Mario Handler

Directing·Nov 10, 1935·Montevideo, Uruguay

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Mario Handler was born on November 10, 1935 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He is a renowned filmmaker and photographer, considered by many to be the pioneer of Uruguayan militant cinema. He made his debut film "Vanguardista" in 1958. Afterwards he traveled to Germany where he did an internship in scientific cinema at the IWF (Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film). Later, in Czechoslovakia he made a documentary called In Prague. He focused primarily on class struggles. Some of his first works are "Carlos" (1964), a film-portrait of a homeless man, "Me Gustan Los Estudiantes" (1968) and "Liber Arce, Liberation" (1969) about the student protests. In 1972 he goes into exile to Venezuela due to the imminent rise to power of the military forces and the subsequent coup. Handler's later work in Venezuela involves themes of colonial domination and cultural roots, and examinations on forms of syncretism and popular religiosity. After several years of exile, he returned to Uruguay in 1999, where he directed several feature-lenght documentaries like Aside (2002) and Broken columns (2015). In 2000 he became a professor in Audiovisual Cinema at the University of the Republic.

Film	Credit
Broken Columns2015 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Tell Mario not to Come Back2007 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Aside2002 · Producer, Director of Photography, Director, Writer	Producer, Director of Photography, Director, Writer
Ver a Hilda Vera1998 · Actor	Actor
MMestizo1988 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Mariposas S.A.1986 · Producer	Producer
Colonial Times1976 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Two Ports and a Hill1975 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Liber Arce, liberarse1969 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Uruguay 1969: El Problema de la Carne1969 · Director	Director
Me gustan los estudiantes1968 · Director	Director
Elections1967 · Screenplay, Producer, Director	Screenplay, Producer, Director
Juegos y Rondas Tradicionales del Uruguay1966 · Director	Director
Carlos: Film Portrait of a Montevideo Panhandler1965 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
SSugar Cane Workers1965 · Director	Director
In Prague1964 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer