- Bruno Lázaro Pacheco
Bruno Lázaro Pacheco (born 1970 in
Madrid ,Spain ) is a Spanish-Canadian filmmaker.Son of Spanish poet and writer
Jesús López Pacheco who left Spain for Canada during theFascist Francisco Franco dictatorship. Bruno eventually returned to Spain.His first feature, "The Traveller" (1990), had its premiere at the
Toronto International Film Festival and participated in the presentation of Canadian Cinema at theCentre Georges Pompidou inParis ,France .Filmography
* "Hate to Love" (1989), winner:
Chicago International Film Festival Silver Plaque Award
* "Swingspan" (1989)
* "The Traveller" (1990)
* "City of Dark" (1998), winner: Figueira da Foz International Film Festival best film award
* "¡Es para ti!" (2004), winner: Lyon Festival of New Generation Cinema best film awardHe completed his film studies at the Centre for the Arts at
Simon Fraser University inVancouver ,Canada where he studied with renowed filmmakers Al Razutis and David Rimmer. He began making short TV fiction, documentary and experimental films inVancouver .After moving to
Toronto in the 1990s, he made a controversial sci-fi cult film "City of Dark" in 1998. He is currently living inMadrid where he has completed a new feature "¡Es para ti!" in 2004.External links
*imdb name|id=0655261|name=Bruno Lázaro Pacheco
* [http://www.nfb.ca/portraits/fiche.php?id=478&v=h&lg=en Profile at the National Film Board of Canada]
* [http://www.bllpfilms.c.telefonica.net/ Bruno Lázaro Pacheco]
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