Luis Ospina

Luis Alfonso Ospina Garcés (1949 – November 27, 2019) was a Colombian film director.

Biography Ospina was born in Cali, Colombia in 1949. He grew up during La Violencia. As a child, Ospina became interested in horror films and Westerns.

Ospina studied film at the University of Southern California before attending the University of California, Los Angeles until 1972. He was involved in student movements against the Vietnam War. During trips back to Cali, he began making films with his childhood friend Carlos Mayolo. Their first short film Oiga, Vea! documented the lives of poor, predominantly Afro-Colombian residents during the 1971 Pan American Games. A documentary about his life, Ospina Cali Colombia, was released in 2023.