# Manuel Trujillo Durán

> Manuel Trujillo Durán was a Venezuelan photographer who pioneered film in Venezuela. Trujillo was most successful as a photographer, though he dabbled in other industries and is best remembered for his connections to the fledgling film industry in Venezuela. He became one of the first people from Latin America to learn how to show films; he was thought for many years to be the director of Venezuela's first films, and traveled through Venezuela and Colombia with projectors to introduce cinema to this part of the South American continent.

*Venezuelan filmmaker*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/manuel-trujillo-duran

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Movie Director ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Directors
- **Country:** Venezuela
- **Born:** 1871-01-08
- **Died:** 1933-03-14
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Manuel Trujillo Durán was a Venezuelan photographer who pioneered film in Venezuela. Trujillo was most successful as a photographer, though he dabbled in other industries and is best remembered for his connections to the fledgling film industry in Venezuela. He became one of the first people from Latin America to learn how to show films; he was thought for many years to be the director of Venezuela's first films, and traveled through Venezuela and Colombia with projectors to introduce cinema to this part of the South American continent.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 36.1

## Sources
- [Manuel Trujillo Durán](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Trujillo_Dur%C3%A1n)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42356707)
- [Manuel Trujillo Durán](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2754333)

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