Jorge Bolado

Biography

Jorge Evaristo Bolado Muñoz (b. 30 June 1961), better known simply as Jorge Bolado, is a Mexican filmmaker (director, producer, and screenwriter) from Veracruz. He is best known for directing Segundo siglo (Second Century), an experimental road film and cinephile essay that follows a film crew’s journey across Mexico, the United States, and parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland as a meditation on cinema entering its second century.

Bolado began making films in Super 8 as a teenager and later studied philosophy at UNAM, communication at Universidad Iberoamericana, and film direction at CCC and CUEC (without completing those programs). His early work includes shorts in 16mm, 35mm, and video...