Ricardo Jabardo

Directing

Ricardo Jabardo

Place of birth

Caracas, Venezuela

Known for

Directing

Credits

17 titles

Ricardo Jabardo (1962, Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan filmmaker, animator, and visual artist. He earned a degree in Communication Arts from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB) in 1976 and later completed an MFA in Fine Arts at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1994. Since 1989, he has lived in the United States, where he has worked in film, television, and multimedia design.

Known for

Behind the camera

EXTREMA poster
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A conquistador on his death bed sees the horror of his actions materialize.

EXTREMA

2014

Jazz Latino poster
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Musical documentary on Latin jazz.

Jazz Latino

1984

Revuelta poster
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Short animation film by Ricardo Jabardo on police violence.

Revuelta

2015

KATATUMBO poster
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Short animation by Ricardo Jabardo, about an astral journey by an inhabitant of the Catatumbo region, in the south of the Maracaibo Lake, Venezuela.

KATATUMBO

2020

ONIRIKA poster
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From a odd and surreal world a man in a hat finds the woman of his dreams in a strange love story. From a strange and surreal world, rich with unexpected scenes, absurdity, and sometimes odd sense of humor. A man in a hat finds the woman of his dreams, but keeps waking up on his pension bed. Reality and dreams are about to find each other in a strange love story.

ONIRIKA

2012

ALEGORIKA poster
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Mythological love story about inner transformation.

ALEGORIKA

1994

Fetos poster
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Fetos is an allegory of the process of life. What would happen if a fetus became conscious in its mother's womb? It would interpret its' surroundings as its only reality. If he found another fetus, his twin brother, he would explain to him what he has learned. If later a third fetus appeared who did not agree with the other two that the womb is the only reality, and it proposed a different possibility. The first two fetuses would reject it. Only the one that understood the process would be born. In order to be born it is necessary to die.

Fetos

1979

Petroglifos poster
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Super-8 documentary about the performance Petroglifos by Antonieta Colón y Pablo García at Universidad Simón Bolívar in Caracas, Venezuela.

Petroglifos

1982

El Negro, María y José poster
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Rosario lives alone in the slums (barrio) with her dog Ringo. She always wanted to be a truck driver but her mother never let her. One day she bought three miraculous prints from the " Lady in Black", who was initiated into the mysteries of "Sorte". (Sorte: A Rain Forest area in Venezuela where, priests from different religions worship Indian and African mythical entities). With the first print the Negro Primero saves her from the street gangs. With the second one, Maria Lionza makes the captain of police, who wanted to displace her from her home, falls in love with her. And with the third one, José Gregorio Hernández, doctor to the poor, rescues her from the debris of her destroyed home after it collapse from a storm. Rosario awakes after eating the stamp in front of the gangs and with her market bag scares them away. Rosario still lives in the same barrio with her dog Ringo.

El Negro, María y José

1983

El Negro, María y José poster
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Rosario lives alone in the slums (barrio) with her dog Ringo. She always wanted to be a truck driver but her mother never let her. One day she bought three miraculous prints from the " Lady in Black", who was initiated into the mysteries of "Sorte". (Sorte: A Rain Forest area in Venezuela where, priests from different religions worship Indian and African mythical entities). With the first print the Negro Primero saves her from the street gangs. With the second one, Maria Lionza makes the captain of police, who wanted to displace her from her home, falls in love with her. And with the third one, José Gregorio Hernández, doctor to the poor, rescues her from the debris of her destroyed home after it collapse from a storm. Rosario awakes after eating the stamp in front of the gangs and with her market bag scares them away. Rosario still lives in the same barrio with her dog Ringo.

El Negro, María y José

1983

Fix the Word Peace poster
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Dance arrangement based on a central theme: war and peace. Created from several scenes subtlety put together. During this performance the dance is nourished with theatrical elements that help fuse both theater and dance. The music was specially composed for this choreographic design and together with, both the sculptures used as an integral part of the decor; the wardrobe, used as an complementary element create an atmosphere full of harmony.

Fix the Word Peace

1986

Fix the Word Peace poster
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Dance arrangement based on a central theme: war and peace. Created from several scenes subtlety put together. During this performance the dance is nourished with theatrical elements that help fuse both theater and dance. The music was specially composed for this choreographic design and together with, both the sculptures used as an integral part of the decor; the wardrobe, used as an complementary element create an atmosphere full of harmony.

Fix the Word Peace

1986

Principales formas de narración cinematográfica poster
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A series of sketches that show how filmmaking can be taught through research and experimentation. Instead of focusing solely on the concept, the stories are designed to stimulate creativity while illustrating the different modes of cinematic storytelling.

Principales formas de narración cinematográfica

1977

Punto y coma poster
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Super-8 film by Ricardo Jobardo.

Punto y coma

1977

Más oveja serás tú poster
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Super-8 animation film by Ricardo Jabardo.

Más oveja serás tú

1977

Ejercicio estructural de tiempo poster
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Super-8 film by Ricardo Jabardo.

Ejercicio estructural de tiempo

1976

Conexión fluvial bolivariana poster
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Documentary about the rivers connecting South America.

Conexión fluvial bolivariana

1983