Actor
Francisco Villarroel
Born 1965 · Caracas, Venezuela
Francisco Villarroel was born in Venezuela on 1965. He is a lawyer, writer, actor, director and film producer. Author of the books: Dos otoños en Paris, Tango Bar, Viviana y sus tres amantes, Tengo que decir adiós, of the book of poems: Noctámbulos, and of the legal books: Tratado General de Derecho Marítimo, Derecho Internacional del Mar, Temas de Derecho Marítimo and Derecho Internacional Público. He is a Doctor and Emeritus Professor at the Universidad Marítima del Caribe. For more than thirty (30) years he dedicated himself to the practice of law and university education publishing books on maritime law and international law. He was President of the Venezuelan Maritime Law Association and Titular Member of the International Maritime Committee. In 2007, he published his first novel that was made into a film Two Autumns in Paris in 2019, which was followed by his second novel Tango Bar, published in 2018 that was made into a film with the same name in 2024. In 2020, he directed his first film Webidemic, whose original script he also wrote.
