Lorenzo Hagerman

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Lorenzo Hagerman

Born January 25, 1969 · Mexico City, Mexico (age 57)

Lorenzo Hagerman (Mexico City, 1969) started his career as a still photographer. In 1991 he worked as a correspondent at the start of the Yugoslav Wars. For over twenty years he has worked as a Director of Photography for documentary and fiction features.

Known For

0.56% What happened to Mexico?0.56% What happened to Mexico? · 2011
0.56% What happened to Mexico?
5.52011
MovieDocumentary
This is the story of a man who challenged his country’s institutions by proclaiming himself legitimate president. This is the story of how the controversial Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who led the polls during 4 years, lost the election by less than half percent. It all begins while he is still Mexico City’s mayor, up to his self proclamation as president and his actions during the first days of Felipe Calderón’s government.
Flamingos: Life After the MeteoriteFlamingos: Life After the Meteorite · 2026
Flamingos: Life After the Meteorite
6.02026
MovieDocumentary
The search for the right partner, place, and moment to start a family is one of nature's most crucial journeys. This breathtaking story of love, survival, and perseverance follows Caribbean flamingos through one of the most fragile stages of their lives. With Julieta Venegas’ voice and Bryce Dessner’s music setting the tone, this film offers a unique and immersive cinematic experience, capturing the beauty and struggles of these extraordinary birds.
Presumed GuiltyPresumed Guilty · 2008
Presumed Guilty
6.42008
MovieDocumentary
Two young Mexican attorneys attempt to exonerate a wrongly convicted man by making a documentary. In the process, they expose the contradictions of a judicial system that presumes suspects guilty until proven innocent.
The MountainThe Mountain · 2019
The Mountain
5.12019
MovieDrama
1950s America. Since his mother‘s confinement to an institution, Andy has lived in the shadow of his stoic father. A family acquaintance, Dr. Wallace Fiennes, employs the introverted young man as a photographer to document an asylum tour advocating for his increasingly controversial lobotomy procedure.
ShirgoShirgo · 2007
Shirgo
5.02007
Movie
The film shows the eternal conflict between the happy, carefree sector of Mexican high society, and the oppressed poor rural sector. The protagonist is Tomás, a restless and lucky boy. Tomás is the point of convergence between the conservative system which is threatened by the terrible injustice of the Third World.
Plaza CatedralPlaza Catedral · 2021
Plaza Catedral
6.32021
MovieDramaThriller
Alicia is a 42-year-old-woman whose grief has caused her estrangement from society. Her world is turned upside down when 14-year-old Chief, a young boy who looks after people’s cars, stumbles into her house, bleeding.
Río de oroRío de oro · 2011
Río de oro
5.22011
MovieWestern
Sonora, Mexico, 1852, during the war with the Apaches and the invasion of the United States to Mexico, a carrier decides to leave his homeland to seek better life in Mexico, for it is forced to cross the land of the Chiricahua in search of gold.
HeliHeli · 2013
Heli
6.62013
MovieCrimeDrama
Heli must try and protect his young family when his 12-year-old sister inadvertently involves them in the brutal drug world. He must battle against the drug cartel that have been angered as well as the corrupt police force.

Filmography

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FifalianaFifaliana · 2022
Fifaliana
2022
MovieDocumentary
Zaevo's husband left her when she was on the brink of life or death while going through an obstructed labor. Now she is 16 and suffers from a terrible wound on her bladder that keeps her apart from her family and society. A glimpse of hope appears when a group of Latin-American and Spanish doctors travel to South Madagascar. Their goal is to cure patients with obstetric fistula, a taboo condition that keeps over 2 million women away from society. A documentary about people helping other people. An emotional and unprecedented insight into the heart of a modest surgery room where struggle and doubt emerge as the doctors battle with the limited resources they have available and the patients walk in knowing that this is the only hope to cure their illness. What's it like to have the power to cure others, while simultaneously confronting the limitations and vulnerabilities of your own human nature?

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