Jorge Ruffinelli

Jorge Enrique Ruffinelli Altesor
Born	(1943-12-16) December 16, 1943 Montevideo, Uruguay
Occupation	writer, literary critic, researcher, college professor Associate Professor at the University of Buenos Aires (1973 ) Professor at the University Vearcruzana (1974) Full Professor at Stanford University (1986)
Nationality	Uruguay
Alma mater	Facultad de Letras de la UDELAR (Uruguay)
Notable works	La sonrisa de Gardel, Montevideo: Trilce (2004) ; Víctor Gaviria, los márgenes al centro, Madrid: Turner / Casa de América, 2ª edición (2005), Universidad de Guadalajara (2009) ; Sueños de realidad. Fernando Pérez: tres décadas de cine, Alcalá: Universidad de Alcalá/FNCL (2005) ; El cine de Patricio Guzmán, en busca de las imágenes verdaderas, Santiago de Chile: Uqbar Editores (2008) ; América Latina en 130 películas. Santiago de Chile, Uqbar Editores (2010) ; América Latina en 130 documentales. Santiago de Chile, Uqbar Editores (2012).
Notable awards	1980: Premio Nacional de Ensayo, Instituto de Bellas Artes/Casa de la Cultura Gómez Palacio, por su libro Literatura e ideología: el primer Mariano Azuela ; 2008: Premio Salon Rouge, Asociación de Críticos Cinematográficos de Uruguay - FIPRESCI.
Spouse	Cristina Meneghetti
Children	Alvaro, Andrea, Gerardo, Paula
Relatives	Parents: Augustine Ruffinellis, Selika Altesor

Jorge Enrique Ruffinelli Altesor (born 1943 in Uruguay) is a Uruguayan academic and critic.

Biography

In his youth he was a disciple of Ángel Rama and a contributor to the weekly Marcha. Later he was professor of Latin American Literature at the Universidad Veracruzana and Stanford University.

He is considered an expert in Latin American cinema and has participated as a jury in several international festivals.

Works

• La sonrisa de Gardel (Trilce, 2004)
• América Latina en 130 películas (Uqbar, 2010)
• Encyclopaedia of Latin American Cinema (work in progress)