Directing
Pocho Álvarez
- Born
- Dec 23, 1953 · Age 72
- Place of birth
- Riobamba, Ecuador
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 0
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 6
Biography
César "Pocho" Álvarez is an ecuadorian documentary filmmaker with 30 years of experience. His documentaries cover social and cultural issues, like the struggle of indigenous communities against the mining and oil companies in films such as Tóxico, Texaco, Tóxico (2007) and A cielo Abierto, Derechos Minados (2009). Likewise, he has made portraits of characters such as Oswaldo Guayasamín and Raúl Castro in Luar Trocas (1987) and of Jorge Enrique Adoum in the film Jorgenrique (2010).