Marcos Zurinaga

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1952-09-06 (72 years old)

Place of Birth San Juan, Puerto Rico

Marcos Zurinaga

Biography

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.

Known For

Camera

1990
A flor de piel

as Director of Photography

1987
Tango Bar

as Director of Photography

1986
La gran fiesta

as Director of Photography

1983
One-Way Ticket

as Director of Photography

1981
Juan Ramón Jiménez: diario de un poeta

as Director of Photography

1980
A Step Away

as Director of Photography

1979
1978
Ednita: es para ti

as Director of Photography

1977
Siempre estuvimos aquí

as Director of Photography

Producer

Writer

1996
Death in Granada

as Screenplay

1987
Tango Bar

as Writer

1986
1986
La gran fiesta

as Screenplay

Crew