Guillermo Escalón
Known For: Directing
Biography
Guillermo Escalón (b. 1950) is a Salvadoran film director, cinematographer, and producer. Escalón joined the theater group El Taller de los Vagos in 1969 and collaborated with the likes of José David Calderón, Alejandro Cotto, and Baltazar Polío. With the escalation of the political conflict, Escalón immigrated from El Salvador to France, where he graduated in Philosophy and joined a television crew. With his experience in professional filmmaking, Escalón returned to El Salvador and cemented himself as a key figure in the Salvadoran guerrilla film movement.
Filmography
2023
- Fire Dialogues ... (Camera Operator)
2017
- Radio Venceremos as Self
2015
- Cárcel de árboles ... (Director)
2011
- The Word in the Woods ... (Director of Photography)
2009
- Jean Charles ... (Director of Photography)
- La Isla: Archives of a Tragedy ... (Director of Photography)
2004
- What Sebastian Dreamt ... (Cinematography)
2001
- Princesa ... (Director of Photography)
- Haunted Land ... (Director of Photography)
1999
- Ixcán ... (Director of Photography)
1994
- Alejandro as Self
1992
- The Devil's Dream ... (Cinematography)
1983
- Tiempo de audacia ... (Director)
1982
- Carta de Morazán ... (Director)
1981
- La decisión de vencer (Los primeros frutos) ... (Director)
1980
- Intertidal Zone ... (Director)
- Historias prohibidas de Pulgarcito ... (Camera Operator)
- Intertidal Zone ... (Director)
- Morazán ... (Director)
1976
- El Gran Debut ... (Camera Operator)
1975
- Topiltzin ... (Assistant Camera)