Guillermo Escalón
- Known for
- Directing
- Birthplace
- Caracas, Venezuela
Guillermo Escalón (b. 1950) is a Salvadoran film director, cinematographer, and producer. Escalón joined the theater group El Taller de los Vagos in 1969 and collaborated with the likes of José David Calderón, Alejandro Cotto, and Baltazar Polío. With the escalation of the political conflict, Escalón immigrated from El Salvador to France, where he graduated in Philosophy and joined a television crew. With his experience in professional filmmaking, Escalón returned to El Salvador and cemented himself as a key figure in the Salvadoran guerrilla film movement.
Filmography
Fire Dialogues 2023
Camera Operator, Concept Artist, Script, Director, Writer
Laberintos 2021
as Narrator, Director, Writer
Cárcel de árboles 2015
Director, Writer
Alejandro 1994
as Self, Director, Writer
Tiempo de audacia 1983
Director
Carta de Morazán 1982
Director, Writer, Editor
La decisión de vencer (Los primeros frutos) 1981
Director, Writer
Intertidal Zone 1980
Director
Morazán 1980
Director
Radio Venceremos 2017
as Self
The Word in the Woods 2011
Director of Photography
La Isla: Archives of a Tragedy 2009
Director of Photography
Jean Charles 2009
Director of Photography
What Sebastian Dreamt 2004
Cinematography
Haunted Land 2001
Director of Photography, Writer
Princesa 2001
Director of Photography
Ixcán 1999
Director of Photography
The Devil's Dream 1992
Cinematography
Historias prohibidas de Pulgarcito 1980
Camera Operator
El Gran Debut 1976
Camera Operator
Topiltzin 1975
Assistant Camera
Credits from TMDB.