Héctor Gálvez was born in Lima, Peru. Studied TV Production at the National Institute of Telecommunications (INICTEL) He has written and directed a number of short films in a variety of genres.
At the same time has worked for different NGO’s producing documentaries focusing on human rights. In 2000 he covered the job of the Commission of Truth and Reconciliation, the body that was in charge of investigating the violation of human rights that had happened in the last 20 years in Peru.
As a result of that experience he developed the documentary project LUCANAMARCA (winner of one of the grants of Alter Cinema 2004) and it inspired him to write his first project of fiction film GARDENS OF EDEN (Finalist of the Screenplay Development Fund in Amiens, France. The Mannheim Meetings,Germany, Produire Au Sud, Nantes, France. II Iberoamerican Co Productions Meetings of the Guadalajara Film Festival, Mexico. Winner production CONACINE, Perú).
FILMOGRAPHY
“El Colchonero”. (“The Mattress Maker”)
Short fiction film, 1998.
Writer & Director.
“Circo de Arena”. (“Sand Circus”)
Short documentary, 1998.
Writer & Director.
Winner of the Young Video Festival, A. C. S. Calandria
“Comisión de la Verdad y Reconciliación”. (“Commission of Truth and Reconciliation”)
Report, 2002. TV Cultura.
Writer & Director.
“Tarea Pendiente”. (“Homework to be done”)
Short documentary, 2003. TV Cultura.
Writer & Assistant Director.
Winner of the Human Rights Award at the First BIENAL DE CINE & VIDEO, Lima. Honorable Mention at the International Film Festival “La noche de los Cortos”
“Fotos de Familia”. (“Family pictures”)
Short fiction, 2004.
Writer & Director.
Honorable Mention at the I Festival Nacional y Muestra Internacional CUZCO 2004.
Official Selection at THE NIGHT OF THE SHORT FILMS PARIS 2005
Second prize at the First Short Fiction Films CINECORP Competition . May 2005
“Lucanamarca”.
Documentary Feature, 2007.
Writer & Director.
Winner of the 2004 Grant from the Alter-Ciné Foundation.
Winner Jan Vrijman Fund, 2007.
“El Batuteador”.
Script 2005
First Prize at the First Short Fiction Films CINECORP Competition. May 2005
“Jardines del Paraiso”. (“Gardens of eden”)
Fiction Feature Film Project, 2005-2007
Writer & Director.
