Manuel Trujillo Durán
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Manuel Trujillo Durán (8 January 1871 – 14 March 1933) was a Venezuelan photographer who pioneered film in Venezuela. Trujillo was most successful as a photographer, though he dabbled in other industries and is best remembered for his connections to the fledgling film industry in Venezuela. He became one of the first people from Latin America to learn how to show films; he was thought for many years to be the director of Venezuela's first films, and traveled through Venezuela and Colombia with projectors to introduce cinema to this part of the South American continent.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Trujillo and the second or maternal family name is Durán.
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Manuel Trujillo Durán | |
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Born | Manuel María Segundo de la Trinidad Trujillo Durán (1871-01-08)8 January 1871 |
Died | 14 March 1933(1933-03-14) (aged 62) |
Known for | Pioneering film in Venezuela |
Notable work | possibly Un célebre especialista sacando muelas en el gran Hotel Europa and Muchachos bañándose en el lago de Maracaibo |
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