RIP Julio Lencina

 

The filmmaker Julio Lencina passed away

The outstanding filmmaker and teacher died, leaving a valuable legacy

Eltribuno

June 13, 2022

 

This morning at the age of 83, the director Julio Lencina, one of the main references of cinema in Jujuy, passed away.

Julio Lencina was born in Santa Fe but for decades lived in our province. Director of photography and film producer Lencina is recognized for his work in the Andean film world (Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru). His first job was as a camera assistant on the film “Palo y Hueso”, directed by Nicolas Sarquis and starring Hector da Rosa and Miguel Ligero.

Lencina worked as director of photography alongside Juan José Stagnaro, Ricardo Wullicher, Mario Sabato, Edmund Valladares, among others. He worked on "The Hungry Dogs" and "Yawar Fiesta", based on a novel by José María Arguedas and directed by Luis Figueroa, as well as on "Chuquiago" made in Bolivia by Antonio Eguino. 1977: "Get Out of Here!" directed by Bolivian Jorge Sanjinés, which explores the roots and process of exile. It deals with the confrontations of the indigenous peasants of Bolivia against the imperialist invaders, including evangelical missionaries from the United States and a multinational mining corporation. In 1988, Lencina was co-producer, along with Sasha Menocki, of the film "The Internal Debt", the film,directed by Miguel Pereira won the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. Also in 1991 he was part of the film "The Last Harvest", also from Pereira.

Before the Enerc NOA (National School of Cinematographic Experimentation and Realization) existed in Jujuy, Lencina taught audiovisual production from the chair of Television in the Social Communication Career of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. In 2016 Enerc students made a documentary portrait highlighting his career.

 

LENCINA, Julio

Born: 1939, Santa Fe, Argentina

Died: 6/13/2022, San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina

 

Julio Lencina’s western – production manager, producer:

The Last Harvest - 1991