{"id":21520,"date":"2019-07-07T01:51:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T01:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/giff.mx\/?page_id=21520"},"modified":"2019-07-08T02:19:02","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T02:19:02","slug":"jose-carlos-ruiz-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/giff.mx\/en\/jose-carlos-ruiz-2\/","title":{"rendered":"JOS\u00c9 CARLOS RUIZ"},"content":{"rendered":"

Passion and Commitment<\/strong><\/p>\n

His talent and commitment have made him a crucial presence on the stage, carrying his passion as a banner for more than 60 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Through more than 6 decades committed to his art, Jos\u00e9 Carlos Ruiz has contributed a passionate enthusiasm to his craft. Theater, film, television, literature and even music have benefitted from his commitment and rigor.<\/p>\n

He was randomly born in Jerez, Zacatecas and would soon return to Mexico City. Tragedy was flashing through his life from a very early age with the painful loss of his parents.\u00a0Through different stages, he was an assistant for several trades. It was also at this time that his fundamental passion for cinema, which he inherited from his father, was sharpened; attending a movie theater became a magical, therapeutic and daily task.The screens gave him a space \u2013 which could unironically be called \u201csacred\u201d \u2013 where he could leave his pain aside and access some mysterious worlds, even within the soul. Art, though not necessarily by that name at the time, began to exert a subtle influence and the screen\u2019s glare was brighter than any suffering. It would become the path of his life.<\/p>\n

An aficionado of music, he tried to study guitar, but fate drove him to theater. His start on the stage came with a scholarship to study at Bellas Artes, where he was exposed for many years to the influence of great personalities such as Carlos Ch\u00e1vez, Andr\u00e9 Moreau, Fernando Wagner, Torre Laf\u00e1n, Salvador Novo, and above all, Seki Sano, whom he considers his great theater teacher. Our premiere actor has played most of the classical cannon characters, including those in Greek, Elizabethan and Avant-garde theater.During this time, he had the opportunity to act in small roles alongside great actors who came to Mexico on tour, such as: Madeleine Renoir, Vitorio Gassman, Jean Villar, Jean Louis Barrault etc. He then participated in theater companies such as Poes\u00eda en Voz Alta, I.N.B.A, Teatro Club and the IMSS Company in more than 60 plays.<\/p>\n

His first opportunity on the big screen came with the 1965 film\u00a0Viento Negro<\/em>, directed by Servando Gonz\u00e1lez. This film gave him the chance to star alongside mythological big-screen names. Shortly thereafter he dabbled in a medium that him a familiar presence for millions of people: television.<\/p>\n

Telesistema Mexicano (later named \u201cTelevisa\u201d) starred him in the soap opera\u00a0El Refugio\u00a0<\/em>(1965) alongside Ofelia Guilm\u00e1in. Listing the television productions in which he has participated would be an endless task, but we must mention the part that consecrated him in the eyes of a large audience. His work playing Benito Ju\u00e1rez as the leadinEl Carruaje\u00a0<\/em>(1972) was such that even President Luis Echeverr\u00eda asked him to appear as him at an Independence Day parade. Other notable television productions he\u2019s starred in include the two versions of\u00a0Mar\u00eda Isabel<\/em>,\u00a0Pueblo chico, infierno grande<\/em>,So\u00f1adoras<\/em>, and his most recent,\u00a0Mi adorable maldici\u00f3n<\/em>and\u00a0Por amar sin ley,\u00a0<\/em>among many others.<\/em><\/p>\n

Regardless, film remained his favored medium and his filmography is quite extensive. One of his most memorable roles came under the direction of Felipe Cazals, who gave him the opportunity of playing El Carajo, one of the leading characters of\u00a0El Apando<\/em>(1976). Other memorable roles include those in films such asLos alba\u00f1iles<\/em>(1976),\u00a0Bajo la metralla<\/em>(1983),\u00a0Vidas errantes,\u00a0\u00a0Dos cr\u00edmenes, Goytia, un dios para s\u00ed mismo o En el \u00faltimo trago.<\/em><\/p>\n

To date he\u2019s been nominated for at least 10 Ariel awards for his work in titles such as\u00a0Fuego en el mar<\/em>(1980),\u00a0Vidaserrantes<\/em>\u00a0(1985),To\u00f1a machetes<\/em>\u00a0(1985),Gotita, un dios para s\u00ed mismo<\/em>(1989),\u00a0Dos cr\u00edmenes<\/em>\u00a0(1994) and\u00a0Almacenados<\/em>\u00a0(2015) (which earned him his sixth Ariel), displaying a mastery of his craft through different eras. He has also been awarded with three Diosa de Plata awards, a New York ACE award, the Bochica from the Bogot\u00e1 Film Festival, the Silver Mayahuel, a tribute at the Guadalajara International Film Festival as well as several retrospectives and awards.<\/p>\n

Jos\u00e9 Carlos Ruiz has also dabbled in literature, first as a reader and then as a writer. His first book was the testimonial work\u00a0Yo no fui a la escuela, fui al cine<\/em>, written in collaboration with Eduardo de la Vega Alfaro. He then published the volume\u00a0Correas de un mismo cuero<\/em>, coedited by the Secretary of Culture through Fonoteca Nacional. In the latter, the author put together 24 stories and 15 poems he had been polishing for 50 years during the respites that acting allowed. Gifted with a great sense of orality and a Sharp ear, Jos\u00e9 Carlos shows his worth as a master of the verb. The prologue by\u00a0Juan Villoro illustrates this opinion eloquently.<\/p>\n

As part of the 22nd edition of the Guanajuato International Film Festival, we are honored to pay tribute to a man who has been a vital presence of the stage and the screen for more than half a century, as well as a decent and admirable human being who has won the hearts of audiences at home and at the movie theaters through his passionate work, always regulated through an accurate intelligence that makes Jos\u00e9 Carlos Ruiz a vital presence in our country\u2019s artistic landscape.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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