Biography
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
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
Meant To Be
Role: Co-Producer
MOVIE • 2010
MANA - Arde el Cielo
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2008
Lucía, Ignacio y otras historias
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2008
Lucía, Ignacio y otras historias
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2008
The Bad Girl
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 2008
Con la música por dentro: cien años de historia
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1999
Romance del cumbanchero: la música de Rafael Hernández
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1998
Siempre piel canela: la música de Bobby Capó
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1997
Al compás de un sentimiento: la música de Pedro Flores
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1996
Death in Granada
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1996
Death in Granada
Role: Producer
MOVIE • 1996
Death in Granada
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 1996
Somos un solo pueblo
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1995
El espíritu de un pueblo
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1994
Un pueblo que canta
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1993
A flor de piel
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1990
A flor de piel
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1990
Tango Bar
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1987
Tango Bar
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1987
Tango Bar
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 1987