Héctor Ríos

Héctor Ríos

Héctor Ríos was one of the most important names in Chilean cinema in its history. Héctor Ríos is remembered for his transcendental work as director of photography in major films such as El Chacal de Nahueltoro, Los Testigos and La Frontera. Films where his work behind the lens was fundamental to his praised results. In addition, in partnership with Pedro Chaskel, he directed three important documentaries: Aquí vivieron (1964) Venceremos (1970) and Entre ponerle y no ponerle (1971); plus a short film with illustrations called Érase una vez (1965). All of them were works with a deep interest in making cinema an art that reflected social injustices with a conscious and transforming zeal. Born in the port of San Antonio on November 23, 1927, Héctor Ríos studied electronics at the Universidad Técnica del Estado during the 1950s. Unsatisfied, he drifted almost spontaneously to photography and lighting, obtaining a scholarship that allowed him to go to Italy and be admitted to the prestigious Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia di Roma, where the influential Italian neo-realism was boiling. With such training and a wealth of experience he returned to the country to join the incipient documentary movement that was stirring up the waters of filmmaking in the early 1960s. In 1964 he entered the Universidad de Chile's film department where he directed several documentary works, before making the work that would make him famous in 1968: the photographic direction of The Jackal of Nahueltoro. After continuing to work on various documentaries of the time and on feature films with directors such as Charles Elsseser (Los Testigos) and Raúl Ruiz (La Colonia Penal), the 1973 military coup forced him into exile. He first went to Peru where he filmed El enemigo principal with Jorge Sanjinés, a great Bolivian filmmaker and one of the greatest in the continent. Later he would settle for a decade in Venezuela where he developed a wide professional work in long and short films and also as a teacher. He published his only book there, Técnica fotográfica en el cine. Back in Chile, he returned to the foreground with the photography of La Frontera, Ricardo Larraín's first film, where he now makes clear his mastery of color filmmaking. Again he works with Raúl Ruiz in the film El Infierno and directs two new documentaries, one dedicated to his friend the late actor Pepe Duvauchelle and the other to the admired writer Francisco Coloane. In the 1990s he added his teaching work in the country, which he had previously divided between Peru, Cuba and Colombia. His workshops quickly became a point of reference for young people interested in photography. In 2007 he was recognized with the Pedro Sienna Award to the trajectory. In 2008 he undertook a long and tiring journey through Europe to film a series of four episodes for television dedicated to the work of Leonardo, under the direction of Vittorio di Girolamo. In January 2011, Ríos de luz was released, a short documentary film dedicated to his work, made by filmmaker Magali Meneses. His last years were dedicated to teaching in the region of Valparaiso, where he stayed to live and where he died, the morning of March 15, 2017 at his home in Viña del Mar.

  • Title: Héctor Ríos
  • Popularity: 0.161
  • Known For: Camera
  • Birthday: 1927-11-23
  • Place of Birth: San Antonio, Valparaiso, Chile
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  • Also Known As: Héctor Ríos Henríquez
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Héctor Ríos Movies

  • 1973
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    Descomedidos y chascones

    Descomedidos y chascones

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1969
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    Child Undernourishment

    Child Undernourishment

    4.7 1969 HD

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  • 1967
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    Érase un niño, un guerrillero, un caballo…

    Érase un niño, un guerrillero, un caballo…

    1 1967 HD

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  • 1977
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    Colonial Times

    Colonial Times

    1 1977 HD

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  • 1972
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    No nos Trancarán el Paso

    No nos Trancarán el Paso

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1969
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    Herminda de la Victoria

    Herminda de la Victoria

    1 1969 HD

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  • 2017
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    The Wandering Soap Opera

    The Wandering Soap Opera

    6.6 2017 HD

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  • 2011
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    Street Theatre, My Captain

    Street Theatre, My Captain

    1 2011 HD

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  • 1971
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    Pintando con el pueblo

    Pintando con el pueblo

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1965
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    El Analfabeto

    El Analfabeto

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1965
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    Érase una vez

    Érase una vez

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1965
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    Érase una vez

    Érase una vez

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1965
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    Angelito

    Angelito

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1971
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    Entre ponerle y no ponerle...

    Entre ponerle y no ponerle...

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1971
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    Entre ponerle y no ponerle...

    Entre ponerle y no ponerle...

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1969
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    Testimony

    Testimony

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1972
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    Caperucita

    Caperucita

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1972
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    Caperucita

    Caperucita

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1991
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    The Frontier

    The Frontier

    6.1 1991 HD

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  • 1998
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    El hombre que imaginaba

    El hombre que imaginaba

    1 1998 HD

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  • 1978
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    The Company Forgives a Moment of Madness

    The Company Forgives a Moment of Madness

    5 1978 HD

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  • 1976
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    A Tame Song for a Brave People

    A Tame Song for a Brave People

    4.3 1976 HD

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  • 1970
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    Venceremos

    Venceremos

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Venceremos

    Venceremos

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1964
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    Aquí vivieron

    Aquí vivieron

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1965
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    Abortion

    Abortion

    6 1965 HD

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  • 1965
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    Abortion

    Abortion

    6 1965 HD

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  • 1961
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    Deja que los perros ladren

    Deja que los perros ladren

    5 1961 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Penal Colony

    The Penal Colony

    5 1970 HD

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  • 1971
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    The Witnesses

    The Witnesses

    5 1971 HD

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  • 1991
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    A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)

    A TV Dante (Cantos 9 to 14)

    5.5 1991 HD

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  • 1971
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    The Witnesses

    The Witnesses

    5 1971 HD

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  • 1964
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    Aquí vivieron

    Aquí vivieron

    1 1964 HD

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  • 1970
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    Jackal of Nahueltoro

    Jackal of Nahueltoro

    6.7 1970 HD

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  • 1971
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    It's Not Time to Cry

    It's Not Time to Cry

    5 1971 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Penal Colony

    The Penal Colony

    5 1970 HD

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  • 2017
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    The Wandering Soap Opera

    The Wandering Soap Opera

    6.6 2017 HD

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  • 1979
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    Portable Country

    Portable Country

    6.2 1979 HD

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  • 1964
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    Yo tenía un camarada

    Yo tenía un camarada

    6 1964 HD

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  • 1974
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    The Principal Enemy

    The Principal Enemy

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1970
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    El fin del juego

    El fin del juego

    5 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    2 1970 HD

    The exploits of an investigative police group that from anonymity, solve intricate criminal cases.

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  • 1970
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    2 1970 HD

    The exploits of an investigative police group that from anonymity, solve intricate criminal cases.

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    Gustavo Frías invites us on a journey into the human soul, to learn about situations that rarely are seen in to the public eye but are always...

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    Gustavo Frías invites us on a journey into the human soul, to learn about situations that rarely are seen in to the public eye but are always...

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