Marcos Zurinaga
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 6, 1952
- Place of birth
- San Juan, Puerto Rico
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.
Movies with Marcos Zurinaga
Movies directed by Marcos Zurinaga
- Death in Granada 1996 · ★ 5.6
- La gran fiesta 1986 · ★ 6.4
- Tango Bar 1987 · ★ 6.2
- Al compás de un sentimiento: la música de Pedro Flores 1996 · ★ 7.0
- Un pueblo que canta 1993 · ★ 10.0
- Siempre piel canela: la música de Bobby Capó 1997 · ★ 9.0
- Romance del cumbanchero: la música de Rafael Hernández 1998 · ★ 8.0
- Somos un solo pueblo 1995 · ★ 9.0
- Con la música por dentro: cien años de historia 1999 · ★ 10.0
- Alicia Alonso y el Ballet Nacional de Cuba 1979 · ★ 10.0
- We, the People of Puerto Rico - No to the Coal Plant in Aguada 1979
- El espíritu de un pueblo 1994
- A flor de piel 1990
- Siempre estuvimos aquí 1977
- Lucía, Ignacio y otras historias 2008
- Maná - Arde el Cielo 2008