Leon Ichaso (born August 3, 1948) is a Cuban American writer and film
director.Leon Ichaso was born in Havana August 3, 1948, into a family
of well-known writers, journalists and artists. His father, Justo
RodrÃguez Santos, was one of Cuba's most respected poets and a
pioneer in broadcast TV and radio -and his mother Antonia Ichaso had a
radio magazine show in the 1940s.Ichaso left the island for exile in
Mexico and the United States, with his mother Antonia Ichaso and
sister Mari Rodriguez Ichaso, at age 14. His father stayed behind to
continue his unwavering support for the Cuban Revolution. Five years
later he joined his family in New York.Leon Ichaso is known as a
director who specializes in gritty urban realism. He first made his
mark with the independently made Spanish-language feature, El Super
(1979), based on an Off-Broadway play about an immigrant building
superintendent trying to make his way in New York City. It took six
years for the filmmaker to follow up on this study, but Crossover
Dreams (1985), was a fine first shot at a somewhat more mainstream
film. The film was a hard-hitting look at different but mixed US
Latino communities, life in the barrio and the potent drive of salsa
music.
director.Leon Ichaso was born in Havana August 3, 1948, into a family
of well-known writers, journalists and artists. His father, Justo
RodrÃguez Santos, was one of Cuba's most respected poets and a
pioneer in broadcast TV and radio -and his mother Antonia Ichaso had a
radio magazine show in the 1940s.Ichaso left the island for exile in
Mexico and the United States, with his mother Antonia Ichaso and
sister Mari Rodriguez Ichaso, at age 14. His father stayed behind to
continue his unwavering support for the Cuban Revolution. Five years
later he joined his family in New York.Leon Ichaso is known as a
director who specializes in gritty urban realism. He first made his
mark with the independently made Spanish-language feature, El Super
(1979), based on an Off-Broadway play about an immigrant building
superintendent trying to make his way in New York City. It took six
years for the filmmaker to follow up on this study, but Crossover
Dreams (1985), was a fine first shot at a somewhat more mainstream
film. The film was a hard-hitting look at different but mixed US
Latino communities, life in the barrio and the potent drive of salsa
music.
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