Jonathan Jakubowicz

Jonathan Jakubowicz is a Venezuelan filmmaker, whose film Secuestro Express was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the British Independent Film Awards^[1] and was a New York Times "Critics' Pick" in 2005.^[2] He is Jewish of Polish descent.

His new film, Hands of Stone (2016), is about the relationship between Panamanian boxer Roberto Durán (played by Édgar Ramírez) and his trainer Ray Arcel (played by Robert De Niro).^[3]

References

1. Vázquez, Mercedes. "Secuestro Express and La clase: politics of realism in contemporary Venezuelan filmmaking." Jump Cut. 52: Summer 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
2. Kern, Laura. "Movie Review: Secuestro Express (2004), NYT Critics' Pick". The New York Times. 5 August 2005. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
3. http://www.vulture.com/2013/04/robert-de-niro-boxing-movies.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nymag%2Fvulture+%28Vulture+-+nymag.com%27s+Entertainment+and+Culture+Blog%29

External links

• "Jonathan Jakubowicz". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
• Forero, Juan "Venezuelan Filmmaker Finds His Kidnapping Tale Resonates With the Masses". The New York Times. 6 October 2005. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
• de la Fuente, Anna Maria. "Venezuela lays down law". Variety. 3 September 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
• de la Fuente, Anna Maria. "Up Next: Latin American Filmmakers". Variety. 8 November 2007. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
• Kozloff, Nikolas. Danny Glover, Haiti, and the Politics of Revolutionary Cinema in Venezuela. Venezuelanalysis.com. August 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
• IMDB
• http://www.morphizm.com/recommends/interviews/orozco_fastalker.html
• http://movies.about.com/od/directorinterviews/a/jakbwicz072805.htm