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Julia Vargas-Weise
Julia Vargas-Weise, IFFI (2015)
Born	1942 (1942) Cochabamba, Bolivia
Died	1 April 2018 (aged 76) Barcelona, Spain
Occupation(s)	Photographer, screenwriter, educator, film director
Notable work	Sealed Cargo

Julia Vargas-Weise (1942 – 1 April 2018) was a Bolivian photographer, screenwriter, educator, and film director.

Biography

Julia Vargas-Weise was born in Cochabamba in 1942. She trained professionally at the Ecole des Arts et Métiers in Vevey, Switzerland.

She became known as the first female professional photographer in Bolivia. She overcame discrimination to obtain fair recognition and valuation of her work, and from 1963 to the end of her life, she participated in 30 international photo exhibitions, including 17 solo exhibitions.

In 1980, she founded and directed a non-governmental organization which held audiovisual workshops for children and adolescents. In 1984, she worked in the film industry for the first time, as a still photographer for the feature Los Hermanos Cartagena. She went on to direct three films, including 2015's Sealed Cargo, which was selected as Bolivia's entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, but was not nominated. It also won special jury awards at the International Film Festival of India and the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.

Julia Vargas-Weise died in Barcelona on 1 April 2018 at age 76.

Awards

• 2016: Best Director for Sealed Cargo at the Marbella International Film Festival
• 2017: Award for Contribution to Bolivian Cinema and Audiovisual Arts at the 17th Santa Cruz International Film Festival (FENAVID)

Filmography

• Esito sería... (2004)
• Patricia, una vez basta (2006)
• Sealed Cargo (2015)

Books

• Tierra adentro: obra fotográfica (1987)

References

1. ^ "Fallece la cineasta cochabambina Julia Vargas Weise" [Julia Vargas Weise, the Filmmaker from Cochabamba, Passes Away]. El Deber (in Spanish). 2 April 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
2. ^ Rodríguez, Andrés (7 April 2018). "Julia Vargas-Weise, el adiós a un símbolo boliviano de la fotografía" [Julia Vargas-Weise, Goodbye to a Bolivian Symbol of Photography]. El País (in Spanish). Cochabamba. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
3. Salazar, Francisco (2 September 2016). "Oscar 2017 Predictions: Will Bolivia get its First Oscar Nomination with 'Sealed Cargo?'". Latin Post. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
4. Ramachandran, Naman (1 December 2015). "'Embrace of the Serpent' Wins IFFI Goa Festival". Variety. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
5. WFH Winners 2017 (PDF). WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival. April 2018. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
6. Brown, Giles (3 October 2016). "Golden Years scoops top prize at Marbella International Film Festival". Planet Marbella. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
7. "Fenavid 2017 premió a las mejores producciones" [Fenavid 2017 Awards the Best Productions]. Página Siete (in Spanish). La Paz. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2019.

External links

• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 16 September 2018)
• Julia Vargas-Weise at IMDb 

• 1942 births
• 2018 deaths
• 20th-century photographers
• Bolivian women artists
• Bolivian educators
• Bolivian women educators
• Bolivian film directors
• Bolivian screenwriters
• Bolivian women film directors
• People from Cochabamba
• Bolivian women photographers
• Women screenwriters
• 20th-century women photographers