Omar Parada

出生 : 1922-02-01, Montevideo, Uruguay

死亡 : 1987-03-14

略歴

Omar Gregorio Parada (1922-1987) was an Uruguayan filmmaker. He was member of Cine Universitario del Uruguay (1972-1975) and of Grupo de Cine Montevideo. In Buenos Aires, he contributed to the organization and programming of the Cine Club Amigos de Cinemateca Argentina. Parada's work is representative of Uruguayan cinema during the period 1950-1970. He wrote and directed five films, documentaries and fiction shorts in 16 mm, including A Holiday (Un feriado) in 1952 and Topic of Illness and Death (Tema de enfermedad y muerte) in 1953. Miguelete: Heads and Tails of a Stream (Miguelete: cara y cruz de un arroyo, 1952) is considered one of the first documentary about contaminated water in Uruguay. His science fiction film Maybe Tomorrow (Tal vez mañana, 1966) was awarded the best film of Uruguay in 1966. Montevideo Today (Montevideo hoy, 1968-1972), a documentary film about the political and social reality of Uruguay, was taken by the military dictatorship (1973-1985) and is now lost.

参加作品

Montevideo Today [unpublished fragments]
Director
Documentary about the political and social reality of Uruguay during the period of 1968-1970. This short is incomplete and composed of a series of fragments. The complete film was taken by the military dictatorship in Uruguay (1973-1985) and is now lost.
Maybe Tomorrow
Director
A parent concerned about the violence and possible explosion of an atomic bomb on the city of Montevideo. The scene is a nightmare, but articulates closely with socio-political reality of the time.
Topic of Illness and Death
Editor
A dying man recalls his lost youth.
Topic of Illness and Death
Screenplay
A dying man recalls his lost youth.
Topic of Illness and Death
Director
A dying man recalls his lost youth.
Miguelete: Heads and Tails of a Stream
Director
Considered one of the first documentary about contaminated water in Uruguay.
A Holiday in Uruguay
Director
Presents the activities of a young woman on a holiday.