God, Dogma I
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Javier decides to go to Denmark, where he will start a journey of silence, memories and changes. He will end up in Vederso, a little village where the masterpiece "Ordet" was made.
I Am God, Dogma I
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