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My Take
Ciro Guerra is exactly the sort of filmmaker I find myself rooting for. Born in a small town in Colombia's Cesar Department and trained at the National University of Colombia, he turned a regional, indigenous-rooted vision into work that reached the Academy Awards, with Embrace of the Serpent earning a Best Foreign Language Film nomination. What interests me is his refusal to flatten his stories into a Hollywood template; he films memory, landscape and identity through a distinctly Colombian gaze. Directors like Guerra remind me that the most arresting cinema often comes from the periphery, not the centre.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ciro Guerra
- Name (Japanese)
- シーロ・ゲーラ
- Reading
- しーろ・げーら
- Born
- February 6, 1981 (age 45)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Rooster
- Origin
- Río de Oro, Cesar Department, Colombia
- Occupation
- film director / screenwriter
2. Background
- University
- National University of Colombia
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Ciro Guerra born?
Born February 6, 1981 (age 45).
Where is Ciro Guerra from?
Ciro Guerra is from Río de Oro, Cesar Department, Colombia.
What does Ciro Guerra do?
Ciro Guerra works as film director, screenwriter.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.