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Gastón Duprat is a director, screenwriter and film producer. He started his career in video art, experimental cinema and television. He has made a dozen films, with which he obtained more than thirty international awards, among which stand out The Man Next Door (2009), The Distinguished Citizen (2016), My Masterpiece (2018) and Official Competition (2020).My Masterpiece (Mi Obra Maestra) 2018, Buenos Aires AR (Argentina 17)- Writer
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Sebastián Borensztein was born on 22 April 1963 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a writer and director, known for Chinese Take-Away (2011), Heroic Losers (2019) and Collateral Man (1997).Heroic Loosers 2019 (starring Ricardo Darin), Chinese Take-away **** 2011 (starring Ricardo Darin) AR- Director
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Luis Puenzo was born on 19 February 1946 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a director and producer, known for The Official Story (1985), The Plague (1992) and Broken Silence (2002).The official story (La historia oficial) *** (Always are two versions of the story: the official and the real) Oscar won Best Foreign Film, 1986 AR- Actor
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Juan Diego Botto was born on 29 August 1975 in Buenos Aires City, Distrito Federal, Argentina. He is an actor and director, known for La Celestina (1996), 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) and On the Fringe (2022). He has been married to Olga Rodriguez since 2015. They have one child.On the Fringe 2022 AR- Producer
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Damián Szifron was born on 9 July 1975 in Ramos Mejía, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a producer and editor, known for Wild Tales (2014), To Catch a Killer (2023) and Los simuladores (2002). He is married to María Marull. They have two children.Relatos Salvajes 2014 Wild Tales (We can all lose control - 6 Segments) (starring in a segment Ricardo Darin) AR- Director
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Luis Ortega was born on 12 July 1980 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a director and writer, known for El Angel (2018), Caja negra (2002) and Dromómanos (2012).El Angel 2018 - Buenos Aires, AR- Producer
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Gabriel Alejandro Schmidt was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He's the eldest boy of 9 brothers and sisters. His parents are Angela Rodriguez, a Nurse, and Oscar Schmidt, an Electronic Technician. Gabriel is of Argentinean, Basque, German and Spanish ancestry and comes from a large and close family, with a complex history, and they are mostly in Argentina.
Gabriel has 4 children: Paula Estefania Schmidt, Priscilla Gabriela Schmidt, Alexander Mark Schmidt and Victoria Bianca Schmidt. He's married to Juneta Ozolina, but peacefully separated. Juneta is a professional ballet dancer for over 3 decades and was born in Latvia. She is the Choreographer Director of the children ballet school, Malibu Dolphins Ballet, in Malibu.
Gabriel had a passion for Martial Arts and dancing. He admires art, theater, ballet and Opera. He was scouted in a club during his teen years and was invited to dance in a weekly TV dancing show in Buenos Aires. He entered the School of Nursing in Buenos Aires and graduated at a very young age. He developed a successful career within the Healthcare industry, achieving his highest position as Chief Nursing Officer at age 24. He lived in 5 different countries around the world. He moved to the United States in 1997.
He owned businesses in Argentina and the United States. Arriving in California in 2006 along with his family, Gabriel went back to work as a Registered Nurse in hospitals and Surgery Centers, which led to private duty as well. He's still work in a Level 1 Trauma Center in Los Angeles.
In 2010, he met and befriended actor and comedian Tom Arnold. It was during the time they shared working that Gabriel was exposed in depth to the entertainment industry. Gabriel developed a fast passion for writing and production.
He attended the Hollywood Film Institute for Film Production and Film Director training. He was trained by Dov Simens and follows a model and mentoring from Quentin Tarantino. He merged his marketing education and his business experience with the knowledge of the entertainment industry and founded Swimming Wings Productions Inc. in 2011.
The company owns the rights of several film projects in different stages, music videos, commercials and graphic design. Gabriel leads Swimming Wings Productions, with branches in Malibu and Buenos Aires. He expanded Swimming Wings International to Argentina and is managed by Cintia Schmidt.
During 2012, he finished production on the films Choices and Deceiving Dream, which are competing in film festivals in the USA, England, Canada, Australia, France and Argentina.
He wrote his first screenplay together with actors Tom Arnold and Gene Loveland. The Title: Spychosis, his original idea and story. The film Spychosis is in pre-production. He wrote several screenplays within the same year.
