Jacobo Penzo

Directing·Sep 22, 1948·Carora, Venezuela

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Jacobo Penzo (born 1948 in Carora; died 2020 in Caracas), was a Venezuelan filmmaker, best known for his drama piece The House of Water, shown in the Directors' Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival in 1984. The film also represented Venezuela in the Best Foreign Language Film competition at the 57th Academy Awards. He was awarded the Venezuelan National Cinema Award (Premio Nacional de Cine de Venezuela) in 2002 and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Government of France in 2007. Penzo was also a painter and a writer.

Film	Credit
Sons of the Earth2022 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Cabimas, Donde Todo Comenzó2012 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Borrador2005 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
CCongo Mirador1995 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
En territorio extranjero1994 · Director	Director
Night Music1988 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
The House of Water1984 · Director	Director
Caño Mánamo1983 · Writer	Writer
La propia gente1981 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
El afinque de Marín1979 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer