
Temístocles López
Directing
Biography
Venezuelan filmmaker.
Known For

A Broadway producer puts on a play with a Devil character in it. Soon the actors begin having nightmares, and events that are mentioned in the play really start happening.
Midnight Cabaret

As a boy, Dominik watched an American crime boss murder his father, a police officer fighting corruption in Sofia, Bulgaria. Years later, he attempts to avenge his father's death but is imprisoned for 15 years for attempted murder. In prison, he meets an American photo-journalist who shares his enemy and his thoughts of revenge. Released from prison, the two hatch a plot which involves the man's recently-arrived daughter.
Bird of Prey

A series of unrelated amorous lovers are connected by a chain of desire.
Chain of Desire

An attractive young cowboy, new to the city, meets a gay casting agent.
Exquisite Corpses

Bob Parkinson, the conservative patriarch of a suburban family, thinks he's a nice guy. After a brain operation, however, his latent prejudices turn into vivid experiences in his own home and his life becomes an increasingly horrifying nightmare eventually prompting a personal transformation... or not.
Home: The Horror Story

Trino, Nerio, and Alfonso are poor chamber musicians trying to survive by playing wherever they can. During a general's funeral, the musicians try to play funeral music, but the screams of one of them, who thinks he's seen the deceased's hand move, cause such a commotion that the participants run away in terror.
Los muertos sí salen

Biography of famed artist Salvador Dali, focusing mainly on his relationship with girlfriend Gala and the time they spent in New York City in 1940 and his early days in Spain collaborating with filmmaker Luis Bunuel.
Dali

A husband decides to give an original gift to his wife.
Wedding Anniversary

This is the first of Diego Risquez’ trilogy of avant-garde cinematic treatments of historical subjects. Using a painterly style, it features portraits, still lifes, and scenes shot as tableaux vivants, the film provides an experimental interpretation of the arrival of the Spanish and their domination of the New World, as well as the Venezuelan Independence movement, focusing on the role of Simón Bolívar. There is no dialogue or narration, simply a musical score and the depiction of events from Bolívar’s career.
Bolívar, a Tropical Symphony

Film by Julio Neri.
Érase una vez en Venezuela

Super-8 film by Venezuelan filmmaker Temístocles López.