Marcos Zurinaga is a Puerto Rican

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, screenwriter and

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Biography

His late mother was UPR professor Rosa Zurinaga. He studied at the UPR Elementary School, University High School (UHS) and obtained his B.A. at UPR in 1972. He joined Puerto Rican filmmaker

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upon graduation, setting aside plans to study a master's degree, founding the film company Zaga Films. Among the several movies that he has directed is '' La Gran Fiesta'', a movie about the last grand party at the " Casino de Puerto Rico" building in

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, before it was turned over to military use as the

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was drawn into

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, and '' A Step Away'', a 1980 critically acclaimed movie narrated by

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. In 1996 came an unusual movie in Zurinaga's filmography, the thriller-mystery film ''

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''.''The Disappearance of García Lorca''
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Filmography

* ''Siempre estuvimos aquí'' (director) 1977 * ''Alicia Alonso y el ballet Nacional de Cuba'' (16 mm, color, 90 mins. Director) 1979 * '' A Step Away'' (35 mm, color, 120 mins. Director. Roberto Ponce Producer) 1980 * '' La Gran Fiesta'' (35 mm, color, 100 mins. Director, Producer and screenwriter) 1985 * '' Tango Bar'' (35 mm, color. Director, Producer and Screenwriter) 1987 * '' A flor de piel'' (35 mm, color, 80 mins. Director) 1990 * ''Puerto Rico'' (70 mm, color, 15 mins. Director and Producer) 1992 * ''Un pueblo que canta-a''

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Christmas special (Video. Director) 1994 * ''El espíritu de un pueblo-a''

Christmas special (Video. Director) 1995 * ''Somos un solo pueblo-a''

Christmas special (Video. Director) 1996 * ''

'' (35 mm, color. Director, Screenwriter and Producer) 1996 * ''Siempre Piel Canela'' (Video. Director) 1998 * '' Mariela y otras historias'' Director. Caesar Osiris 2010

References

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