Gabriel is a big fan of the Argentina Soccer National team. He follows soccer, tennis and the NBA.
He is an experienced world traveler.5 minutes 2014 (SOS 5 minutes to live) AR- Writer
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Juan José Campanella was born on 19 July 1959 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a writer and director, known for The Secret in Their Eyes (2009), The Man of Your Dreams (2011) and The Weasel's Tale (2019).The secret in their eyes 2009 "Luna de Avellaneda" (2004) starring Ricardo Darin AR- Director
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German Kral was born in 1968 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a director and writer, known for Adios Buenos Aires (2023), Our Last Tango (2015) and El último aplauso (2009).Our last Tango 2015 AR- Producer
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Diego Lerman was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a film director, scriptwriter and producer. He is graduated from Desing of Image and Sound at the University of Buenos Aires, and Dramatutgy at the Municipal School of Dramatic Arts. In 2002, he was selected for a residency at the Cannes Festival. To date, he has directed six feature-length films. He also served as writer on all six. These films have been recognized in some of the most important film festivals in the world, and screened commercially not just in Latin America, but also in Europe, the United States and Japan. In 2009, he founded the Campo Cine production house with Nicolás Avruj. Campo Cine is very active, having produced many feature-length films, shorts, documentaries and some television series. In the 2014 edition of the Venice Film Festival, he was the President of the Jury of the Venice Days section. He was member also of the Official Jury in Locarno, La Habana, San Sebastian and Chicago Film Festivals. He received the Golden Leopard Award recognition for his work in the Locarno Film Festival He received several prices around the world including Best Script in San Sebastian Competittion, Silver Leopard in Locarno, Best Film in La Habana, Chicago, Miami, Buenos Aires, Istambul among others and won the Critics and Industry Argentinian Film Awards for some of his films. He was the Creator and Showrunner of the acclaimed Argentinian series "La casa" (Netflix). He wrote and direct some theatre plays in Buenos Aires recognized by audience and critic.
Selected Filmography as director- writer - producer "La Prueba"(1999 Shortfilm) "Tan de repente" 2002 feature-length film / Locarno - Silver Leopard) "La guerra de los gimnasios"" (2005 Midle length film / Locarno Official Selection) "Mientras tanto" (2006 feature-length film / Venice - Venice Days) "Servicios prestados" (2007 Docummentary / Locarno Official Selection) "La mirada invisible(2010 feature-length film / Cannes - Quinzaine does Réalisateurs / Netflix) "Refugiado" (2014 feature-length film / Cannes - Quinzaine does Réalisateurs / Netflix) "La casa" (2015 TV Serie / Rotterdam Official Selection / Netflix) "Una especie de familia" (2017 feature-length film Toronto IFF - San Sebastián IFF / Netflix "El suplente" 2021 feature-length film Toronto IFF - San Sebastián IFF)A kind of family *** (Una especie de familia) 2017 AR- Writer
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Santiago Mitre was born on 4 December 1980 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a writer and director, known for Argentina, 1985 (2022), Paulina (2015) and The Student (2011).La Cordillera (The Summit) 2017 (with Ricardo Darin), el Estudiante (the Student) 2011 AR- Director
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Hugo Santiago has lived in France since 1959. He studied Literature, Philosophy and Music. From 1959 to 1966, he was assistant director to Robert Bresson. He was also a choreographer and metteur en scene for _Histoire du Soldat_ (Stravinsky Festival, 1961). He authored and produced two shorts: _Los Contrabandistas_ (Buenos Aires, 1967) and _Los Taitas_ (Buenos Aires, 1968). From 1970 to 1973 he did research on film.Invasion (based on Jorge Luis Borges story) 1969 AR- Writer
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Lucía Puenzo was born on 28 November 1976 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is a writer and director, known for XXY (2007), The German Doctor (2013) and The Fish Child (2009).The German doctor 2015 AR- Producer
