Fina Torres

Fina Torres (born October 7, 1951) is a Venezuelan film director. Born in Caracas, she became known by winning la Caméra d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1985 with her directorial debut film, "Oriana". She studied design, photography and journalism in Venezuela and later on film at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques in Paris. She lives now in Mexico and the United States and continues to work with film projects related to Latin America as well as giving workshops in direction and script writing in Venezuela.

Filmography (as director)

* "Oriana" (1985)
* "Mécaniques célestes" ("Celestial Clockwork") (1995)
* "Woman on Top" (2000)

External links

*imdb name|id=0868643|name=Fina Torres
* [http://www.eluniversal.com/2006/06/29/til_art_29314A.shtml Interview for the Newspaper El Universal] (Spanish)