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- Jorge Luis Sánchez was born on January 20, 1960 in Havana, Cuba. He was a director and writer, known for El Benny (2006), Irremediablemente Juntos (2012) and Cuba Libre (2015). He died on January 9, 2025 in Havana, Cuba.
- Distant relative of Benny More.
- Founder of the National Federation of Cinema Clubs of Cuba.
- Jorge Luis Sánchez was a Cuban film director.
- He started to work in ICAIC in 1981 as camera assistant, and later as assistant director.
- His first feature El Benny was presented at the Locarno International Film Festival in August 2006, where its star Renny Arozarena won the Boccalino prize for best performance for protagonist in all sections of festival. The film was Cuba's candidate for the Academy Awards. Sánchez is distantly related to Cuban musician and the subject of this film Benny Moré. At the Latinamerican Film Festival in Havana in December 2006, Sanchez received an award for the film.
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