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Born November 10, 1935 · Montevideo, Uruguay
Mario Handler was born on November 10, 1935 in Montevideo, Uruguay. He is a renowned filmmaker and photographer, considered by many to be the pioneer of Uruguayan militant cinema. He made his debut film "Vanguardista" in 1958. Afterwards he traveled to Germany where he did an internship in scientific cinema at the IWF (Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film). Later, in Czechoslovakia he made a documentary called In Prague. He focused primarily on class struggles. Some of his first works are "Carlos" (1964), a film-portrait of a homeless man, "Me Gustan Los Estudiantes" (1968) and "Liber Arce, Liberation" (1969) about the student protests. In 1972 he goes into exile to Venezuela due to the imminent rise to power of the military forces and the subsequent coup. Handler's later work in Venezuela involves themes of colonial domination and cultural roots, and examinations on forms of syncretism and popular religiosity. After several years of exile, he returned to Uruguay in 1999, where he directed several feature-lenght documentaries like Aside (2002) and Broken columns (2015). In 2000 he became a professor in Audiovisual Cinema at the University of the Republic.

Broken Columns
2015

Tell Mario not to Come Back
2007

Aside
2002
Mestizo
1988

Colonial Times
1976

Two Ports and a Hill
1975

Liber Arce, liberarse
1969

Uruguay 1969: El Problema de la Carne
1969

Me gustan los estudiantes
1968

Elecciones
1967

Juegos y Rondas Tradicionales del Uruguay
1966

Carlos: Film Portrait of a Montevideo Panhandler
1965
Sugar Cane Workers
1965

In Prague
1964