Marcos Zurinaga
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 6, 1952
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage 2019
as Self
Cinema Puerto Rico: una antropología visual 2014
as Himself
Meant To Be 2010
Co-Producer
Maná - Arde el Cielo 2008
Director
- Lucía, Ignacio y otras historias
Lucía, Ignacio y otras historias 2008
Director, Writer
The Bad Girl 2008
Producer
- Con la música por dentro: cien años de historia
Con la música por dentro: cien años de historia 1999
Director
Romance del cumbanchero: la música de Rafael Hernández 1998
Director
Siempre piel canela: la música de Bobby Capó 1997
Director
- Al compás de un sentimiento: la música de Pedro Flores
Al compás de un sentimiento: la música de Pedro Flores 1996
Director
Death in Granada 1996
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Somos un solo pueblo 1995
Director
- El espíritu de un pueblo
El espíritu de un pueblo 1994
Director
- Un pueblo que canta
Un pueblo que canta 1993
Director
- A flor de piel
A flor de piel 1990
Director, Director of Photography
Tango Bar 1987
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
La gran fiesta 1986
Story, Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography
- One-Way Ticket
One-Way Ticket 1983
Director of Photography
Puerto Rico: A Colony the American Way 1981
Cinematography
- Juan Ramón Jiménez: diario de un poeta
Juan Ramón Jiménez: diario de un poeta 1981
Director of Photography
- A Step Away
A Step Away 1980
Assistant Director, Director of Photography
- Alicia Alonso y el Ballet Nacional de Cuba
Alicia Alonso y el Ballet Nacional de Cuba 1979
Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Director
- We, the People of Puerto Rico - No to the Coal Plant in Aguada
We, the People of Puerto Rico - No to the Coal Plant in Aguada 1979
Producer, Director
- Ednita: es para ti
Ednita: es para ti 1978
Director of Photography
- Siempre estuvimos aquí
Siempre estuvimos aquí 1977
Director, Director of Photography
Credits from TMDB.