José María Cabral (director)

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Cabral and the second or maternal family name is González.
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José María Cabral González (b. Santo Domingo, July 24, 1988) is a Dominican film director, screenwriter, and producer.

Early life and family

[1] He is related to many eminent Dominicans such as Oscar de la Renta, Viriato Fiallo, J. Antinoe Fiallo, and Fabio Fiallo, by his mother’s side of the family;[1][2] to Carmen Imbert Brugal by his father’s side; and he is also related to José María Cabral, Juan Bautista Vicini Cabral, Peggy Cabral, Donald Reid Cabral, from both sides of his family.

Career

Cabral started making films when he was 16 years old, making private screenings of short films to family and friends in local movie theaters, one of them "Excexos" got national distribution in 2008. His first feature film, Jaque Mate (2011), was screened at a high number of film festivals and selected as the Dominican entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist.[3][4] "Arrobá" and "Despertar" followed in 2013 and 2014, also making it into the festival circuits. In 2015 he released "Detective Willy" a comedy adventure film. Cabral is now working on his new feature drama "Carpinteros" a story about the realities and relationships of prisoners in dominican jails.

Filmography

Sources cited

  1. 1 2 Espinal, Edwin (November 1, 2014). "Cápsulas genealógicas: Oscar de la Renta, entorno genealógico" (in Spanish). Hoy. Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía. Retrieved June 16, 2016. Primo hermano del Dr. Viriato Antonio Fiallo Rodríguez (Azua, 1895-Santo Domingo, 1983), presidente de la Unión Cívica Nacional, y del abogado Fabio Fiallo Cáceres (Tamboril, 1906-Santo Domingo, 2001), Óscar de la Renta cuenta también entre sus parientes al educador, historiador y sociólogo José Antinoe Fiallo Billini (Santo Domingo, 1943), hijo de su primo hermano Antinoe Fiallo Rodríguez; al luchador antitrujillista Oscar Fiallo Suazo, su primo hermano, hijo de Luis Enrique Fiallo Pérez; al joven cineasta José María Cabral González (Santo Domingo, 1988), hijo de José María Cabral Arzeno e Ingrid Josefina González Fiallo (Santo Domingo, 1960), nieta de su primo hermano Hostos Fiallo Henríquez, y a la crítico de arte Laura Gil Fiallo (Santo Domingo, 1957), nieta de su tío Manuel de Jesús Fiallo Pérez.
  2. ↑ Espinal Hernández, Edwin (December 31, 2015). "Parentescos insospechados de personajes de la República Dominicana" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Diario Libre. Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía. Retrieved June 16, 2016.
  3. ↑ De La Fuente, Anna Marie. "It's 'Checkmate' for foreign-lingo Oscar race". Variety. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  4. ↑ Alexandra Gratereaux, "Latino NYILFF: With ‘Jaque Mate,’ Jose Maria Cabral Puts Domican Republic in Lime Light", Fox News Latino, August 17, 2012.
  5. 1 2 Quiñones, Alfonso (24 April 2013). ""Jaque Mate" gana premio Opera prima en Washington". Diario Libre (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. Archived from the original on January 27, 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  6. ↑ Nova, José (13 June 2014). ""Despertar", lo más personal de José María Cabral" (in Spanish). El Caribe. Archived from the original on February 10, 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.

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