Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. From his earliest films on rituals and celebrations, shot in the '60s, to the image of the self seen in the '90s in ZULAY, Argentine filmmaker Jorge Preloran has created seventy-seven films on a continuum that reflects theoretical and methodological changes in ethnodocumentary film. Some critics have stated that Preloran is a romanticist, choosing isolated men and doomed communities, often documenting little-known festivals and customs in his earlier films. Preloran evoluved as a filmmaker, from sound over to sync, from ritual to reflexivity, and from short glimpses of a culture to portraits of individuals, which he calls "ethnobiographies." Preloran has not been concerned with categorizing these individuals, but with the effects of transculturation. Initially shooting with a non-sync wind-up camera which restricts shot lengths, Preloran structured these films around one man's life, using that person's own voice as narration. He has always chosen a spirited protagonist who exemplifies the folkways of occupational or rural communities or the traditional outlook and behavior of individual craftsmen and artists. During the last few decades, reflexivity has caused anthropologists to look inward. ZULAY, FACING THE 21ST CENTURY, a team effort by Jorge and Mabel Preloran and Zulay Saravino, documents their processes of collaboration and compromise, creating a complex and reflexive picture of the filmmakers who operate behind and in front of the camera. Preloran's work has made the movement from romanticism to reflexivity abundantly clear.  Nominated for Documentary (Short Subjects) 1980: LUTHER METKE AT 94 - Producer (w. Richard Hawkins) 1 nomination