Julio García Espinosa

Julio García Espinosa was born in Havana on 5 September 1926 and studied at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. In 1955, with Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, he shot a first short film, El Mégano. A co-founder of the Cuban film institute, he directed its artistic programming there, became its vice-president and then its president until 1991, and directed the Havana festival. The author of the essay Por un cine imperfecto, he died in Havana on 13 April 2016.

In the catalogue 1

• Feature filmThe Adventures of Juan Quin QuinLas aventuras de Juan Quin QuinJulio García Espinosa · 1967Cinema