Mercedes Ramírez
Directing
Biography
Mercedes Ramírez studied at the School of Dramatic Arts at the University of Costa Rica in 1974, and later graduated with a degree in Director and Screenwriter from the Film and Television Academy in West Berlin, West Germany, in 1984. She is a co-founder of the Costa Rican Documentary Filmmakers Association (Dokus), where she served as President. She was also President of the Costa Rican Association of Filmmakers and Audiovisual Producers (CINEALIANZA). She was General Director of the Costa Rican Center for Film Production (2006-2008), and since 2009, she has worked at the state-owned channel Trece Costa Rica Televisión, Sinart Costa Rica Medios.
Known For
One hundred years of the cinematic memory of a small country told through motion graphics. A brief tour of previously unseen images and forgotten fragments of Costa Rican cinema, which, amid state efforts and industrial ambitions, prevailed throughout the 20th century.
Memorias Encuadradas
A cinematographic production (1984) by filmmaker Mercedes Ramírez A. the first filmmaker who speaks in the first person as a woman in Costa Rican cinema, documenting the great Costa Rican artist Emilia Prieto Tugores born 1902-1986, political activist, defender of the rights of workers, painter, engraver, singer-songwriter, writer, researcher of the folklore of the Central Valley of Costa Rica, one of the most notable intellectuals of the 20th century.