Jorge Preloran (1933-2009) was one of South America's most respected and prolific ethnographic filmmakers and was considered a pioneer in ethnobiography. Among his most admired films are "Imaginero" (1969), about a religious icon carver, and "Zulay, Facing the 21st Century," about a young Ecuadorean woman's odyssey to Los Angeles. He also made "Luther Metke at 94" (1980), an Oscar-nominated short documentary about a log cabin builder in Oregon.