Guillermo Rocamora

Guillermo Rocamora (born 1981) is a Uruguayan filmmaker.^[1] He first started working as a filmmaker in 2004. He worked for three years on his directorial debut, Solo, prior to its release, in 2015. He is a graduate of the Universidad de la República and also studied at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión in Cuba.

Guillermo Rocamora
Born	1981 (age 42–43)
Nationality	Uruguayan
Occupation	filmmaker
Known for	won awards for directing documentaries

In 2019 he released a documentary on Mohammed Abdullah Taha Mattan, one of six individuals formerly held in the Guantanamo detention camps for a dozen years, who were granted political asylum in Uruguay in 2014.^[2][3][4][5] That documentary, La Libertad es una palabra grande, won the award for best documentary at the International Film Week in Valladolid.

References

1. Claudio D. Minghetti (3 July 2015). "El director Guillermo Rocamora habla de "Solo", su ópera prima" [Director Guillermo Rocamora talks about "Solo", his debut feature]. Telam (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
2. Ramiro Barreiro (1 November 2019). "El largo regreso a casa de Mohammed" [Mohammed's long homecoming]. El País (in Spanish). Montevideo. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
3. "Para los exdetenidos de Guantánamo 'la libertad es una palabra grande'" [For Guantánamo ex-detainees 'freedom is a big word']. El Comercio (in Spanish). 1 August 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
4. "La historia de uno de los ex presos de Guantanamo en Uruguay llega al cine" [The story of one of the former prisoners of Guantanamo in Uruguay reaches the cinema]. El Observador (in Spanish). 15 November 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
5. "'Liberdade é uma grande palavra' mostra vida pós-prisão de ex-detento de Guantánamo" ['Freedom is a big word' shows post-prison life of ex-Guantanamo detainee]. Jornal do Comércio (in Spanish). 20 December 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2020.