Editing Jacobo Morales

{{short description|Puerto Rican actor}}
{{Infobox person
| image             =
| name              = Jacobo Morales
| birth_name        =
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1934|11|12}}
| birth_place       = [[Lajas, Puerto Rico]]
| spouse            = Blanca Silvia Eró
| occupation        = {{flatlist|
* Actor
* poet
* writer
* playwright
* director
* auteur
}}
| years_active      = 1950–present
| awards            =
}}

'''Jacobo Morales''' (born 12 November 1934) is a Puerto Rican actor, poet, writer, playwright, filmmaker, and [[author]] born in [[Puerto Rico]].<ref>[http://periodicolaperla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7567:iniciara-en-ponce-el-festival-de-la-palabra&catid=81:locales&Itemid=198 ''Iniciará en Ponce el Festival de la Palabra.''] Sandra Torres Guzmán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 33, Issue 1663. Page 9. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.</ref> Many consider him the most influential film director in Puerto Rico's history.

==Early life==
Morales was born in the town of [[Lajas, Puerto Rico]], to parents of [[Sephardic]] roots.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}

==Career==
He started acting in radio and [[theater]] when he was only 14 years old. He began working in television at its inception in 1954, working as an actor, writer and director. Some of his works include ''Desafiando a los Genios'', ''Esto no tiene Nombre'', ''La Tiendita de la Esquina'', among many others.

During this time, he also started working with the political satire and comedy group [[Los Rayos Gamma]], together with journalist [[Eddie López (journalist)|Eddie López]]. The group still performs at theaters occasionally, and in the '80s and '90s had several shows on television. In theatre, he has starred in over 30 [[Play (theatre)|plays]], and he has written and directed five.

In the 1970s, he performed in [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] productions such as [[Woody Allen]]'s ''[[Bananas (film)|Bananas]]'' and ''[[Up the Sandbox]]'' with [[Barbra Streisand]].

His first directing work was the film ''[[Dios los cría...]]'' in 1980. The film was an important event in the Puerto Rican film history and received several awards. It was also selected as one of the 25 most significant films of [[Latin America]]. He followed it with ''[[Nicolás y los demás]]'' in which he also had the starring role. For this performance he received the Best Actor Award at the Cartagena de Indias Festival in [[Colombia]], 1986. His third film, ''[[Lo que le pasó a Santiago]]'', was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]] in 1990.<ref name="Oscars1990">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1990 |title=The 62nd Academy Awards (1990) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=6 September 2015 |work=oscars.org}}</ref> In 1994, he followed it with ''[[Linda Sara]]'' which starred singer [[Chayanne]] and former [[Miss Universe]] [[Dayanara Torres]]. The film received the Award for Best Artistic Contribution at the Latin American Film Festival from [[Trieste]], [[Italy]]; the People's Choice Award at the Mar del Plata Festival in [[Argentina]]; and the Best Script and Best Music Award at the Latin American Film Festival in [[New York City]].

In 2004, Morales directed ''[[Dios los cría II]]'',  the sequel to his first film, broadcast by [[WIPR-TV]] in Puerto Rico. In 2007, his ''[[Angel (2007 Puerto Rican film)|Angel]]'', a full-length feature film, was released to much critical praise.{{citation needed|date= July 2019}} It was considered for submission for the [[80th Academy Awards]] but it lost to ''[[Maldeamores]]'' in a voting of the Puerto Rico Film Corporation.{{citation needed|date= July 2019}}

==Filmography==

===Actor===
*''La Criada Malcriada'' - 1965, also writer
*''[[Bananas (film)|Bananas]]'' - 1971, with [[Woody Allen]]
*''[[Up the Sandbox]]'' - 1972, with [[Barbra Streisand]] (played [[Fidel Castro]])
*''[[...And God Created Them]] (Dios los cría)'' - 1979
*''An Ordinary Day (Nicolás y los demás)'' - 1986
*''[[What Happened to Santiago]] (Lo que le pasó a Santiago)'' - 1989
*''San Juan Story (Los cuentos de Abelardo)'' - 1990, 'Peyo Mercé teaches English' segment, based on stories written by [[Abelardo Díaz Alfaro]]
*''[[Linda Sara]]'' - 1994
*''The Effects of Magic'' - 1998
*''Angelito mio'' - 1998
*''Desandando la Vida'' - 2003
*''Dios los cría II'' - 2004
*''[[Angel (2007 Puerto Rican film)|Ángel]]'' - 2007
*''[[Broche de Oro]]'' - 2012
*''Broche de Oro: Comienzos'' - 2017
*''[[Debí Tirar Más Fotos]]'' - 2024, short film

===Director/Writer===
*''[[...And God Created Them]] (Dios los cría)'' - 1979
*''An Ordinary Day (Nicolás y los demás)'' - 1986
*''[[What Happened to Santiago]] (Lo que le pasó a Santiago)'' - 1989, with [[Tommy Muñiz]] & [[Gladys Rodríguez]]
*''[[Linda Sara]]'' - 1994, with [[Chayanne]] & [[Dayanara Torres]]
*''...And God Created Them 2 (Dios los cría II)'' - 2004
*''[[Angel (2007 Puerto Rican film)|Ángel]]'' - 2007

==See also==
*[[List of Puerto Ricans]]
*[[Cinema of Puerto Rico]]
*[[List of Puerto Ricans in the Academy Awards]]
*[[Lo que le pasó a Santiago]]
*[[Gladys Rodríguez]]
*[[Tommy Muñiz]]
*[[Chayanne]]
*[[Raulito Carbonell]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0602630}}

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