Luigi Lanuza
Luigi Lanuza is a Guatemalan actor and producer.
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Early life
Lanuza is the son of Rafael Launza, a pioneering director of Guatemalan cinema. He appeared in several movies in the 1970s including Superzan y el niño del Espacio (1972) and Terremoto en Guatemala (1976). He graduated in 1983 from Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, becoming a doctor. He later moved to San Francisco, California and worked with the Hispanic community.[1]
Return to Guatemala
Following his career as a doctor, he returned to Guatemala and became involved in the movie industry again. He produced Soy de Zacapa,[2] a film inspired a popular Guatemalan song which was turned into a script by his father. The film debuted in 2011.[3]
As of June 2015, Lanuza is working on El Señor de Esquipulas, his latest film. It is set to premiere in Hollywood in August 2015.[4]
References
- ↑ "Luigi Lanuza".
- ↑ "Soy de Zacapa". IMDB. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ↑ "Estreno Soy de Zacapa" (in Spanish).
- ↑ Ochoa, Salazar. "Luigi Lanuza regresa con nuevo filme: "El Señor de Esquipulas"" (in Spanish).