Carmen Guarini
Argentine anthropologist, teacher, film maker
About Carmen Guarini
Born 1953. Carmen Guarini is an Argentine anthropologist, filmmaker, screenwriter, film director, film producer and manufacturer, known for Visual anthropology.
Aurelia Del Carmen Guarini (born 18 January 1953) is an Argentine anthropologist, teacher, film director, and film producer specializing in anthropological documentary films. She teaches visual anthropology and directs documentaries in Argentina (Fundación Universidad del Cine; University of Buenos Aires; Observatorio Escuela de Cine Documental) and in Cuba. She serves on the documentary projects' evaluation committee at the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts and participates in Cine Ojo projects.
Biography Guarini earned her Ph.D. at the Paris West University Nanterre La Défense. She studied anthropological film under the direction of Jean Rouch in 1988 and had specialized seminars with Fernando Birri, Jean Louis Comolli, and Jorge Prelorán. She is a researcher at CONICET, and professor of Visual Anthropology at the University of Buenos Aires. She also teaches courses at the Film Centre and the International Film and Television School, a school of audiovisual media in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba, and has been a visiting professor in France and Spain. With Marcelo Céspedes, she founded the production company Cine Ojo (1986) and the Festival y Forum DocBuenosAires (2001). She worked as a producer with many Argentine directors, including Andrés Di Tella, Mouján Alejandro Fernandez, Pedro Fernandez Mouján, Jorge Goldenberg, Edgardo Cozarinsky, Cristian Pauls, and Sergio Wolf. For her work in film, Guarini has won prizes at major national and international festivals.
Filmography
Director Walsh entre todos (2015) Calles de la memoria (2012) D-Humanos ("Baldosas en Buenos Aires"), (2011) Gorri (2010) Meykinof (2005) El diablo entre las flores (short film) (2004) H.I.J.O.S., el alma en dos (2002) Compañero Birri) (unpublished) (2001) Tinta roja (1998) Jaime de Nevares: Último viaje (1995) En el nombre de la seguridad nacional (1994) Historias de amores semanales (1993) La voz de los pañuelos (short film) (1992) La noche eterna (1991) A los compañeros la libertad (short film) (1987) Buenos Aires, crónicas villeras (1986)
Production Walsh entre todos (2015) Calles de la memoria (2012) Gorri (2010) Madres con ruedas (2006) Los perros (2004) La televisión y yo (notas en una libreta) (2002) Por la vuelta (2002) El siglo del viento (1999) Buenos Aires, crónicas villeras (1986)
Executive producer Walsh entre todos (2015) Saldaño. El sueño dorado (2014) Sangre de mi sangre (2014) Regreso a Fortín Olmos (2008) Pulqui, un instante en la patria de la felicidad (2007) Fotografías (2007) Bialet Massé, un siglo después (2006) Murgas y murgueros (2003) El tiempo y la sangre (2004) Prohibido dormir (2004) Yo no sé qué me han hecho tus ojos (2003) H.I.J.O.S., el alma en dos (2002) Tango deseo (short film) (2002) Yo, Sor Alice (2001)
Associate producer Liniers, el trazo simple de las cosas (2010)
Production management Ronda nocturna (2005)
Camera Walsh entre todos (2015) Calles de la memoria (2012) H.I.J.O.S., el alma en dos (2002)
Sound La voz de los pañuelos (short film) (1992)
Screenwriter Walsh entre todos (2015) Calles de la memoria (2012) Cuentas del alma. Confesiones de una guerrillera (2012) Gorri (2010) Meykinof (2005) H.I.J.O.S., el alma en dos (2002) Tinta roja (1998) Jaime de Nevares: Último viaje (1995) Historias de amores semanales (1993) A los compañeros la libertad (short film) (1987) Hospital Borda: un llamado a la razón (1986) Buenos Aires, crónicas villeras (1986)
Photography Walsh entre todos (2015) Calles de la memoria (2012) Gorri (2010) Meykinof (2005) Por la vuelta (2002) H.I.J.O.S., el alma en dos (2002)
Montage Walsh entre todos (2015) Madres con ruedas (2006) Por la vuelta (2002) H.I.J.O.S., el alma en dos (2002) Tinta roja (1998)
Text Calles de la memoria (2012) Jaime de Nevares: Último viaje (1995)
Creation Ronda nocturna (2005)
Art direction Espejo para cuando me pruebe el smoking (2005)
Awards
1995, Special mention, Organización Católica Internacional del Cine 2000, Special mention, Festival Internacional de cine documental, cortometrajes y animación, Bombay, India 2001, Konex Award 2002, Special mention, Havana Film Festival 2006, candidate, Argentine Film Critics Association 2011, Konex Award Special mention, FIPRESCI
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Argentine anthropologist, teacher, film maker
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Carmen Guarini was born on 18 January 1953 in Buenos Aires.
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Carmen Guarini is an anthropologist, filmmaker, screenwriter, film director, film producer and manufacturer.
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Carmen Guarini is known for Visual anthropology.
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Carmen Guarini is Argentine.
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