Guillermo Rocamora
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Born1981 (age 44–45)
Occupationfilmmaker
Knownforwon awards for directing documentaries
Guillermo Rocamora | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1981 (age 44–45) |
| Occupation | filmmaker |
| Known for | won awards for directing documentaries |
Guillermo Rocamora (born 1981) is a Uruguayan filmmaker.[1] He first started working as a filmmaker in 2004. He worked for three years on his directorial debut, Solo, prior to its release, in 2015. He is a graduate of the Universidad de la República and also studied at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión in Cuba.
In 2019 he released a documentary on Mohammed Abdullah Taha Mattan, one of six individuals formerly held in the Guantanamo detention camps for 12 years, who were granted political asylum in Uruguay in 2014.[2][3][4][5] That documentary, La Libertad es una palabra grande, won the award for best documentary at the International Film Week in Valladolid.
