Mary Jimenez

Mary Jimenez

Born 1948
Lima, Peru

Biography

Mary Jiménez is originally from Peru. Firstly, she studied architecture in Lima and then, after her graduation, she studied production at the INSAS in Belgium. During her career as a film director, she has also taught film production in Belgium, Cuba and Switzerland. Her first full-length feature film, Piano Bar, won the arthouse film award. Since then she has directed around a dozen films selected at several festivals (Toronto, San Sébastian, Montreal, Berlin-Forum, Cinéma du Réel, Visions du Réel Nyon). The Dei Popoli Festival devoted a retrospective of her work in 2015.

Tarantula Luxembourg

Screenwriter

Movies
2015

Rising Voices

1989

Easy in Mind

Series
1993

L'Instit

Documentaries
2019

By the Name of Tania

2013

Glowing Embers

2006

La Position du lion couché

Director

Actress

Movies
1984

Hermelinda linda

Editor

Movies
2012

Héros sans visage