Alejandro Luna

José Alejandro Dionisio Luna Ledesma (1 December 1939 – 13 December 2022) was a Mexican scenic designer and lighting technician.

Life and career

Luna was born in Mexico City, where he passed his studies of architecture. He has worked in theater, opera and for TV and cinema productions. He also was director of the Centro Universitario de Teatro of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and taught at several Mexican universities from 1968 to 2007. He participated at the Prague Quadriennale from 1967 to 1975 three times in a row, as well as in 2003 and 2007. In 2003 he was a member of the Prague Quadriennale.^[1] He was the father of actor Diego Luna.

Luna died on 13 December 2022, at the age of 83.^[2]

Awards

Premio Nacional de las Artes, 2001
Distinguished Artist Award of the International Society of Performing Arts, 2004
Doctor Honoris Causa of the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC)

References

^ Alejandro Luna^{[permanent dead link]}, Prague Quadriennale.
^ "Murió Alejandro Luna, escenógrafo y padre de Diego Luna". Infobae. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.

External links

Alejandro Luna at IMDb
Alejandro Luna in the Ibero-American Institute (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) catalogue, Berlin

[Prager_Quadriennale-1] Alejandro Luna^{[permanent dead link]}, Prague Quadriennale.

[2] "Murió Alejandro Luna, escenógrafo y padre de Diego Luna". Infobae. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.

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