Daniel Diez Castrillo, one of the masters of Cuban documentary, dies. Filmmaker Daniel Diez Castrillo, one of the masters of Cuban documentary, died in Havana at the age of 77, the island’s authorities confirmed. The vice president of Cuba’s Institute of Information and Social Communication, Onelio Castillo, reported on Facebook the death of the prominent documentary filmmaker and sound engineer, whom he described as a “thorough man, committed to his time and culture.” “Painful loss for the audiovisual universe of Cuba: Daniel Diez Carrillo, journalist, documentary filmmaker, television director, teacher of several generations of filmmakers, has died,” he posted on his page on that social network. He collaborated in the preparation of students of the International School of Film and Television of San Antonio de los Baños and contributed to the cinematography of the Latin American indigenous movement.