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Pablo Trapero was born in San justo, Argentina in 1971. In 1999 he directed his first feature, Mundo Grua, which won the Critics Prize at Venice. In 2002, he opened his production company, Matanza Cine, that produces films for fellow filmmakers, as well as his own. His second feature, El Bonaerense (2002) premiered at Cannes, Familia Rodante (2004) at Venice, and Nacido y Criado (2006) at Toronto. In 2008, Leonera, presented in Competition at Cannes, revealed the talent of Martina Gusman, muse, actress and producer of the cineaste. He returned to Cannes with Carancho (2010) and Elefante Blanco (2012), both in Un Certain Regard. His films have covered the most important festivals, receiving critical acclaim and awards He has sat on the main Festival juries at Venice, San Sebastian and Locarno, among others. In 2014 he served as President of Un Certain Regard in Cannes. In 2015 the Ministry of Culture of France awarded him Chevallier l Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, becoming the first south american director in receiving this honor. With his latest film, The Clan, he won the Silver Lion for Best Director in Venice International Film Festival Trapero is one of the biggest creative forces in Latin American Cinema.La Quietud 2015 ♦ AR (watch related trailer, Gr subs)- Producer
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Daniela Goggi is known for Abzurdah (2015), The Rescue: The Weight of the World (2023) and The Red Thread (2016).AR Abzurdah 2015- Director
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Melina Leon is a Peruvian film director whose opera prima, Canción sin Nombre (Song without a Name), premiered at Cannes Director's Fortnight 2019, making her the first Peruvian female filmmaker to be invited to the festival. The film was nominated for Best Iberoamerican Feature at the Goya Awards 2022 and was Peru's Oscar® Entry for Best International Feature.
Song without a Name has been selected for over 100 international film festivals winning several awards including Best Director at the Thessaloniki Film Festival, Best Film at the Stockholm Film Festival and the Cinevision Award for Best Emerging Director at the Munich Film Festival.
Set in Peru, in 1988, the film is inspired by a true account of child trafficking originally reported by Ismael Leon, her father.
An MFA film graduate of Columbia University, her short film El Paraíso de Lili (Lili's Paradise), also set in Peru in 1988, made its international debut at the 47th New York Film Festival.
Her second feature film, the documentary, Lejos del Sol (Far from the Sun), will be shot in LA in 2024.AR- Producer
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Alfonso Cuarón Orozco was born on November 28th 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico. From an early age, he yearned to be either a film director or an astronaut. However, he did not want to enter the army, so he settled for directing. He didn't receive his first camera until his twelfth birthday, and then immediately started to film everything he saw, showing it afterwards to everyone. In his teen years, films were his hobby. Sometimes he said to his mother he would go to a friend's home, when in fact he would go to the cinema. His ambition was to know every theatre in the city. Near his house there were two studios, Studios Churubusco and Studios 212. After finishing school, Cuarón decided to study cinema right away. He tried to study at C.C.C. (Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica) but wasn't accepted because at that time they weren't accepting students under twenty-four years old. His mother didn't support that idea of cinema, so he studied philosophy in the morning and in the afternoon he went to the C.U.E.C. (Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos). During that time he met many people who would later become his collaborators and friends. One of them was Luis Estrada. Cuaron also became good friends with Carlos Marcovich and Emmanuel Lubezki. Luis Estrada directed a short called "Vengance is Mine", on which Alfonso and Emmanuel collaborated. The film was in English, a fact which bothered many teachers of the C.U.E.C. such as Marcela Fernández Violante. The disagreement caused such arguments that in 1985, Alfonso was expelled from the university.
During his time studying at C.U.E.C. he met Mariana Elizondo, and with her he had his first son, Jonás Cuarón. After Alfonso was expelled, he thought he could never be a director and so went on to work in a Museum so he could sustain his family. One day, José Luis García Agraz and Fernando CáMara went to the museum and made an offer to Cuarón. They asked him to work as cable person in "La víspera (1982)", a job which was to prove to be his salvation. After that he was assistant director in Garcia Agraz's "Nocaut (1984)", as well as numerous other films.
