Guillermo Escalón
Guillermo Escalón (b. 1950) is a Salvadoran film director, cinematographer, and producer. Escalón joined the theater group El Taller de los Vagos in 1969 and collaborated with the likes of José David Calderón, Alejandro Cotto, and Baltazar Polío. With the escalation of the political conflict, Escalón immigrated from El Salvador to France, where he graduated in Philosophy and joined a television crew. With his experience in professional filmmaking, Escalón returned to El Salvador and cemented himself as a key figure in the Salvadoran guerrilla film movement.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Caracas, Venezuela
Known for
- Jean Charles (2009) — Director of Photography
- Princesa (2001) — Director of Photography
- La Isla: Archives of a Tragedy (2009) — Director of Photography
- Historias prohibidas de Pulgarcito (1980) — Camera Operator
- The Devil's Dream (1992) — Cinematography
- What Sebastian Dreamt (2004) — Cinematography
- Carta de Morazán (1982) — Director
- Alejandro (1994) — Self
- Radio Venceremos (2017) — Self
- Laberintos (2021) — Narrator
- Fire Dialogues (2023) — Camera Operator
- The Word in the Woods (2011) — Director of Photography
- Haunted Land (2001) — Director of Photography
- La decisión de vencer (Los primeros frutos) (1981) — Director
- Topiltzin (1975) — Assistant Camera
- Morazán (1980) — Director