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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Lorenzo DeStefano papers
Date(s)
- 1993 - 1998 (Creation)
Extent
17 Boxes (26 linear feet)
Name of creator
Biographical history
Lorenzo DeStefano (b. Honolulu, Hawai‘i) is a writer, producer, director, photographer, and member of the Directors Guild of America. He has worked in U.S. and U.K. theater, produced and directed network series, documentaries, and narrative films, and written fiction, non-fiction, original screenplays, and adaptations. His works include the novel House Boy, the short story collection The Shakespearean, the memoir Visitations, the photographic monograph La Hora Mágica – The Magic Hour, and the cinema memoir Callé Cero. Film and theater credits include Shipment Day, The Diarist, Stairway to the Stars, and Los Zafiros – Music From The Edge of Time. His photography, including the exhibition Cubanos – Island Portraits 1993–1998, is in the Permanent Collection of the Museum of Latin American Art and the Cuban Heritage Collection at the University of Miami.
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Scope and content
The Lorenzo DeStefano papers contain DeStefano's Cuban photography collection, titled "Cubanos - Island Portraits: Cubanos - Retratos de la isla," 1993-1998, which consists of prints, negatives, proofs, text, and other related marginalia.
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Conditions governing access
This collection is open for research.
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Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Requests to publish or display materials from this collection require written permission from the rights owner. For more information, please contact chc@miami.edu.
Preferred citation: Lorenzo DeStefano papers, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Languages of the material
- English
- Spanish
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Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Gift of Lorenzo DeStefano.
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Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Los Zafiros, Video and DVD collection, CHC5112, Item 0246.
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Archivist's note
Minimal collection-level record created by Juan A. Villanueva, August 2025.