death_place death_date birth_place birth_date yearsactive article_title name occupation
havana , cuba 18 september 2008 havana , cuba 14 december 1941 1959-2008 humberto solás
 humberto solás film director
humberto solás

humberto solás -lrb- 14 december 1941 -- 18 september 2008 -rrb- was a cuban film director , credited with directing the film `` lucía '' -lrb- 1968 -rrb- , which explored the lives of cuban women during different periods in cuban history .
his cinematic style borrows from luchino visconti 's mise en scene and is permeated by sometimes heavy melodrama .
he started making shorts at a very young age and directed his first medium length film `` manuela '' in 1966 .
the success of this film led him to direct `` lucía '' , told in three stories in different moments of cuban history , all seen through the eyes of a different woman named lucia .
solás has won 13 awards for filmmaking and been nominated for an additional nine .
his 1968 film `` lucía '' won the golden prize and the prix fipresci at the 6th moscow international film festival .
his 1985 film `` a successful man '' was entered into the 15th moscow international film festival .
in 1977 he was a member of the jury at the 10th moscow international film festival .
he has twice served on the jury at the berlin international film festival , in 1977 and 1997 .
in 2003 , he founded gibara 's poor cinema festival , `` open to filmmakers with limited funds '' .
solás was awarded cuba 's national film prize in 2005 .
humberto solás died of cancer on september 18 , 2008 , at the age of 66 .
