Eduardo Alberto Palmer Biosca

1931 - 2026

Eduardo Alberto Palmer Biosca, son of José Palmer and Carmen Biosca, was born in Havana, Cuba in 1931. He attended the Columbus School in Havana, graduating from high school in 1948. He studied law at the University of Havana and graduated in 1952. He practiced law until he left Cuba.



In 1954 he co-founded "Cuban Colorfilm Corp.," a film studio and laboratory for the development of color and black and white films. As a news director on January 1, 1959, he covered the events surrounding the triumph of the Revolution during the first days of January. On January 3rd, he filmed Fidel Castro's journey from the province of Oriente through his arrival into Havana. Cuban Colorfilm was confiscated by the revolutionary government in 1959.



At the end of 1959, when Castro's embrace of communism became evident, he joined the clandestine struggle against the new government and had to leave Cuba in November 1960 for his personal safety given his activities.



He went into exile in New York City, and in 1961, he co-founded "El Panamericano Productions," which produced film, radio and television programing for the U.S. Hispanic market. In 1964 he was elected president of PAINT (First International Association of Film and Television News Producers).



In 1965 he moved to the Dominican Republic where he founded "Productora Fílmica Dominicana," which produced commercials, documentaries, and feature films. While there, he also covered the 1965 civil war as a journalist. In addition, he created the first daily private news program in the country, "el Noticiario Nacional," which aired on Channel 7 TV and produced a newsreel for cinemas. Through these and other activities, he pioneered the development of news and cinematography in the Dominican Republic.



From the end of the 70's through the beginning of the 80's, he co-produced two emblematic films in the history of Cuban cinema in exile: Los Gusanos (C. Vila, 1978) and Guaguasí (J. Ulla 1983). His filmography, which spans a career of more than half a century, includes 7 feature films, numerous documentaries, and more than 500 special television programs, making him the most prolific figure in Cuban cinema. Starting in the early 60's and continuing for over four decades, he was the leading filmmaker focused on producing documentaries exposing the violation of human rights in Cuba by the Castro regime. Dozens of his documentaries showing the reality of the communist dictatorship in Cuba are part of the Cuban Heritage Collection at the University of Miami.



In 1984 he founded the weekly television program "Planeta 3," where leading figures from counties in the region and around the world debated current events. The program aired in 16 countries throughout Latin America for eleven years.



In 1996 he returned to the United States and settled in Miami where he continued to produce documentaries for television. From 2002 to 2012, he worked as a producer at TV Martí, where he continued his life's work of documenting the human rights abuses of the Castro government, until he retired in 2012, at the age of 81. Even after retirement, he remained attentive to the situation in Cuba and never stopped dreaming of a free and democratic Cuba.



He is survived by his wife, Elsa Maria Palmer, their children and respective spouses, Maylin (Jorge) Balsa, Heidi (Brad) Frison, Eduardo (Ana) Palmer, Claudia (Jose) Martinez, Roxanna Gottchalk, Nestor Luis (Audra) Agramonte, Norman (Rachel) Agramonte. Grandchildren: Luis (Mithu) Poza and Carlos Poza, Carmen (Jonathan) Stanton, Heidi Balsa, Cristina and Camille Palmer, Estefanía and Patrick García, Lucas and Sofía Martínez; Alyssa and August Agramonte. Great-grandchildren: Anika Poza Tharayil, Eva Isabel and Valentina Celine Stanton, and Maxwell Conrado.



Funeral services will be at Caballero Rivero Funeral Home, 8200 Bird Road, Mia., FL., April 1, 2026, beginning at 6:00 p.m.