Pedro Chaskel
Biography
Pedro Chaskel, is one of the main precursors of the so-called New Chilean Cinema, as a director, cameraman and editor of numerous short and feature length films. An early emigrant from Germany at the age of seven, Chaskel became a Chilean national in 1952, and studied architecture at the Universidad de Chile from 1951 to 1954. That year, he became a founding member and animator of the Cine Club Universitario de la Federación de Estudiantes de Chile (FECH). A conspirator in the exhibition of films that did not come to Chile through the regular commercial circuit, Chaskel promoted, together with a group of contemplative people, a custom that was not very common in Chile: the cinema forum, or the debate organized after the film screenings that he did at the Central House of the Universidad de Chile. It was there that classics of German expressionism, Italian neo-realism and any film they had available were shown for the first time in Chile. In 1973, due to the military coup suffered by the government of President Salvador Allende, Chaskel is expelled from the Universidad de Chile by the military authorities, and travels abroad. Between 1974 and 1983 he settled in Cuba, where he worked as an editor at the Cuban Institute of Art and Cinematographic Industry (ICAIC), and since 1979, as a director and filmmaker for the same institute. In 1983, he returns to Chile. He works in film and video as an independent professional, working as an editor and director of documentaries. From 1997 to date, he has taught film at many Chilean universities.
Personal Details
Also Known As
Movies (43)
The Revolt
Editorial Consultant (Editing)
2023
Nada pertenece a la memoria
as Himself
2017
Perla
Editor (Editing)
2015
De vida y de muerte, testimonios de la Operación Cóndor
Director (Directing)
2015
Buscando Isla de Pascua, la película perdida
Thanks (Crew)
2014
La Revolución de los Pingüinos
Editor (Editing)
2008
Road Signs
Thanks (Crew)
2000
Organilleros
Director (Directing)
1996
Neruda en el corazón
Director (Directing)
1993
Valdivia 1960, El Gran Terremoto
Editor (Editing)
1992
Lizards' Tales
Editor (Editing)
1989
Por la vida
Director (Directing)
1987
Imágenes de Un Primero de Mayo
Editor (Editing)
1986
Somos +
Director (Directing)
1985
Che, Today and Always
Director (Directing)
1983
Una foto recorre el mundo
Director (Directing)
1981
¿Qué es?
Director (Directing)
1980
Eyes Like My Dad
Editor (Editing)
1979
Recado de Chile
Editor (Editing)
1979
The Battle of Chile: Part III
Editor (Editing)
1979
Cantata de Chile
1976
The Battle of Chile: Part II
Screenplay (Writing)
1976
The Battle of Chile: The Struggle of an Unarmed People
Writer (Writing)
1975
The Battle of Chile: Part I
Screenplay (Writing)
1975
Descomedidos y chascones
Editor (Editing)
1973
Entre ponerle y no ponerle...
Editor (Editing)
1971
It's Not Time to Cry
Director (Directing)
1971
Venceremos
Director (Directing)
1970
Jackal of Nahueltoro
Editor (Editing)
1970
Testimony
Screenplay (Writing)
1969
Érase un niño, un guerrillero, un caballo…
Editor (Editing)
1967
Abortion
Director (Directing)
1965
Angelito
Editor (Editing)
1965
El Analfabeto
Editor (Editing)
1965
Érase una vez
Director (Directing)
1965
Ana
Editor (Editing)
1965
Yo tenía un camarada
Editor (Editing)
1964
Aquí vivieron
Director (Directing)
1964
Parkinsonismo y cirugía
Director of Photography (Camera)
1962
Deja que los perros ladren
Assistant Director (Directing)
1961
Day of the Organ Grinders
Producer (Production)
1961
Imágenes Antárticas
Music (Sound)
1958
Tres miradas a la calle
Art Direction (Art)
1957
