Juan Carlos Rulfo

Juan Carlos Rulfo Aparicio (born January 24, 1964, in Mexico City) is a Mexican screenwriter and director and the son of author Juan Rulfo. He has written, produced, and photographed several films.

Juan Carlos Rulfo
Born
Juan Carlos Rulfo Aparicio

1964
Years active1994 present
SpouseValentina Leduc Navarro

Biography

Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Aparicio, the son of the Mexican writer Juan Rulfo and Clara Aparicio de Rulfo, studied film at the Autonomous Metropolitan University in Xochimilco and at the Cinematographic Training Center in Mexico City. Due to the heritage his father left him, Juan Carlos has naturally known how to translate cinematographic narrative from rural Mexico to his father's workings of literature.

His first film was his thesis for his graduation from film school, Grandfather Cheno and Other Stories, a documentary that tells the story of his grandfather and fits it in with his father's story Tell Them Not to Kill Me.

Rulfo's movie In The Pit won the Grand Jury Prize for an International Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival. He also won the Ariel Awards for Best Editing and Best First Work for his movie Del Olvido al No me Acuerdo, and was nominated for Best Direction and Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. Rulfo has also won awards at the Goya Awards, the Guadalajara International Film Festival, the Havana Film Festival, the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, the Montréal World Film Festival.[1]

His 2007 film In The Pit follows the construction crew at work in the construction of the second deck of the Periférico beltway in Mexico City.[2] His 2012 film Carrière, 250 Metres is a biopic of the French screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière.[3] In 2017, he directed 3 episodes of the TV mini series Cien años con Juan Rulfo which were dedicated to highlight the work of his father.[4] For his 2021 documentary film Letters from a Distance (Cartas a Distancia), Philip Glass composed the music for the film.[5]

Personal life

Juan Carlos Rulfo is married to Valentina Leduc Navarro, a Mexican director.

Filmography

As director
DateNameNote
1994El Abuelo Cheno y Otras Historiasshort documentary
1998Las Despedidasshort documentary
1999Juan, I Forgot, I Don't Remember (Del Olvido al no me Acuerdo)Documentary
200010 MinutesShort film
2000Diminutos del Calvario
2006TiemiehetDocumentary
2006El CruceroShort documentary
2006In The PitDocumentary[2]
2008Those Who Remain (Los que se quedan)Documentary
2009FINCA Mexico: Stories of HopeShort documentary
2010Será por esoShort TV film
2010Madero muerto, memoria viva
2012Carrière, 250 metersDocumentary, co-director[3]
2012De panzazoDocumentary
2012Diario de un CocineroTV mini series
2014Héroes cotidianos:
La Cosecha
TV series documentary, 1 episode
2015Grandes figuras del arte mexicano:
Juan Rulfo, palabras que saben a vida
TV series documentary, 1 episode
2017Cien años con Juan Rulfo
Juan Rulfo's Images
Pedro Páramo or writing as a profession
Towards the plain in flames
TV mini series, 3 episodes[4]
2017The RockShort documentary
2018Once Upon a TimeDocumentary
2019Lorena, Light-footed WomanShort documentary
2021Letters from a Distance (Cartas a Distancia)Documentary[5]

References

  1. "Juan Carlos Rulfo". IMDb.
  2. Manohla Dargis (2 February 2007). "Behind the Asphalt Walls, Hopes and Heavy Burdens". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  3. Fionnuala Halligan (18 October 2011). "Carriere 250 Metres". Screendaily.com. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  4. Julia Bertolero (6 June 2017). "'Cien años con Juan Rulfo' traces son's journey to rediscover his father". Dailycal.org. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  5. Anne Marie de la Fuente (9 August 2021). "Philip Glass Composes Music for Juan Carlos Rulfo's 'Cartas a Distancia'". Variety.com. Retrieved 14 September 2022.


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