biography

Lidia García Millán (Uruguay, 1924-2019) worked as a technical drawing teacher at the Instituto Escuela de la Construcción. She excelled as a professional tennis player and photographer. She was an amateur filmmaker, with special emphasis on experimentalism, and formed a film club associated with Cine Universitario. She also participated in the foundation of the Federación Uruguaya de Cineclubes. As a filmmaker, she is quoted in the press and her film "Color" (1954-1955) was reviewed by the Cinemateca Uruguaya.