ABOUT THE CHE MOVIE FILM MAKERS
Director
STEVEN SODERBERGH
won an Academy Award® for Best Director for his 2000 ensemble drama "TRAFFIC." He had earned dual Best Director Oscar® nominations that year, also receiving one for "ERIN BROCKOVICH," starring Julia Roberts in her Oscar®-winning performance. Soderbergh had earlier garnered an Academy Award® nomination for Best Original Screenplay for "SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE," his feature film directorial debut, which also won the Palme d'Or at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. CHE - PART 1 is Soderbergh's eighteenth film, following, amongst others, "OCEAN'S THIRTEEN", "THE GOOD GERMAN", "BUBBLE", "OCEAN'S TWELVE", "SOLARIS", "FULL FRONTAL", "OCEAN'S ELEVEN", "THE LIMEY", "OUT OF SIGHT", "GRAY'S ANATOMY", "SCHIZOPOLIS", "THE UNDERNEATH", "KING OF THE HILL" and "KAFKA". In addition, Soderbergh has produced or executive produced a wide range of features, including Todd Haynes' "I'M NOT THERE", Tony Gilroy's "MICHAEL CLAYTON" and Marina Zenovich's documentary "ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED". Further producer or executive producer credits include Gregory Jacobs' "WIND CHILL" and "CRIMINAL", George Clooney's "GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK" and "CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND", Richard Linklater's "A SCANNER DARKLY", Rob Reiner's "RUMOR HAS IT", Stephen Gaghan's "SYRIANA", Lodge Kerrigan's "KEANE", Todd Haynes' "FAR FROM HEAVEN", Christopher Nolan's "INSOMNIA", Anthony and Joseph Russo's "WELCOME TO COLLINWOOD", Gary Ross' "PLEASANTVILLE" and Greg Mottola's "THE DAYTRIPPERS".
Producer
BENICIO DEL TORO
, who also plays
Che
, has earned critical acclaim for his poignant and powerful performances throughout his career. Winning an Academy Award® for Best Supporting Actor in Steven Soderbergh's "TRAFFIC", his performance also garnered him Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA, New York Film Critics Circle, National Society of Film Critics, Chicago Film Critics Association, and Silver Bear [Berlin International Film Festival] awards. Del Toro also earned an Academy Award® nomination for his role in Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu's "21 GRAMS", for which he also won the Audience Award for Best Actor at the 2003 Venice International Film Festival. He has also received two Independent Spirit Awards for Best Supporting Actor: for Bryan Singer's "THE USUAL SUSPECTS" and Julian Schnabel's "BASQUIAT". He has most recently appeared in Susanne Bier's "THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE" and Robert Rodriguez's "SIN CITY". Del Toro made his motion picture debut in John Glen's "LICENCE TO KILL", opposite Timothy Dalton as James Bond. Subsequent films include Peter Weir's "FEARLESS", George Huang's "SWIMMING WITH SHARKS", Abel Ferrara's "THE FUNERAL", Marco Brambilla's "EXCESS BAGGAGE", Terry Gilliam's "FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS", Christopher McQuarrie's "THE WAY OF THE GUN", Guy Ritchie's "SNATCH", William Friedkin's "THE HUNTED" and "THE INDIAN RUNNER" and "THE PLEDGE", both directed by Sean Penn. Born in Puerto Rico, Del Toro grew up in Pennsylvania. He attended the University of California at San Diego and studied acting at the Stella Adler Conservatory under the tutelage of Arthur Mendoza. He currently resides in Los Angeles.
Producer
LAURA BICKFORD
is the Academy Award® nominated producer of the critically-acclaimed "TRAFFIC", her first collaboration with Soderbergh and Del Toro. The film earned four out of five Oscars® for which it was nominated. One of the film industry's leading producers, Laura Bickford Productions was merged with River Road Entertainment for two years during which time they financed Ang Lee's multiaward- winning "BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN", Steven Shainberg's "FUR: AN IMAGINARY PORTRAIT OF DIANE ARBUS", starring Nicole Kidman, and Robert Altman's swan song "A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION". Bickford made her producing debut in 1995 with "CITIZEN X" for HBO Pictures. Based on the true story of Russian serial killer Andrei Chikatila, the film was written and directed by Chris Gerolmo. "CITIZEN X" received a Cable Ace Award for Best Picture and earned multiple Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominations.
