Eugenio Polgovsky

Eugenio Polgovsky (Mexico)

Eugenio Polgovsky Ezcurra (Mexico City, 1977 – London, 2017) was a photographer, director, editor and cinematographer who worked principally in nonfiction genres. He began his career as a self-taught photographer during various trips through Mexico, Poland, the United States, and Canada. He later studied at the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC) in Mexico City, where he specialized in direction and cinematography and graduated summa cum laude. He made four long and medium-length films—Tropic of Cancer (2004), The Inheritors (2008), Mitote (2012) and Resurrection (2016)—for which he received more than thirty awards in Mexico and worldwide, including the Joris Ivens Award at Cinéma du Réel, four “Ariels” from the Mexican Academy, the "Coral" Grand Prize at the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana, the Mexican National Youth Award, and the José Rovirosa Prize, awarded by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. He also directed and shot numerous short films. In 2007 he founded the production company Tecolote Films; three years later he was featured director at the Robert Flaherty seminar. He was the first ever filmmaker in residence at Trinity College, Cambridge (2015-2017).

© Photo - Henri-François Imbert

Filmography

  • Resurrección
    2016
  • Mitote / Mexican Ritual
    2012
  • Buenas intenciones
    2009
  • Los herederos / The Inheritors
    2008
  • Déficit
    2007
  • Matapájaros
    2006
  • Acme & Co.
    2006
  • A través de A(lan) Glass
    2006
  • Tropico de cancer / Tropic of Cancer
    2004
  • El color de su sombra
    2004
  • Anónimo
    2003
  • Lazos de familia
    2003

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