Jorge Olguín (director)
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Jorge Olguín is a young Chilean director of terror films. Until now he has released two films (Angel Negro and Eternal Blood) and is in the pre-production of two features films, “Caleuche: The call of the sea” and its debut in Hollywood “Clock Tower (series)”. “Angel Negro” was a student film, Olguín filmed it while it studied cinema in the University with only a budget of 25 thousand dollars. This film was released in the commercial theaters in 2000 with great box-office and a mediatic event in Chile by its unusual advertising campaign. This film is mixture of slasher and giallo was selected in an infinity of international festivales, was in the festivales of fantastic cinema of Montreal “Fantasia”, Portugual “Fantasporto” and the festival of cinema of Catalonia “Sitges”, among others. “Angel negro” was released in DVD in the USA by the company of cult “Troma”.
Soon in 2002 Olguín releases “Sangre Eterna”aka“Eternal Blood”, film of vampires with a psychological plot, that involves the world of the gothic movements and role playing games. With a budget of only 300 thousand dollars, this film released the use of the special effects and make-up in the Chilean cinematography. The second film again of Olguin achieves success in the box-office. Later it receives the Prize to the Best Special Effects in the festival of Fantastic Cinema of Malaga, Prize to the Best Actor and Best FX Make-Up in the festival of Cinema of Terror of Los Angeles “Screamfest LA” of the hands of Stan Winston. Soon it film was released in DVD in the USA by Fangoria under the title of “Eternal Blood”. This film called the attention of the outstanding director Guillermo del Toro who at the moment is helping Olguín in the production of his third Chilean film “Caleuche: The call of the sea” in whose cinematographic production they will participate to outstanding Chilean actors]] like Leonor Varela (Blade II, Innocent Voices) and Santiago Cabrera (Heroes, TV series),in addition to the Mexican actress Ofelia Medina. But Olguín not only called the attention of Del Toro, also of Hollywood. The new company “The Mayhem Project” contracted Olguín to direct of the film “Clock Tower” based on survival horror video-game of “Playstation”, this film has date of beginning of production in December of 2006 and like date of opening in 2008.
[edit] Filmography
- Clock Tower (2008) - Pre-production
- Caleuche: The Call of the sea (2008) - Pre-production
- Sangre Eternaaka^Etenal Blood (2002)
- Angel Negro (2000)
