Henry Vallejo
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1970 (age 55–56)
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| Born | Henry Vallejo Torres 1970 (age 55–56) Azángaro, Peru |
| Occupations | Film director, screenwriter, film producer |
| Notable work | Powerful Chief |
Henry Vallejo Torres (born 1970, Azángaro, Peru) is a Peruvian film director, film producer and screenwriter. He is best known for directing, co-writing and producing Powerful Chief (2020), which was selected as Peru's entry for Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.[1]
He holds a degree in Communication Sciences from the Universidad Nacional del Altiplano de Puno.[2] He directed short documentaries for the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce and PromPerú.[2]
In 2002, he filmed his first feature film in Puno,[3][4] the horror film El misterio del kharisiri, which was commercially released in 2004.[5]
In 2010, he began writing the screenplay for the drama film Powerful Chief, which began filming in 2013.[6] However, production was interrupted when the lead actor dropped out to study medicine in Lima.[6] Over the next three years, auditions were held in Lima, Arequipa, Cusco, and Juliaca, with filming resuming in January 2016.[6] The film premiered at the 24th Lima Film Festival as part of the Fiction competition,[7] winning Best Actor for Jesús Luque.[8]
In 2023, he produced the drama film Reinaldo Cutipa, which premiered in the Made in Peru section at the 27th Lima Film Festival.[9][10]