Francisco José Lombardi (born 3 August 1949) is a Peruvian

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, pr ...

, producer and

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. He has directed 17 films since

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...

. He received the

Silver Shell for Best Director The Silver Shell for Best Director ( es, Concha de Plata al Mejor Director; eu, Zuzendari Onenaren Zilarrezko Maskorra) is one of the main awards presented at the San Sebastián Film Festival to the director of a competing film. Award winners ...

in 1985 for his film ''

The City and the Dogs ''The City and the Dogs'' ( es, La ciudad y los perros) is a 1985 Peruvian drama film directed by Francisco José Lombardi. It is based on ''The Time of the Hero'', a 1963 novel by Nobel Prize laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, which tells the story ...

'' based on the novel ''La ciudad y los perros'' by

Mario Vargas Llosa Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (born 28 March 1936), more commonly known as Mario Vargas Llosa (, ), is a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist and former politician, who also holds Spanish citizenship. Vargas Ll ...

. His film ''

Without Compassion ''Without Compassion'' ( es, Sin compasión) is a 1994 Peruvian drama film directed by Francisco José Lombardi, and based on the 1866 novel ''Crime and Punishment'' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the ...

'' was screened in the

Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films w ...

section at the

1994 Cannes Film Festival The 47th Cannes Film Festival was held from 12 to 23 May 1994. The Palme d'Or went to the American film '' Pulp Fiction'' directed by Quentin Tarantino. The festival opened with '' The Hudsucker Proxy'', directed by Joel Coen and closed with ''S ...

Selected filmography

* ''

Maruja in Hell ''Maruja in Hell'' ( es, Maruja en el infierno) is a 1983 Peruvian drama film directed by Francisco José Lombardi. The film was selected as the Peruvian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 56th Academy Awards, but was not accepted ...

'' (1983) * ''

'' (1985) * '' The Mouth of the Wolf'' (1988) * ''

Fallen from Heaven ''Fallen from Heaven'' ( es, Caídos del cielo) is a 1990 Peruvian drama film directed by Francisco José Lombardi. The film was selected as the Peruvian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted ...

'' (1990) * ''

'' (1994) * ''No se lo Digas a Nadie'' (''Don't Tell Anyone'') (1998) * '' Captain Pantoja and the Special Services'' (2000) * '' Tinta roja'' (2000) * '' Black Butterfly'' (2006)

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* 1949 births Living people Peruvian film directors Peruvian film producers Peruvian screenwriters Male screenwriters People from Tacna Peruvian people of Italian descent {{Screen-writer-stub