He was also second unit director in "Gaby: A True Story (1987)", and co-wrote and directed some episodes in the series "A Hora Marcada (1967)". One New Year's Eve, he decided he would not continue to be an assistant director, and with his brother Carlos started writing what would be his first feature film: "Love in the Time of Hysteria (1991)" (Love in the time of Hysteria). After the screenplay was written, the problem became how to get financial backing for the movie. I.M.C.I.N.E. (Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografia), which supports movies financially, had already decided which projects it would support that year, much to Alfonso's initial chagrin. However, the director of one of those already-chosen projects was unable to direct it, so his project was canceled, and "Sólo con tu pareja" took its place. Despite this being chosen, there was a lot of tension between Alfonso and the I.M.C.I.N.E. executives. Nevertheless, after the movie was finished, it was a huge success. In Toronto festival the films won many awards, and Alfonso started to be noticed by Hollywood producers. Sydney Pollack was the first one to invite him to shoot in Hollywood. He proposed a feature film to be directed by Alfonso, but the project didn't work and was canceled. Alfonso moved to Los Angeles without anything concrete, and stayed with some friends, as he had no money. Soon after that, Pollack called him again to direct an episode called "Murder, Obliquely (1993)" of the series "Fallen Angels (1993)", that was the first job he had in U.S., and also the first time he worked with Alan Rickman.
After a while, and no real directing jobs, Alfonso wanted to direct something as he needed money. He finally signed a contract with Warner Brothers to direct the film Addicted to Love (1995). However, one night, he read the screenplay for another film, A Little Princess (1995) and fell in love with it. He talked to Warner Brothers and after some meetings he gave up directing "Addicted to Love" in order to do "A Little Princess". Even thought it wasn't a great box office success, the film received two nominations for the Oscars, and won many other awards. After "A Little Princess" Alfonso developed a project with Richard Gere starring. The project was canceled, but Cuarón got an offer from Twentieth Century Fox to direct the modern adaptation of the Charles Dickens' classic Great Expectations (1998). He initially didn't want to direct it but the studio insisted, and in the end he accepted it. The experience was very painful and difficult for him mainly because there was never a definitive screenplay.
He then reunited with producer Jorge Vergara and founded both Anhelo Productions and Moonson Productions. Anhelo's first picture was also Alfonso's next film, the erotic road movie "And Your Mother Too (2001)", which was a huge success. During the promotion of the film in Venice, Alfonso met the cinema critic Annalisa Bugliani. They started dating and married that same year. "Children of Men (2006)" was to be Alfonso's next film, a futuristic, dystopian story. During the pre-production of the film, Warner Brothers invited Alfonso to direct the third Harry Potter film, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)", an offer which he accepted after some consideration. The film would prove to be the greatest box office success of his career.
In 2003, he had a daughter named Bu Cuaron, and in February 2005 another son, called Olmo Teodoro Cuarón. Alfonso Cuarón signed a three-year first-look deal with Warner Brothers, which allowed his films to be distributed world-wide. He directed one five-minute segment of the anthology film Paris, I Love You (2006) with Nick Nolte and Ludivine Sagnier. His next project, the futuristic film Children of Men (2006) with Clive Owen, Julianne Moore and Michael Caine premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2006 having been nominated for three Academy Awards. After his youngest son was diagnosed with autism and the divorce from Annalisa Bugliani he took a break from directing and settled in London where he plans to work on his next projects.
In 2013, Alfonso directed the space thriller Gravity (2013), which would go win 7 academy awards.
Alfonso is the only filmmaker to have ever won twice for a clean sweep for the awards, for "Gravity" and "Roma", for Best Director at the Oscars, Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and DGA Awards.- Writer
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Guillermo Arriaga was born on 13 March 1958 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is a writer and producer, known for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005), 21 Grams (2003) and Amores Perros (2000).- Director
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Luis Mandoki was born on 17 August 1954 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is a director and producer, known for Innocent Voices (2004), Angel Eyes (2001) and Trapped (2002).La vida precoz y breve de Sabina Rivas 2012, "Message in a Bottle" (Χαμένες Αγάπες) 1999 - MX- Producer
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Michel Franco was born on 28 August 1979 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is a producer and writer, known for New Order (2020), Chronic (2015) and After Lucia (2012).Chronic 2015 MX- Director
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Alejandro González Iñárritu (ih-nyar-ee-too), born August 15th, 1963, is a Mexican film director.
González Iñárritu is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and by the Directors Guild of America for Best Director. He is also the first Mexican-born director to have won the Prix de la mise en scene or best director award at Cannes (2006), the second one being Carlos Reygadas in 2012. His six feature films, 'Amores Perros' (2000), '21 Grams' (2003), 'Babel' (2006), 'Biutiful' (2010), 'Birdman' (2014) and 'The Revenant' (2015), have gained critical acclaim world-wide including two Academy Award nominations.
