Director
Marcos Zurinaga
Born 1952 · San Juan, Puerto Rico
Marcos Zurinaga is a Puerto Rican film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. 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 Roberto Gándara 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 old "Casino de Puerto Rico" building in Old San Juan, before it was turned over to military use as the United States was drawn into World War Two, and A Step Away, a 1980 critically acclaimed movie narrated by Orson Welles. In 1997 came an unusual movie in Zurinaga's filmography, the thriller-mystery film The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca.
Directed
Un pueblo que canta
Director · 1993
Con la música por dentro: cien años de historia
Director · 1999
Alicia Alonso y el Ballet Nacional de Cuba
Director · 1979
Somos un solo pueblo
Director · 1995
Siempre piel canela: la música de Bobby Capó
Director · 1997
Romance del cumbanchero: la música de Rafael Hernández
Director · 1998
Death in Granada
Director · 1996
La gran fiesta
Director · 1986
Tango Bar
Director · 1987
A Step Away
Assistant Director · 1980
Al compás de un sentimiento: la música de Pedro Flores
Director · 1996
El espíritu de un pueblo
Director · 1994
A flor de piel
Director · 1990
We, the People of Puerto Rico - No to the Coal Plant in Aguada
Director · 1979
Lucía, Ignacio y otras historias
Director · 2008
Siempre estuvimos aquí
Director · 1977
Maná - Arde el Cielo
Director · 2008
