Director
Jacobo Penzo
Born 1948 · Carora, Venezuela
Jacobo Penzo (born 1948 in Carora; died 2020 in Caracas), was a Venezuelan filmmaker, best known for his drama piece The House of Water, shown in the Directors' Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival in 1984. The film also represented Venezuela in the Best Foreign Language Film competition at the 57th Academy Awards. He was awarded the Venezuelan National Cinema Award (Premio Nacional de Cine de Venezuela) in 2002 and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Government of France in 2007. Penzo was also a painter and a writer.
Directed
La propia gente
Director · 1981
Night Music
Director · 1988
El mar del tiempo perdido
Assistant Director · 1980
The House of Water
Director · 1984
En territorio extranjero
Director · 1994
Borrador
Director · 2005
Sons of the Earth
Director · 2022
Cabimas, Donde Todo Comenzó
Director · 2012
Congo Mirador
Director · 1995
El afinque de Marín
Director · 1979
