Pedro Chaskel

Personal Info

Known For Editor

Gender Male

Birthday 1932-08-02 (92 years old)

Place of Birth Germany

Also Known As Pedro Chaskel Berno

Pedro Chaskel

Biography

Pedro Chaskel, is one of the main precursors of the so-called New Chilean Cinema, as a director, cameraman and editor of numerous short and feature length films. An early emigrant from Germany at the age of seven, Chaskel became a Chilean national in 1952, and studied architecture at the Universidad de Chile from 1951 to 1954. That year, he became a founding member and animator of the Cine Club Universitario de la Federación de Estudiantes de Chile (FECH). A conspirator in the exhibition of films that did not come to Chile through the regular commercial circuit, Chaskel promoted, together with a group of contemplative people, a custom that was not very common in Chile: the cinema forum, or the debate organized after the film screenings that he did at the Central House of the Universidad de Chile. It was there that classics of German expressionism, Italian neo-realism and any film they had available were shown for the first time in Chile. In 1973, due to the military coup suffered by the government of President Salvador Allende, Chaskel is expelled from the Universidad de Chile by the military authorities, and travels abroad. Between 1974 and 1983 he settled in Cuba, where he worked as an editor at the Cuban Institute of Art and Cinematographic Industry (ICAIC), and since 1979, as a director and filmmaker for the same institute. In 1983, he returns to Chile. He works in film and video as an independent professional, working as an editor and director of documentaries. From 1997 to date, he has taught film at many Chilean universities.

Known For

Editor

2023
The Revolt

as Editorial Consultant

2015
Perla

as Editor

1989
Lizards' Tales

as Editor

1987
Por la vida

as Editor

1980
¿Qué es?

as Editor

1979
Recado de Chile

as Editor

1979
1970
1970
Venceremos

as Editor

1969
Testimony

as Editor

1965
Angelito

as Editor

1965
El Analfabeto

as Editor

1965
Érase una vez

as Editor

1965
Abortion

as Editor

1965
Ana

as Editor

1964
1964
Aquí vivieron

as Editor

Director

1996
Organilleros

as Director

1993
1987
Por la vida

as Director

1985
Somos +

as Director

1980
¿Qué es?

as Director

1979
Eyes Like My Dad

as Director

1971
1970
Venceremos

as Director

1969
Testimony

as Director

1965
Érase una vez

as Director

1965
Abortion

as Director

1964
Aquí vivieron

as Director

1961
Deja que los perros ladren

as Assistant Director

Writer

1987
Por la vida

as Screenplay

1979
Eyes Like My Dad

as Screenplay

1975
1969
Testimony

as Screenplay

1965
Abortion

as Writer

Crew

2000
Road Signs

as Thanks

1964
Aquí vivieron

as Cinematography

Producer

1965
El Analfabeto

as Producer

Camera

1962
Parkinsonismo y cirugía

as Director of Photography

1961
Day of the Organ Grinders

as Director of Photography

Sound

Art

1957
Tres miradas a la calle

as Art Direction