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Pedro Rendón was born on 17 June 1974 in Neiva, Huila, Colombia. He is an actor and director, known for Los Herederos del Monte (2011), El ombligo del mundo (2010) and La Venganza (2002).- Raquel Ércole was born in 1940 in Neiva, Huila, Colombia. She was an actress, known for Perro amor (1998), Rauzán (2000) and Bajo el ardiente sol (1971). She was married to Lizardo Díaz Muñoz. She died on 13 December 2021 in Bogota, Colombia.
- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Diana Burbano is a Colombian immigrant, a playwright, an Equity actor, and a teaching artist. Diana's play Ghosts of Bogotá premiered at Alter Theatre in 2020 just before the pandemic shut down. Ghosts was produced at the Actors Theatre of Charlotte in 2022. Sapience premiered at Moxie Theatre in San Diego in 2022. Fabulous Monsters, a Latinx Punk Rock play will premiere at The Public Theatre of San Antonio, featuring the music of FEA in 2023. She was in Center Theatre Group's 2018-19 Writers Workshop cohort and the Geffen's Writers Lab in 20-21. She has had commissions with Artists Repertory Theatre, Breath of Fire Latina Theatre Ensemble, Center Theatre Group, and Livermore Shakespeare Festival. Residencies include Marfa Live Arts, Milagro theatre Ingenio, Workshop Theatre Lab at Echo Theatre, and the Mercury Company for Artists Repertory. Diana played Amalia in Jose Cruz Gonzales' American Mariachi at South Coast Repertory and Arizona Theatre Company, Marisela in La Ruta at Artists Repertory, and Izzy in the world premiere of Julie Hébert's Drunk at the Base of the Bodhi Tree for Mile High Theatre. You can also see her as Viv the Punk in the cult musical Isle of Lesbos. Diana has been awarded the Advance Gender Equity in the Arts grant 2022, the Bay Area Rella Lossy Award for Ghosts of Bogotá, the Long Beach Arts Council Professional Artist Grant 2019, 2020, and was a 2021 Jane Chambers Awardee for excellence in Feminist Playwriting. She was a featured artist in the Los Angeles Times' LA Vanguardia November 2022- Juan 'Doc Restrepo was born on 7 October 1986 in Neiva, Huila, Colombia. He died on 22 July 2007 in Korangal Valley, Kunar, Afghanistan.
- Rodrigo Lara Bonilla was born on 11 August 1946 in Neiva, Colombia. He was married to Nancy Restrepo Acevedo. He died on 30 April 1984 in Bogotá, Colombia.
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Known as El Culebro Casanova was a Colombian actor, director, singer, and presenter. He is considered one of the precursors of comedy and one of the most important actors in the history of Colombia. His versatility as an actor led him to become one of the greatest icons of acting in Colombia. He was considered during a gap his career as the best actor in Colombia. In a career spanning over four decades, he received multiple recognitions for his artistic achievements, including a nomination as a 'revelation actor' at the Ondra Awards in Spain and an award for 'best dramatic actor' at the APE.
Casanova started out as a singer at the El Club del Clan (1966) and then debuted as an actor with a brief role in the soap opera Cartas a Beatriz (1969). Her career gained momentum later and she gained national recognition for her role as Hernando María de las Casas in Yo y Tú (1956) TV series, directed by Alicia del Carpio. Later he reached the peak of success with his character Eutimio Pastrana Polanía from Don Chinche (1982) TV series directed by Pepe Sánchez. Where Casanova fed with his hometown idiosyncrasy, he became one of the most representative and influential figures in the history of Colombian Television. Likewise, Casanova pioneered in sketches format by directing, writing and acting in Los Meros Recochan Boy's, a section of Jimmy Salcedo's hit show El Show de Jimmy (1971). Other notable roles include Salomón in Embrujo Verde (1977), his starring role in Farzán (1983), as presenter in El tiempo es oro, su pueblo gana (1986), Wilson Rodríguez in El pasado no perdona (1990), Yardines Murillo in Perro amor (1998) and Vicente Secretario in Amor a Mil (2001). In cinema, Casanova was the flagship actor of the Chilean filmmaker Dunav Kuzmanich, who always said "El Culebro is the best Colombian actor of all time." Casanova acted in films such as Canaguaro (1981), La agonía del difunto (1981), Mariposas S.A. (1986) and Apocalipsur (2005).
In 2015 his children began the production of a documentary feature about his life entitled El Culebro: La historia de mi papá (2017). The film tells the actor's life from the perspective of his youngest son, Nicolás Casanova. It premiered on 20 September 2017 at the Eureka Film Festival. The documentary received favorable reviews and was widely received by the Colombian public, highlighting its historical importance. Subsequently, the film was broadcast on the TV show Entre Ojos (2007) from Caracol Televisión, becoming the most watched program of its time slot that day. In addition, El Culebro: The exhibition, a sample of photographs, video clips, recognitions and costumes of Casanova's characters in La casa del Huila in Bogotá, was held.
Casanova's controversial private life received much attention. His parties, disorder and excesses led him to struggled with depression and anxiety. He was married twice and had five children. He died on October 24, 2002 from a sudden heart attack at the Cardioinfantil Foundation in Bogotá. His death was a national mourning and was considered an invaluable loss in the Colombian entertainment business- Rodrigo Silva Ramos was born on 14 November 1945 in Neiva, Huila, Colombia. He was a composer, known for Habitación 32: Insectos (2005). He died on 8 January 2018 in Ibagué, Tolima, Colombia.
- Composer
- Music Department
Jorge Villamil was born on 6 June 1929 in Neiva, Huila, Colombia. He was a composer, known for Un ángel de la calle (1967), À bride abattue (1959) and El río de las tumbas (1964). He died on 28 February 2010 in Bogotá, Colombia.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Camilo Piñeros was born on 4 November 1999 in Neiva, Colombia. He is a director and writer, known for Sofia (2022), Extasis (2019) and Apartamento (2015).