Jorge Ruffinelli

Jorge Enrique Ruffinelli Altesor (born 1943 in Uruguay) is a Uruguayan academic and critic.^[1]

Jorge Enrique Ruffinelli Altesor
Jorge Enrique Ruffinelli Altesor (2012)
Born	(1943-12-16) December 16, 1943 (age 81) Montevideo, Uruguay
Occupation	writer, literary critic, researcher, college professor Associate Professor at the University of Buenos Aires (1973 ) Professor at the University Veracruzana (1974) Full Professor at Stanford University (1986)
Alma mater	Facultad de Letras de la UDELAR (Uruguay)
Notable works	La sonrisa de Gardel, Montevideo: Trilce (2004) ; Víctor Gaviria, los márgenes al centro, Madrid: Turner / Casa de América, 2ª edición (2005), Universidad de Guadalajara (2009) ; Sueños de realidad. Fernando Pérez: tres décadas de cine, Alcalá: Universidad de Alcalá/FNCL (2005) ; El cine de Patricio Guzmán, en busca de las imágenes verdaderas, Santiago de Chile: Uqbar Editores (2008) ; América Latina en 130 películas. Santiago de Chile, Uqbar Editores (2010) ; América Latina en 130 documentales. Santiago de Chile, Uqbar Editores (2012).
Notable awards	1980: Premio Nacional de Ensayo, Instituto de Bellas Artes/Casa de la Cultura Gómez Palacio, por su libro Literatura e ideología: el primer Mariano Azuela ; 2008: Premio Salon Rouge, Asociación de Críticos Cinematográficos de Uruguay - FIPRESCI.
Spouse	Cristina Meneghetti
Children	Alvaro, Andrea, Gerardo, Paula
Relatives	Parents: Augustine Ruffinellis, Selika Altesor

Biography

In his youth he was a disciple of Ángel Rama and a contributor to the weekly Marcha. Later he was professor of Latin American Literature at the Universidad Veracruzana and Stanford University.^[2]

He is considered an expert in Latin American cinema and has participated as a jury in several international festivals.

Works

• La sonrisa de Gardel (Trilce, 2004)^[3]
• América Latina en 130 películas (Uqbar, 2010)
• Encyclopaedia of Latin American Cinema (work in progress)