Pedro Chaskel
Editing
Pedro Chaskel, is one of the main precursors of the so-called New Chilean Cinema, as a director, cameraman and editor of numerous short and feature length films. An early emigrant from Germany at the age of seven, Chaskel became a Chilean national in 1952, and studied architecture at the Universidad de Chile from 1951 to 1954. That year, he became a founding member and animator of the Cine Club Universitario de la Federación de Estudiantes de Chile (FECH). A conspirator in the exhibition of films that did not come to Chile through the regular commercial circuit, Chaskel promoted, together with a group of contemplative people, a custom that was not very common in Chile: the cinema forum, or the debate organized after the film screenings that he did at the Central House of the Universidad de Chile. It was there that classics of German expressionism, Italian neo-realism and any film they had available were shown for the first time in Chile. In 1973, due to the military coup suffered by the government of President Salvador Allende, Chaskel is expelled from the Universidad de Chile by the military authorities, and travels abroad. Between 1974 and 1983 he settled in Cuba, where he worked as an editor at the Cuban Institute of Art and Cinematographic Industry (ICAIC), and since 1979, as a director and filmmaker for the same institute. In 1983, he returns to Chile. He works in film and video as an independent professional, working as an editor and director of documentaries. From 1997 to date, he has taught film at many Chilean universities.
Known for
Editing29
movieThe Revolt
2023
Editorial Consultant
moviePerla
2015
Editor
movie¿Qué es?
1980
Editor
movieRecado de Chile
1979
Editor
movieVenceremos
1970
Editor
movieAngelito
1965
Editor
Ana
1965
Editor
Directing17
movieNeruda en el corazón
1993
Director
Por la vida
1987
Director
movieSomos +
1985
Director
movieChe, Today and Always
1983
Director
movie¿Qué es?
1980
Director
movieIt's Not Time to Cry
1971
Director
movieVenceremos
1970
Director
Testimony
1969
Director
Abortion
1965
Director
movieDeja que los perros ladren
1961
Assistant Director
Writing10
Por la vida
1987
Screenplay
movieChe, Today and Always
1983
Screenplay
movieThe Battle of Chile: Part II
1976
Screenplay
movieThe Battle of Chile: Part I
1975
Screenplay
Testimony
1969
Screenplay
Crew3
Acting2
Camera2
Parkinsonismo y cirugía
1962
Director of Photography
Day of the Organ Grinders
1961
Director of Photography
Production2
Art1
movieTres miradas a la calle
1957
Art Direction