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Sergio Giral
Giral on CUNY TV's Charlando con Cervantes, 1998
Born	2 January 1937 Havana, Cuba
Died	12 March 2024 (aged 87) Bay Harbor Island, U.S.
Occupation	Film director
Known for	The Other Francisco

Sergio Giral (2 January 1937 – 12 March 2024) was a Cuban-American film writer and director. He was born in Cuba to parents Antonio and Plácida, and raised in New York City, as an aspiring young painter in the days of the Beatnik generation.

In 1962, Oscar-winning cinematographer Néstor Almendros invited Giral to work together at the ICAIC (The Cuban Film Institute). It was there, after a series of shorts and documentaries, that Giral filmed a trilogy (The Other Francisco, Rancheador and Maluala) about slavery in 19th Century Cuba and the Caribbean. The Other Francisco was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Diploma.

In 1991 Giral returned to the United States. He resided in Miami. Dos veces Ana was his first feature film made in USA. Giral died on 12 March 2024, at the age of 87.

Filmography

Year	English title	Original title (if different)
1967	Cimarrón
1968	Gonzalo Roig
1973	Qué bueno canta usted
1975	The Other Francisco	El otro Francisco
1975	Rancheador	The Slave Hunter
1979	Maluala
1981	Glass Roof	Techo de vidrio
1986	Plácido
1991	María Antonia
1995	The Broken Image	La imagen rota
2000	Chronicle of an ordinance
2004	Al barbaro del ritmo
2010	Dos Veces Ana

See also

• Cinema of Cuba

External links

Sergio Giral at IMDb