Lourdes Portillo
Directing · Producer · Writer · Director
Born Jan 1, 1944 · Chihuahua, Mexico
Active 1979–present · Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship, Anonymous Was A Woman Award
Lourdes Portillo was a Mexican film director, producer, and writer. The political perspectives of Portillo's films have been described as "nuanced" and versed with a point of view balanced by her experience as a lesbian and Chicana woman.
Filmography
State of Grace (2019) - DirectorBeyond the Beyond (2008) - DirectorMissing Young Woman (2001) - DirectorCorpus: A Home Movie About Selena (1999) - DirectorConversations with Intellectuals About Selena (1999) - Director · ProducerSometimes My Feet Go Numb (1996) - DirectorThe Five Suns, A Sacred History of México (1996) - WriterThe Devil Never Sleeps (1994) - DirectorColumbus on Trial (1992) - DirectorMirrors of the Heart (1992) - DirectorThe Days of the Dead (1988) - DirectorPoint of View (1988) - DirectorThe Mothers of Plaza de Mayo (1985) - Producer · Writer · DirectorAfter the Earthquake (1979) - Director · Writer