He was born on June 22, 1926 in Havana.  He was a radio and television director, founder of the University Theater and Cuban Television. At the triumph of the Revolution in 1959 he had a vast experience as author, actor and adaptor. He was a founding professor of the Instituto Superior de Arte ( Higher Art Institute)  and taught dramaturgy at the International Film School of San Antonio de los Baños.  Throughout his life he received numerous awards, among others, the Raúl Gómez García Distinction.

University Theater

Its first presentation took place on May 20, 1941 in the then Rector Cadenas Square, today Ignacio Agramonte Square. It was a collective that emerged in the university classrooms with the students of the Dramatic Arts Seminar integrated by young actors and actresses, at a time when the performing arts did not have any support in our country.  Its main purposes were to promote the social importance of theater and its influence on the ethical, cultural and political order, as well as its extension to the national level.

International School of Cinema, Television and Video

Inaugurated on December 15, 1986 in an area near the picturesque town of San Antonio de los Baños, the International School of Film and Television is a very significant center where dozens of students are trained annually in six specialties of the audiovisual sphere.  This center was created within the New Latin American Cinema Foundation. Among the most significant recognitions obtained by this center is the Roselli Prize, awarded at the Cannes Film Festival in 1993. It has also been ranked as one of the four best film schools in the world.

Raúl Gómez García Distinction

This is the highest award conferred by the National Union of Culture. The distinction recognizes those who have devoted part of their lives to culture. Raúl Gómez García was a poet and combatant who participated in the assault on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba on July 26, 1953 in Santiago de Cuba. He was part of the group led by Abel Santamaría Cuadrado that occupied the Saturnino Lora Hospital, located in front of the rear of the barracks. After the conclusion of the combat he was taken prisoner. He was taken to the Moncada barracks where he was tortured and murdered.