Guillermo Escalón

Directing·Caracas, Venezuela

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Guillermo Escalón (b. 1950) is a Salvadoran film director, cinematographer, and producer. Escalón joined the theater group El Taller de los Vagos in 1969 and collaborated with the likes of José David Calderón, Alejandro Cotto, and Baltazar Polío. With the escalation of the political conflict, Escalón immigrated from El Salvador to France, where he graduated in Philosophy and joined a television crew. With his experience in professional filmmaking, Escalón returned to El Salvador and cemented himself as a key figure in the Salvadoran guerrilla film movement.

Film	Credit
Fire Dialogues2023 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Radio Venceremos2017 · Self	Self
Cárcel de árboles2015 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Word in the Woods2011 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
LLa Isla: Archives of a Tragedy2009 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Jean Charles2009 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Haunted Land2001 · Director of Photography, Writer	Director of Photography, Writer
Princesa2001 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Ixcán1999 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Alejandro1994 · Self, Director, Writer	Self, Director, Writer
Tiempo de audacia1983 · Director	Director
Carta de Morazán1982 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
La decisión de vencer (Los primeros frutos)1981 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Morazán1980 · Director	Director
Intertidal Zone1980 · Director	Director