Nelson Rodríguez(1938-2020)

Nelson Rodríguez joined the Cuban film institute in 1960 as production assistant and then producer, working with Santiago Álvarez. By mid-1960's he was editing features and co-writing scripts, mainly with his friend Humberto Solás, though he also worked with Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Manuel Octavio Gómez and Sergio Giral. His work extended to a new generation of Cuban filmmakers, and with the top directors of Latin American cinema, as Miguel Littin, Jaime Humberto Hermosillo, Patricio Guzmán, Lisandro Duque Naranjo and María Novaro. In 1983 he fulfilled an old dream when he directed Amada (1983), an adaptation of Miguel de Carrión's novel "La esfinge", but due to the Cuban film institute's policy, the direction credit was given to Solás. He taught at the International School of Film and Television in Havana, worked as editor in Spain, Chile, Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia and Panama; and received many awards for his work. Nelson Rodríguez died in 2020.