nationality birth_date known_for article_title name occupation
mexican 16 october 1981 linguistics , mayan languages , film work hilario chi canul
 hilario chi canul professor of maya
hilario chi canul

hilario chi canul -lrb- born 16 october 1981 -rrb- is a mexican linguist of maya ethnicity who worked as a translator and yucatec maya language coach in the production of the 2006 movie `` apocalypto '' by mel gibson .
in 2007 he won the first prize in the mexican government 's competition of indigenous language rhetoric .
he is professor of maya at the university of quintana roo -lrb- uqroo -rrb- .
he has worked as maya language narrator in a number of commercial , art , and educational films .
he is also involved in the movement to revive mexico 's indigenous heritage .
he has given talks about his experience as a maya translator working in the film industry at several american universities .
