Nicolás Echevarría (born 8 August 1947) is a Mexican film director and cinematographer. He has directed over 20 films since 1973. His 1991 film Cabeza de Vaca was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival.[1]
Nicolás Echevarría | |
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 Nicolás Echevarría (left) receiving Arts and Literature National Prize 2017. | |
| Born | 8 August 1947 |
| Occupation(s) | Film director Cinematographer |
| Years active | 1973-present |
Echevarría draws on his Mexican heritage in early films. He discusses his observations of Mexican spirituality in an interview with Betsy Sussler: “I have worked with about ten groups of Indians in Mexico, and the things that I have come across most often—related to all of them is this: there are two worlds, one belongs to everyday life—to man, we get up, we take a shower, we think about what we eat for breakfast, what we’ll do for the day . . . Now there is another world, it could be called the Sacred Space.” He lived with the Huichol people for two years and made three films with them. Echevarría features a Mexican Shaman woman in his 1978 documentary María Sabina, mujer espíritu.[2]
Selected filmography
- María Sabina: mujer espíritu (1978)
- Poetas campesinos (1980)
- Niño Fidencio, el taumaturgo de Espinazo (1981)
- Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
- Vivir mata (2001)
- Eco de la montaña (2014)[3]