Thaelman Urgelles (Directing)

Thaelman Urgellés, born in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, began to study psychology, art and social communication in 1965. Then he practiced journalism on sport and current news. Since 1973 he was part in a theater experience that took him to the cinema, first in little productions in Super 8 and 16 mm, educational and political documentaries and narrative short film. His first feature was produced within the great film activity that made of Venezuela the third producer of feature films in Latin America. Co-directed with Carlos Rebolledo in 1977, Alias (El rey del Joropo), based in Edmundo Aray ´s Los Cuentos de Alfredo Alvarado, about the famous Venezuelan dancer and delinquent, whose life is the theme of a television program which tells his gruesome adventures and also discovered the contradiction of the television medium. Then he worked as one of the most successful and praised Venezuelan directors. He produced and directed La venganza o...Read More