Fernando Pérez

Director, Writer, Actor

November 19, 1944 (81 years)
Fernando Pérez Valdés (born November 19, 1944; Havana) is a Cuban film director and writer, with a degree in Hispanic Language and Literature from the University of Havana.

He has taught Film Appreciation and Film History courses at the International Film School of San Antonio de los Baños. Since 1962 he has been linked to cinema, first as a production assistant and then as an assistant director. In 1975 he debuted as a documentary filmmaker, also making numerous editions of the Latin American ICAIC News. He began his career as a feature film director in 1987 with Clandestinos, a film that would earn him great recognition from national and international critics. Throughout his career he has received numerous awards at different festivals both in Cuba and abroad, being awarded with the National Film Award in 2007. He was also awarded the Casa de las Américas Prize for his book Correspondents of War.

Known For

  • Life Is to Whistle
    Life Is to Whistle1998
  • Suite Habana
    Suite Habana2003
  • Last Days in Havana
    Last Days in Havana2016
  • Madrigal
    Madrigal2007
  • Defiant Souls
    Defiant Souls2019
  • José Martí, the Eye of the Canary
    José Martí, the Eye of the Canary2010
  • Nelsito's World
    Nelsito's World2023
  • Blue Heart
    Blue Heart2021

Filmography

2010
Memória Cubana · as Self
1991
Movie Days · as Self - Interviewee

2021
Corazón azul · as Fernando