Directing
Pocho Álvarez
ES, EN cinema · 10 credits
Born
23 December 1953 (age 72)
Birthplace
Riobamba, Ecuador
César "Pocho" Álvarez is an ecuadorian documentary filmmaker with 30 years of experience. His documentaries cover social and cultural issues, like the struggle of indigenous communities against the mining and oil companies in films such as Tóxico, Texaco, Tóxico (2007) and A cielo Abierto, Derechos Minados (2009). Likewise, he has made portraits of characters such as Oswaldo Guayasamín and Raúl Castro in Luar Trocas (1987) and of Jorge Enrique Adoum in the film Jorgenrique (2010).
Known for
Filmography
The Return
Story Consultant
Galápagos: Paraíso en Pérdida
Co-Director, Writer, Editor
Gartelmann la memoria
Director, Producer, Cinematography, Sound
Javier con i, Íntag
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
Skin Pain
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
Jorgenrique
Writer, Director, Editor
A cielo abierto, derechos minados
Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor
Crude
Director of Photography
Tóxico, Texaco, Tóxico
Director, Writer, Editor, Camera Operator