Consultant
JON LEE ANDERSON
has been writing for the New Yorker since 1998, covering conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon. He has also reported from Liberia, Angola, Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba and Iran, and written numerous profiles of political leaders including Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, Augusto Pinochet, King Juan Carlos, Saddam Hussein, Hamid Karzai and Jalal Talabani. Anderson is also the author of several books, including "Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life", "The Lion's Grave: Dispatches From Afghanistan", "Guerrillas: Journeys in the Insurgent World" and, most recently, "The Fall of Baghdad". His biography of Ernesto Che Guevara was the result of five years' research, three of which he spent in Havana. For the book, Anderson also traveled to Argentina, Bolivia, Mexico, Paraguay, Spain, Sweden, the US and Russia. In 1995, he broke the story, in the The New York Times, of the whereabouts of Guevara's secretly buried remains in Bolivia. "Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life" was first published by Grove Press, New York, and has since been translated into many languages, including Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, German, Serbo-Croatian, Turkish, and Farsi. Anderson reported on Central America's civil wars for Time magazine during the 1980s and went on to cover the conflicts in Northern Ireland, Uganda, Western Sahara, Sri Lanka, Burma, Israel and Bosnia. His work has been published in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Harper's, The Financial Times, The Guardian, El Pais and other journals.
BENICIO DEL TORO
(
CHE
) SIN CITY (2005), 21 GRAMS (2003), TRAFFIC (2000), BASQUIAT (1996), THE USUAL SUSPECTS (1995)
CARLOS BARDEM
(
MOISES GUEVARA
) LA ZONA (2007), GOYA'S GHOSTS (2006), ALATRISTE (2006) PRINCESAS (2005), JUEGO DE LUNA (2001) AKA LUNA'S GAME, VOLAVÉRUNT (1999), TORRENTE, EL BRAZO TONTO DE LA LEY (1998), PERDITA DURANGO (1997)
DEMIÁN BICHIR
(
FIDEL CASTRO
)
JOAQUIM DE ALMEIDA
(
BARRIENTOS
) BEHIND ENEMY LINES (2001), CAPITÃES DE ABRIL (2000) AKA CAPTAINS OF APRIL SOSTIENE PEREIRA (1996), DESPERADO (1995), CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER (1994), THE HONORARY CONSUL (1983)
EDUARD FERNÁNDEZ
(
CIRO ALGARANAZ
) ALATRISTE (2006), EN LA CIUDAD (2003) AKA IN THE CITY, FAUSTO 5.0 (2001)
MARC-ANDRÉ GRONDIN
(
REGIS DEBRAY
) C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)
ÓSCAR JAENADA
(
DARIO
)
KAHLIL MENDEZ
(
URBANO
)
ELVIRA MíNGUEZ
(
CELIA SANCHEZ
)
MATT DAMON
(
GUEST APPEARANCE
)
JORDI MOLLÀ
(
CAPT. VARGAS
) ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE (2007), THE TULSE LUPER SUITCASES, PARTS 1, 2, 3 (2003/2004), THE TULSE LUPER SUITCASES: ANTWERP (2003),BAD BOYS II (2003), BLOW (2001), SEGUNDA PIEL (1999) AKA SECOND SKIN, NADIE CONOCE A NADIE (1999) AKA NOBODY KNOWS ANYBODY, VOLAVÉRUNT (1999), EL PIANISTA (1998) AKA THE PIANIST, LA FLOR DE MI SECRETO (1995) AKA THE FLOWER OF MY SECRET, HISTORIAS DEL KRONEN (1995) AKA STORIES FROM THE KRONEN, JAMÓN, JAMÓN (1992)
RUBÉN OCHANDIANO
(
ROLANDO
)
JULIA ORMOND
(
LISA HOWARD
) INLAND EMPIRE (2006), THE BARBER OF SIBERIA (1998), SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW (1997), SABRINA (1995), FIRST KNIGHT (1995), LEGENDS OF THE FALL (1994), THE BABY OF MÂCON (1993)
GASTON PAULS (CIROS BUSTOS)
NUEVE REINAS (2000) AKA NINE QUEENS, FRONTERA SUR (1998), TERRITORIO COMANCHE (1997) AKA COMANCHE TERRITORY, BEAUTIFUL (1993)
JORGE PERUGORRÍA
(
JOAQUIN
)
LOU DIAMOND PHILIPPS
(
MARIO MONJE
)LAW & ORDER (2006) (TV), 24 (2002) (TV), THE BIG HIT (1998), COURAGE UNDER FIRE (1996), YOUNG GUNS (1988), LA BAMBA (1987)
FRANKA POTENTE
(
TANIA
) EICHMANN (2007), ROMULUS, MY FATHER (2007), ELEMENTARTEILCHEN (2006) AKA ELEMENTARY PARTICLES CREEP (2004), THE BOURNE SUPREMACY (2004) THE TULSE LUPER SUITCASES, PART 2 (2004), THE BOURNE IDENTITY (2002), STORYTELLING (2001), BLOW (2001), THE PRINCESS AND THE WARRIOR (2000), ANATOMIE (2000) AKA ANATOMY, RUN, LOLA, RUN (1998) OTHELLO RENSOLI
ARMANDO RIESCO
(
BENIGNO
)
RODRIGO SANTORO
(
RAUL CASTRO
)
MARK UMBERS
(
ROTH
) CASSANDRA'S DREAM (2007), COLOUR ME KUBRICK (2005), LOVE IS THE DEVIL (1998)
YUL VÁZQUEZ
(
ALEJANDRO RAMIREZ
)
