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Name
  
Luis Fernandez

Role
  
Actor

Spouse
  
Mimi Lazo (m. 1994)


Luis Fernández (actor) ENCICLOPEDIA DE ACTORES LUIS FERNNDEZ


Full Name
  
Luis Eduardo Fernandez Oliva

Born
  
March 14, 1967 (age 57) (
1967-03-14
)

Movies
  
Nude with Oranges, Francisco de Miranda, Caracas Love Unto Death

Similar People
  
Mimi Lazo, Jean Carlo Simancas, Luis Alberto Lamata

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Luis Eduardo Fernández Oliva (born 14 March 1967 in Caracas) is a Venezuelan actor, writer, producer and director. He started his career on stage at age 16, to film, television, radio and publishing. Fernández has won several acting awards, and recently has published several books, comprising the series Sexo Sentido ("The Sex Sense"), that have been best-sellers in his native Venezuela.

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Luis Fernández (actor) Polmica entrevista de Jaime Bayly al actor venezolano Luis

He developed his directorial skills on stage and his directorial debut in filmmaking was with the short film Blue Sky produced at the New York Film Academy, which has been selected to the official competition in several international film festivals. He has performed for over three years his own stand-up show It's not you, it's me (No eres tú, soy yo), recording over 600 performances.

Fernández is also an architect, having graduated in 1991 from the Universidad Simón Bolívar, in Caracas, and the Graduate School of Design at Harvard. He is married to the Venezuelan actress Mimí Lazo.

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Director

  • Blue Sky, 2007. Also writer and producer. Developed at the New York Film Academy. Official Selection at the Cartagena International Film Festival 2008.

    • Leading roles

  • Francisco de Miranda, dir. Diego Risquez, Caracas, 2006
  • El Trato (The Deal), dir. Francisco Norden, Bogotá, 2004
  • El Valle (Caracas Love onto Death), dir. Gustavo Balza, Caracas, 1998.

    • Best Film, Los Angeles Latino Film Festival, 2000.

  • Borrón y Cuenta Nueva (Starting Over), dir. Henrique Lazo, Caracas, 1998.
  • El Secuestro (The Kidnapping), dir. Eduardo Bradley, Argentina, 1995.
  • Desnudo con Naranjas (Nude with Oranges), dir. Luis Alberto Lamata, Caracas, 1994.

    • Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival, 1995.

  • Un Sueño en el Abismo (A Dream in the Abyss), dir. Oscar Lucien, Caracas, 1991.

    • National Cinematographic Award, Best Actor, 1992.

    Leading roles

  • Dr. G and the Women, drama/comedy, 2006-2007. Also written, developed, co-produced and starred by Luis Fernández.
  • Natalia from 8 to 9, made-for-TV movie, RCTV, 2004.
  • Black Moon, drama series, Television Española TVE1, 2003.
  • Ghost Stories, episodic/suspense series. All American Television, Los Angeles, 1999.
  • Hay Amores que Matan (Love kills), telenovela, 1999-2000.
  • Calypso, telenovela, 1999.
  • Mujer Secreta (Secret Woman), telenovela, 1999.

    • National Artist’s Award, Best Actor, 1999.

  • Llovizna (Rain), telenovela, 1997.
  • Cruz de Nadie (The Cross of No One), telenovela, 1995.
  • El Paseo de la Gracia de Dios (The Walk of the Grace of God), telenovela, 1993.

    • National Artist’s Award, Best Actor, 1994. Meridiano de Oro, Best Actor, 1993.

  • La Loba Herida (Wounded Wolves), telenovela, Marte TV-Telecinco, 1992.

    • National Artist’s Award, Best Young Actor, 1992.

    Director and producer

  • Golpes a mi puerta (Knocks At My Door), Caracas, 2007–2008; Bogotá, 2008. Also leading role, 2008.

    • Selection at the Bogota’s International Theater Festival, 2008. Opening Show, Caracas International Theater Festival, 2008.

  • No eres tú, soy yo (It’s Not You, It’s Me), Caracas, 2006-2008. Also writer and leading role.
  • Jav y Jos (Jav and Jos), Caracas 2005, Bogotá 2006, Madrid 2006. Also leading role.
  • El Aplauso va por dentro (The Applause Is Within You), Madrid, 2004. Producer only.

    • Other leading roles

  • Don Juan Tenorio, Los Angeles Theater Center, Los Angeles, 1998.
  • El Pez que Fuma (The Smoking Fish), Caracas, 1994.
  • El Príncipe Constante (The Constant Prince), Caracas, 1992.

    • Municipal Award, Best Actor, 1992.

  • Cyrano de Begerac, Caracas, 1991.
  • La Hora del Lobo (Bergman’s The Hour of the Wolf), Caracas, 1991.
  • Self-Portrait of an Artist, Caracas, Bogotá, Essen (Germany), 1990.

    • Writer

  • La cruenta venganza del hombre que todos querían ser (The Gruesome Revenge Of the Man Everyone Wanted To Be). The New Game, 2004. Novel.
  • Sexo Sentido (The Sex Sense). Criteria, 2005. Essay. Six months in the top 10 best-sellers list in Venezuela.
  • Sexo Sentido II: Mis primeras quininetas (The Sex Sense II: My First Five Hundred). Ediciones B, 2006. Essay. One year in the Top 10 best-sellers list in Venezuela.
  • Agenda Sexo Sentido (The Sex Sense Calendar). Ediciones B, 2007–2008. Calendar.
  • Sexo Sentido III: No eres tú, soy yo (The Sex Sense 3: It’s Not You, It’s Me). Ediciones B. Essay. To be published in October 2008.
  • A weekly columnist of EME magazine, the Thursday’s publication by the Venezuelan journal El Nacional. (www.el-nacional.com)

    • Radio

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    For over three years Fernández was the creator and host of the radio show The Sex Sense, that premiered in May 2004 to become an audience phenomenon on Venezuelan radio. Fernández interviewed more than one thousand successful professional women from Venezuela, Latin America and Spain. This show became the basis of his on-going stand-up show It’s not you, it’s me that has been seen by over 500,000 audience members in more than 400 performances since 2006.


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    References

    Luis Fernández (actor) Wikipedia
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