Directing · b. 1920 · Cuzco, Peru

Eulogio Nishiyama

Biography

Eulogio Nishiyama Gonzales was born in Cusco on December 12, 1920. The son of a Cusqueñan mother and a Japanese father, he showed an early interest in film and photography, beginning his work in these fields in 1939. He was a pioneer in documenting the life and culture of Cusco and the Andean region of Peru, producing numerous short and medium-length films about festivals, rituals, and Indigenous communities, many in 8mm and 16mm formats. He took part in international productions and co-directed Kukuli (1961), the first Peruvian feature film entirely in Quechua. In 1955, he co-founded the Cine...

Directed
Alturas de Machupicchu 1990 Madre de Dios – Una Ventana al Mundo 1979 Q’oyllur Riti – Lucero de Nieve 1968 Jarawi 1966 Kukuli 1961 Picantería Cusqueña 1958 Canta Dina Nuñez 1956 Tribus Primitivas de la Selva Peruana 1954 Vida de los Feroces Amarakaires 1954 Amor Serrano 1952 Caserío de Cóndores 1952 Semana Santa de Ayacucho 1952 Tribu de los Shipibos 1952 Machu Picchu 1950 Inti Raymi 1949 La llegada de Manuel Prado al Cusco 1944 Corpus Christi 1942 Santuranticuy 1942 Sacsayhuamán 1939 La Siembra 1939 Semana Santa en Cusco y Lima 1939
Cinematography
El puente de Ichu 1977 Daughter of the Sun God 1962 Secret of the Incas 1954
Other Credits
Yawar fiesta: Fiesta de sangre Camera Supervisor 1986 Allpakallpa Cinematography 1975
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