Alejandro González Iñárritu was born in Mexico City.
Crossing the Atlantic Ocean on a cargo ship at the ages of seventeen and nineteen years, González Iñárritu worked his way across Europe and Africa. He himself has noted that these early travels as a young man have had a great influence on him as a film-maker. The setting of his films have often been in the places he visited during this period.
After his travels, González Iñárritu returned to Mexico City and majored in communications at Universidad Iberoamericana. In 1984, he started his career as a radio host at the Mexican radio station WFM, a rock and eclectic music station. In 1988, he became the director of the station. Over the next five years, González Iñárritu spent his time interviewing rock stars, transmitting live concerts, and making WFM the number one radio station in Mexico. From 1987 to 1989, he composed music for six Mexican feature films. He has stated that he believes music has had a bigger influence on him as an artist than film itself.
In the nineties, González Iñárritu created Z films with Raul Olvera in Mexico. Under Z Films, he started writing, producing and directing short films and advertisements. Making the final transition into T.V Film directing, he studied under well-known Polish theatre director Ludwik Margules, as well as Judith Weston in Los Angeles.
In 1995, González Iñárritu wrote and directed his first T.V pilot for Z Films, called Detras del dinero, -"Behind the Money", starring Miguel Bosé. Z Films went on to be one of the biggest and strongest film production companies in Mexico, launching seven young directors in the feature film arena. In 1999, González Iñárritu directed his first feature film Amores perros, written by Guillermo Arriaga. Amores perros explored Mexican society in Mexico City told via three intertwining stories. In 2000, Amores perros premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and won the Critics Weeks Grand Prize. It also introduced audiences for the first time to Gael García Bernal. Amores perros went on to be nominated for Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards.
After the success of Amores Perros, González Iñárritu and Guillermo Arriaga revisited the intersecting story structure of Amores perros in González Iñárritu's second film, 21 Grams. The film starred Benicio del Toro, Naomi Watts and Sean Penn, and was presented at the Venice Film Festival, winning the Volpi Cup for actor Sean Penn. At the 2004 Academy Awards, Del Toro and Watts received nominations for their performances.
In 2005 González Iñárritu embarked on his third film, Babel, set in 4 countries on 3 continents, and in 4 different languages. Babel consists of four stories set in Morocco, Mexico, the United States, and Japan. The film stars Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Adriana Barraza. The majority of the rest of the cast, however, was made up of non-professional actors and some new actors, such as Rinko Kikuchi. It was presented at Cannes 2006, where González Iñárritu earned the Best Director Prize (Prix de la mise en scène). Babel was released in November 2006 and received seven nominations at the 79th Annual Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. González Iñárritu is the first Mexican director nominated for a DGA award and for an Academy Award. Babel went on to win Best Motion Picture in the drama category at the Golden Globe Awards on January 15, 2007. Gustavo Santaolalla won the Academy Award that year for Best Original Score. After Babel, Alejandro and his writing partner Guillermo Arriaga professionally parted ways, following González Iñárritu barring Arriaga from the set during filming (Arriaga told the LA Times in 2009 "It had to come to an end, but I still respect González Iñárritu").
In 2008 and 2009, González Iñárritu directed and produced Biutiful, starring Javier Bardem, written by González Iñárritu, Armando Bo, and Nicolas Giacobone. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festial on May 17, 2010. Bardem went on to win Best Actor (shared with Elio Germano for La nostra vita) at Cannes. Biutiful is González Iñárritu's first film in his native Spanish since his debut feature Amores perros. For the second time in his career his film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards. It was also nominated for the 2011 Golden Globes in the category of Best Foreign Film, for the 2011 BAFTA awards in the category of Best Film Not in the English Language and Best Actor. Javier Bardem's performance was also nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor.
In 2014, González Iñárritu directed Birdman, starring Michael Keaton, Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, Zach Galifianakis, and Andrea Riseborough. The film is Iñárritu's first comedy. Birdman is about an actor who played an iconic superhero, and who tries to revive his career by doing a play based on the Raymond Carver short story What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. The film was released on October 17, 2014.
