Director

Jacobo Penzo

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Directed movies: 7Directed series: 0All crew credits: 10

TMDB ID: 1178218

IMDb ID: nm0672449

Known for: Directing

Born: September 22, 1948

Died: September 22, 2020

Age: 72

Place of birth: Carora, Venezuela

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1977 - 2022

Years active: 46

Wikidata: Q19958206

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Director (6)Assistant Director (1)Writer (2)Camera Operator (1)

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Biography

Jacobo Penzo (born 1948 in Carora; died 2020 in Caracas), was a Venezuelan filmmaker, best known for his drama piece The House of Water, shown in the Directors' Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival in 1984. The film also represented Venezuela in the Best Foreign Language Film competition at the 57th Academy Awards. He was awarded the Venezuelan National Cinema Award (Premio Nacional de Cine de Venezuela) in 2002 and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Government of France in 2007. Penzo was also a painter and a writer.

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