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JORGE SÁNCHEZ

Director of the Guadalajara Film FesJval, Mexico

JORGE SÁNCHEZ

Before becoming director of Guadalajara Film FesJval in 2006, Jorge Sánchez was the Consul of Mexico in Brazil. During 1990s, Sánchez produced a number of films, including several Jmes awarded works of Artur Ripstein DIVINE and NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL, Juan Carlos Tabia’s LISTA DE ESPERA, and Guillermo del Toro’s CRONOS, screened at the most important world film fesJvals, including Cannes Film FesJval. It is Jorge Sánchez to whom the credit is given for development of Mexican and LaJn-American film and film industry. He made a considerable contribuJon to the promoJon of young generaJon of Mexican directors who today belong to the top of the world cinematography, including Alfonso Cuaron and Alejandro González Iñárritu.