In April 2014, it was announced that González Iñárritu's next film as a director will be The Revenant, which he co-wrote with Mark L. Smith. It is based on the novel of same name by Michael Punke. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy and Will Poulter with shooting began in September 2014, for a December 25, 2015 release.The Revenant is being filmed in Alberta and B.C. with production scheduled to wrap in February 2015. The film will be a 19th Century period piece, and is described as a "gritty thriller" about a fur trapper who seeks revenge against a group of men who robbed and abandoned him after he was mauled by a grizzly bear.
From 2001 to 2011, González Iñárritu directed several short films.
In 2001, he directed an 11 minute film segment for 11.09.01- which is composed of several short films that explore the effects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks from different points of view around the world.
In 2007, he made ANNA which screened at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival inside Chacun son cinéma. It was part of the 60th anniversary of the film festival and it was a series of shorts by 33 world-renown film directors.
In 2012, he made the experimental short film Naran Ja: One Act Orange Dance - inspired by L.A Dance Project's premiere performance. The short features excerpts of the new choreography Benjamin Millepied crafted for Moving Parts. The story takes place in a secluded, dusty space and centers around LADP dancer Julia Eichten.
In 2001/2002, González Iñárritu directed "Powder Keg", an episode for the BMW film series The Hire, starring Clive Owen as the driver.
In 2010, González Iñárritu directed Write the Future, a football-themed commercial for Nike ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which went on to win Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions advertising festival.
In 2012, he directed Procter and Gamble's "Best Job" commercial spot for the 2012 Olympic Ceremonies. It went on to win the Best Primetime Commercial Emmy at Creative Arts Emmy Awards.- Director
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Antonio Serrano was born on 17 May 1955 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. He is a director and cinematographer, known for Sexo, pudor y lágrimas (1999), Lucía, Lucía (2003) and Hidalgo. La historia jamás contada (2010).Lucia, Lucia MX- Director
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Film director graduated from CUEC UNAM, now ENAC. He has received the Ariel Award from the Mexican Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on several occasions, he was nominated in 2007 for the Camera d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival with his debut feature Blue Eyelids and won the Sundance Audience Award in 2017 for I Dream in Another Language. In 2021 he released Impossible Things, a film that quickly won over the Mexican public. His film Where the Tracks End was released in 2023 to great acclaim on Netflix.
Contreras has directed television series such as El Chapo, Pedal to the Metal and Belascoarán for Netflix, Before I Forget for HBO MAX and Falco for Amazon, which won the 2019 International Emmy Award. Tengo que morir todas las noches on Paramount+, a series that won Best Director at the SeriesMania festival in France, will soon be released, and he is in post-production of Para siempre, a Netflix original series, in both projects Contreras serves as showrunner.Sueño en otro idioma 2017 MX- Director
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Sebastian Hofmann is an award winning filmmaker whose films have been selected at the Rotterdam Tiger Awards, San Sebastian, Locarno, Fantastic Fest and Sundance, among other prestigious festivals. His latest feature film 'Tiempo Compartido' awarded him the jury prize for best screenwriting at Sundance and was named by Hollywood Reporter 'Talent to watch'. Tiempo Compartido was nominated to five Mexican Academy awards including Best Picture and Best Script winning two Ariel awards for acting. After a successful cinema run in Mexico it was later released as a Netflix Original Film worldwide.
Halley, his first feature film, has been selected to over 60 festivals and has won 15 international awards, including the Cinevision Award (Munich Film Festival), Noves Visions Award (Sitges Fantastic Film Festival), and Best Film at the London East End Film Festival. In 2013 Halley had a successful cinema run in Mexico and was sold to over 60 countries via the AMC/Sundance channel. Halley was co- produced by the well-established production company Mantarraya, responsible for the films of Carlos Reygadas and Amat Escalante. Sebastian has received twice the Hubert Bals Fund and once the prestigious Netherlands Film Fund.
In 2011 he established PIANO with producer Julio Chavezmontes as a platform for cutting edge cinematic work. In 2018 Piano had a feature film in the official competition section at Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, Toronto and Venice. In 2021 Piano will release 'Annette' by Leos Carax starring Adam Driver. 'Siberia' by Abel Ferrara starring Willem Dafoe and 'Memoria' by Apichatpong Weerasethakul starring Tilda Swinton.
Sebastian has a B.F.A. from the prestigious Pasadena Art Center College of Design. He studied a master class in screenwriting with Todd Solondz in 2006. He is represented by WME agency and managed by Grandview LA.Tiempo compartido 2020 MX