Edmundo Aray

Directing

Edmundo Aray

Born — Died

1936-11-16 — 2019-06-26

Place of birth

Maracay, Venezuela

Known for

Directing

Credits

20 titles

Poet, critic, filmmaker and cultural promoter. He belonged to the literary groups Sardio (1956-1962) and Techo de la Ballena (1963-1968). Creator of the magazine Rocinante (1969-1978). Founder in 1974 of the Committee of Filmmakers of Latin America. He was also a founding member of the Foundation of New Latin American Cinema and its Superior and Directive councils. He served as general director of the International School of Film and Television of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba (2000-2002). He obtained recognition as a storyteller in the contests of El Universal (1957) and the Central University of Venezuela (1958). His most notable collections of poetry include: Los invitados en el tiempo (…

Known for

Behind the camera

Dead well poster
7.0

Dead Well (Pozo muerto, 1967) is a Venezuelan documentary directed by Carlos Rebolledo and produced by the avant-garde collective El Techo de la Ballena. Through a series of testimonies from residents of the oil towns of Cabimas and Lagunillas, the film recounts the human cost of Venezuela’s oil industry. Tracing the country's petroleum history from the 1922 Barroso II oil well blowout to the late 1960s, it exposes the exploitation, poverty, and environmental devastation endured by communities along the eastern shore of Lake Maracaibo. Filmed in black-and-white on 35mm, the documentary is regarded as a landmark work of the New Latin American Cinema.

Dead well

1967

Simón Bolívar, ese soy yo poster
9.0

In Simón Bolívar, ese soy yo, Venezuelan filmmaker Edmundo Aray begins his cinematic cycle devoted to Latin America’s independence heroes with a poetic and symbolic animated film that reimagines the life and myth of Simón Bolívar.

Simón Bolívar, ese soy yo

1994

Simón Bolívar, ese soy yo poster
9.0

In Simón Bolívar, ese soy yo, Venezuelan filmmaker Edmundo Aray begins his cinematic cycle devoted to Latin America’s independence heroes with a poetic and symbolic animated film that reimagines the life and myth of Simón Bolívar.

Simón Bolívar, ese soy yo

1994

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Animation musical.

Por aquí pasó, compadre

1995

Lídice poster
NR

Documentary about the nazi massacre of Lidice, in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.

Lídice

2013

Venezuela tres tiempos (Fragmentos del anti-desarrollo) poster
7.0

A motion picture of the economic and social situation in current Venezuela, through three characters affected one way or another by dependency and neocolonialism.

Venezuela tres tiempos (Fragmentos del anti-desarrollo)

1972

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NR

Animation musical about Simón Bolívar.

Un Bolívar sabanero

1995

No artwork available
NR

Animation musical about Simón Bolívar.

Un Bolívar sabanero

1995

Tiempo de Héroes poster
NR

Documentary.

Tiempo de Héroes

2011

Tiempo de Héroes poster
NR

Documentary.

Tiempo de Héroes

2011

Simón Rodríguez, ese soy yo poster
NR

Animation film about Venezuelan philosopher Simón Rodríguez.

Simón Rodríguez, ese soy yo

2010

Simón Rodríguez, ese soy yo poster
NR

Animation film about Venezuelan philosopher Simón Rodríguez.

Simón Rodríguez, ese soy yo

2010

Simón Rodríguez, ese soy yo poster
NR

Animation film about Venezuelan philosopher Simón Rodríguez.

Simón Rodríguez, ese soy yo

2010

No artwork available
NR

Animation musical about Simón Bolívar.

Este niño Don Simón

1995

No artwork available
NR

Animation musical about Simón Bolívar.

Este niño Don Simón

1995

José Martí, ese soy yo poster
NR

Animation film about José Martí.

José Martí, ese soy yo

2005

José Martí, ese soy yo poster
NR

Animation film about José Martí.

José Martí, ese soy yo

2005

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NR

Video-essay about poet Ana Enriqueta Terán.

Ana Enriqueta Terán

1996

Entangling Shadows poster
5.8

Documentary that celebrates 100 years of cinema in Latin America and talks about the origins and the development of cinema in this subcontinent. Its structure is based in 12 short films directed by various Latin American directors. These are: 1) "Los inicios", Iván Trujillo 2) "Cuando comenzamos a hablar", María Novaro 3) "Jugando en serio", Jacobo Morales 4) "De cuerpo presente [Las espirales perpetuas del placer y el poder] Cine Mexicano [1931- 1997]", Marcela Fernández Violante 5) "Cuando quisimos ser adultos", Edmundo Aray and David Rodríguez 6) "Cinema Novo", Orlando Senna 7) "Memorias de una isla, Juan Carlos Tabío 8) "Un grito, 24 cuadros por segundo", Julio García-Espinosa 9) "El día de la independencia", Federico García 10) "¿Sólo las formas permanecen?", Fernando Birri and Pablo Rodríguez Gauregui 11) "Todo final es un principio", Andrés Marriquín.

Entangling Shadows

1998

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NR

Video-essay about the pianist Carlos César Rodríguez.

Carlos César Rodríguez

1996