Jacobo Morales

Jacobo Morales was born on Nov 12, 1934 in Puerto Rico. Jacobo Morales's big-screen debut came with Up the Sandbox directed by Irvin Kershner in 1972, strarring Fidel Castro. Jacobo Morales is known for Broche de Oro: Comienzos directed by Raúl Marchand Sánchez, Georgina Borri stars as Iris and Shorty Castro as Jorge. The most recent award Jacobo Morales achieved is Premios ACE. The upcoming new movie Jacobo Morales plays is Broche de Oro: Comienzos which will be released on Feb 01, 2018.

Jacobo Morales burst onto the entertainment industry at the age of fourteen and soon after, developed his writing skills in television and with La criada malcriada (1965). The first film he directed, Dios los cría (1979), is recognized as the marking point where Puerto Rico's film industry evolved. His third film, Lo que le pasó a Santiago (1989), reached an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990, being the only Academy Award recognition a Puerto Rican film has yet to reach. Morales is considered by many to be the most influential filmmaker in Puerto Rico.