Jorge Perugorría Overview

Biography

One of Cuba's greatest cultural exports, Jorge Perugorria caught worldwide attention with his first feature film, "Strawberry and Chocolate" (1993), and went onto become a fixture of Spanish-language cinema both as an actor and director. Born in Wajay, Havana in 1965, Perugorria studied civil engineering before switching his attention to the theater world where he spent the next decade treading...