Palito Ortega Matute
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 17, 1967
- Place of birth
- Huamanga, Ayacucho, Peru
- Died
- February 8, 2018
Biography
Throughout his career, Palito directed nine feature films, most of them focusing on the period of violence that Peru experienced between 1980 and 2000. His films have been screened in various venues in Ayacucho, Lima, and at international film festivals, and he has received numerous awards and accolades.
Palito Ortega attended school in Huamanga and at the Colegio Guadalupe in Lima. He returned to Ayacucho, where he studied anthropology at the National University of San Cristóbal de Huamanga. His early work consisted of documentaries for tourism purposes, projects for television channels, and reports and documentaries related to acts of violence commissioned by non-governmental organizations. In 1994, he premiered his first film, "Dios tarda pero no olvida" (God Takes His Time But Doesn't Forget), which ran for two months in Ayacucho due to its large audience.
Movies directed by Palito Ortega Matute
- The Demon of the Andes 2014 · ★ 6.8
- La Casa Rosada 2018 · ★ 8.3
- Incesto en los Andes: La maldición de los jarjachas 2002 · ★ 8.0
- El Rincón de los Inocentes 2012 · ★ 5.0
- The sin 2007 · ★ 4.0
- God takes but doesn't forget 1996
- La maldición de los Jarjachas 2 2003
- Sangre Inocente 2000
- Dios tarda pero no olvida 2 1998
- Semana Santa de Ayacucho 2005