Tito Catacora was born in Ácora, Peru on January 25, 1974. He has a degree in Education, a master's degree in intercultural education, and has doctoral studies in Education from the National University of the Altiplano of Puno.[1]
Before working in film, he held political positions in his region. In 2005 he was governor of the district of Ácora and, in 2006, sub-prefect of the province of Puno. Since then, he has stayed away from politics to focus on teaching and filmmaking.[2]
He learned filmmaking on his own and with the help of his family.[3] In 2006, while living with his nephew Óscar Catacora, he assisted him in the making of the medium-length film El sendero del Chulo. Lacking a cameraman, Tito took on that role without prior experience, learning through trial and error.[4][5]
In 2007, together with his nephew, he founded the production company Cine Aymara Studios, with which they began a trajectory dedicated to exploring the Andean worldview through audiovisual language.[6]
They both directed and produced several works, including Eternity (2017), considered the first Peruvian film spoken entirely in Aymara.[7] The film won three awards at the Guadalajara International Film Festival in Mexico,[8] and was selected as the Peruvian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards,[9] as well as for Best Ibero-American Film at the 33rd Goya Awards.[10]
Following the death of Óscar Catacora in 2021, which occurred during the filming of Yana-Wara,[11] Tito took on the responsibility of completing the feature. According to his own statements, he continued the project as a way to preserve the artistic vision he shared with his nephew.[3] The film premiered in 2023 at the 27th Lima Film Festival as part of the Fiction competition,[12] and was selected as the Peruvian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards and for the Best Ibero-American Film at the 39th Goya Awards.[13]
In 2024, he premiered The Legend of the Last Inca at the 28th Lima Film Festival as part of the Peruvian Competition.[14]
