Pedro Chaskel
Editor
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Pedro Chaskel, is one of the main precursors of the so-called New Chilean Cinema, as a director, cameraman and editor of numerous short and feature length films.
An early emigrant from Germany at the age of seven, Chaskel became a Chilean national in 1952, and studied architecture at the Universidad de Chile from 1951 to 1954.
That year, he became a founding member and animator of the Cine Club Universitario de la Federación de Estudiantes de Chile (FECH). A conspirator in the exhibition of films that did not come to Chile through the regular commercial circuit, Chaskel promoted, together with a group of contemplative people, a custom that was not very common in Chile: the cinema forum, or the debate organized after the film screenings that he did at the Central House of the Universidad de Chile. It was there that classics of German expressionism, Italian neo-realism and any film they had available were shown for the first time in Chile.
In 1973, due to the military coup suffered by the government of President Salvador Allende, Chaskel is expelled from the Universidad de Chile by the military authorities, and travels abroad.
Between 1974 and 1983 he settled in Cuba, where he worked as an editor at the Cuban Institute of Art and Cinematographic Industry (ICAIC), and since 1979, as a director and filmmaker for the same institute.
In 1983, he returns to Chile. He works in film and video as an independent professional, working as an editor and director of documentaries.
From 1997 to date, he has taught film at many Chilean universities.
Behind the Camera
¿Y... si fuera cierto?
Editor
La batalla de Chile (Parte 1). La insurrección de la burguesía
Guionista, Editor
La batalla de Chile (Parte 2). El Golpe de Estado
Guionista, Editor
La batalla de Chile (Parte 3). El Poder Popular
Editor, Other
Che, Hoy y Siempre
Director, Guionista
No es hora de llorar
Director
La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin armas
Escritor, Editor
Perla: La Película
Editor
El Chacal de Nahueltoro
Editor
La Revuelta
Editorial Consultant
Érase un niño, un guerrillero, un caballo…
Editor
Venceremos
Director, Editor
Valdivia 1960, El Gran Terremoto
Editor
Tres miradas a la calle
Dir. de Arte
De vida y de muerte, testimonios de la Operación Cóndor
Director, Editor
Constructor Cada Día, Compañero
Director, Escritor
Neruda en el corazón
Director
Buscando Isla de Pascua, la película perdida
Thanks
Señales de ruta
Thanks
Deja que los perros ladren
Assistant Director
La Revolución de los Pingüinos
Editor
Recado de Chile
Editor
Angelito
Editor
Descomedidos y chascones
Editor
¿Qué es?
Director, Editor
Somos +
Director