Juan Delancer is a Dominican writer, journalist, screenwriter and film director.
Career
Delancer got his start as a writer, researcher, journalist, documentarian and television producer in the Dominican Republic throughout the 1980s and 1990s before beginning work on his first feature film debut, Trópico de Sangre, which tells the story of the Mirabal sisters in times of Rafael Trujillo dictatorship, and is co-produced by and starring actress Michelle Rodriguez. He has served en public administration as ambassador to Uruguay and private secretary of Dr.Leonel Fernández, current Presidente of Dominican Republic as well as director of the State Public Television CERTV. His book "Launching of Glory" -Desembarco de la Gloria-about guerrillas expeditions that in 1959 intended to overthrew Rafael Trujillo dictatorship, is one of the main sources for Dominican scholars who studies that historical period.
Filmography
Trópico de Sangre (2009) – Writer-Director
Documentaries "Antes de que se Vayan" (2003) - Writer-Director
"Bravo, Molina" (1997) - Writer-Director
"Un Príncipe se Confiesa" (1988) - Writer-Director
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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Santo Domingo Dominican Republic film directors Dominican Republic screenwriters Dominican Republic male writers Male screenwriters