Directing
Nov 6, 1973
Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
Israel Lugo
Directing
Biography
Israel Lugo (born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 7, 1973) is a prominent Puerto Rican actor and director. He works in theater, cinema and television. He has been a member of the theater company Agua, Sol y Sereno (ASYS) since '95, where he has worked as an actor, stilt walker, plastic artist and director; and with whom he has performed in the United States, Spain, Venezuela, Cuba and Brazil.
Feature Films (24)
The shocking and compelling true story of two women; one savagely raped, tortured and burned; the other, a detective that makes this case her mission. United by destiny and tragedy, they find strength in each other to find the criminals who committed such a brutal and violent crime.
El cuerpo del delito
Ernesto Guevara, known as 'Che', leads a group of Cuban exiles under Fidel Castro in a revolution to overthrow Fulgencio Batista, the dictator of Cuba.
Che: Part One
Juan Encarnación is a reserved jibaro with a violent past. When Pura, the woman he loves, disappears, Encarnación sets out on a path of revenge armed with his machete and his daughter, Patria, in his arms.
Once Upon a Time in the Caribbean
An urban comedy about a day in the life of Falopio Piomonte, a humble filing clerk in San Juan, Puerto Rico. After going to the local bank to deposit his paycheck, Falopio gets accidentally involved in a major bank robbery. A series of terrible mishaps follow, which threaten to drive him completely mad.
Mi día de suerte
A young clown decides to abandon the small-town circus he works for in order to try and make it in a big city.
El clown
Marcos, a prosthetic creator with a traumatic past, finds a corpse in his laboratory. While deciding what to do with the corpse he will have to juggle his strange family life, a zombie movie, the possibility of new love and creating the perfect prosthesis for a very special client.
Prótesis
Teenager Carmín lives in a mountainous village in the center of Puerto Rico with her tough and conservative grandmother. Her mother left for the US without her. The arrival of her father, after long years in prison, eases Carmín’s profound sadness. The relationship with him, however, brings its own ambiguousness and complexities and as Carmín moves into womanhood this causes great confusion, mostly for her.
Before the Rooster Crows
When two young friends go out to a nightclub for drinks, they are followed by a very sultry vampire.
Vampiros
Dad's Photo is a romantic drama about Margarita, a woman who lives in love with Mateo, her first and only boyfriend. Mateo disappeared when they were both 18 years old. Forty-five years later, he returns to the neighborhood, but not exactly looking for Margarita.
Dad's Photo
A naive, teenage girl is swept into court by tragedy when the boy she blindly fell in love with betrays her trust in him.
Ráfaga
Yahaira is an unwed mom that has to take care of her child during work hours, something that has happened before.
Yahaira
Television & Series (1)
A group of young Chileans travel to Puerto Rico where they will live an experience that will change their lives forever.