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Chilean director Raúl, or Raoul, Ruiz (1941-2011) was one of the most exciting and innovative filmmakers to emerge from 1960s World Cinema, providing more intellectual fun and artistic experimentation, shot for shot, than any filmmaker since Jean-Luc Godard. A guerrilla who uncompromisingly assaulted the preconceptions of film art, this frightfully prolific figure -he made over 100 films in 40 years- did not adhere to any one style of filmmaking. He worked in 35mm, 16mm and video, for theatrical release and for European TV, and on documentary and fiction features and shorts. His career began in avant-garde theatre where, between 1956 and 1962, he wrote over 100 plays. Although he never directed any of these productions, he did dabble in TV and filmmaking in the early 1960s. In 1968, with the release of his first completed feature, the Cassavetes-like Three Sad Tigers (1968), Ruiz became one of the key Chilean directors of New Latin American Cinema. A committed though critical supporter of the Marxist government of Salvador Allende, Ruiz was forced to flee his country after the fascist coup of 1973. Living in exile in Paris from that time onwards, he found a forum for his ideas in European TV and was championed by the critics of Cahiers du Cinéma, several of whom appeared in his first European successes, The Suspended Vocation (1978) and L'hypothèse du tableau volé (1978), two enigmatic Pierre Klossowski adaptations. Between 1980 and his death in 2011, Ruiz was one of the world's most productive but least known auteurs, in part through a long-term working relationship with Portuguese producer Paulo Branco. Other regular collaborators included Ruiz's wife and editor Valeria Sarmiento, composer Jorge Arriagada, cinematographers Sacha Vierny, Henri Alekan and Ricardo Aronovich, writers Gilbert Adair and Pascal Bonitzer, and actor Melvil Poupaud. Key early works from this period included the surrealistic masterpieces Three Crowns of the Sailor (1983), City of Pirates (1983) and Manuel on the Island of Wonders (1984), three of his many French-Portuguese co-productions perversely yet charmingly addressing the recurring Ruizian themes of childhood, exile, and maritime and rural folklore. In the 1990s, Ruiz embarked on larger projects with prominent actors such as John Hurt, Marcello Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert and John Malkovich, alternating this sporadic mainstream art-house endeavour with his usual low-budget experimental productions and the teaching of his Poetics of Cinema (two volumes of which he published in 1995 and 2007). In the 1990s and 2000s, he also shot several films and TV series' in Chile, though usually without Chilean funding. Ruiz is beloved among cinephiles as a poet of oneiric imagery and a fabulist of labyrinthine stories-within-stories whose films slip effortlessly from reality to imagination and back again. A manipulator of wild intellectual games in which the rules are forever changing, Ruiz's techniques were as varied as film itself; a collection of bizarre angles, close-ups and deep-focus compositions, bewildering POV shots, dazzling colours, and labyrinthine narratives which weave and dodge the viewer's grasp with every shot. As original as Ruiz was, one can tell much about him by the diversity of his influences; he was clearly inspired by Jorge Luis Borges, Robert Louis Stevenson, Orson Welles, "Left Bank" New Wave directors such as Chris Marker and Alain Resnais, and baroque low-budget Hollywood B-movie directors like Edgar G. Ulmer, Ford Beebe and Reginald Le Borg. His erudition also extended to medieval theology, Renaissance theatre and quantum physics. Ruiz remains a much-admired auteur on the European continent, having won prestigious prizes at Cannes, Berlin, San Sebastián, Locarno, Rome and Rotterdam. He is little-known in his native Chile, however, despite having made the widely seen Little White Dove (1992), receiving several major arts prizes and having a National Day of Mourning dedicated to him on the day of his burial there. In the English-speaking world, only a handful of Ruiz's films have been distributed and it is on these few films that his reputation there is built: most notably, major art-house fare such as the Ophüls- and Visconti-inspired Marcel Proust's Time Regained (1999) but also Comedy of Innocence (2000), Klimt (2006) and Mysteries of Lisbon (2011) and straight-to-video thriller pastiches like Shattered Image (1998) and Blind Revenge (2009). Little of his huge oeuvre is available on DVD. The works that are, however, bear witness to Ruiz's unique genius.- Writer
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Alejandro Jodorowsky was born in Tocopilla, Chile on February 17, 1929. In 1939 he moved to Santiago where he attended university, was a circus clown and a puppeteer. In 1953 he went to Paris and studied mime with Marcel Marceau. He worked with Maurice Chevalier there and made a short film, La cravate (1957). He also befriended the surrealists Roland Topor and Fernando Arrabal, and in 1962 these three created the "Panic Movement" in homage to the mythical god Pan. As part of this group Jodorowsky wrote several books and theatrical pieces. In the later 1960s he directed avant-garde theater in Paris and Mexico City, created the comic strip "Fabulas Panicas", and made his first "real" film, the surrealist love story Fando and Lis (1968), based on a play by Arrabal. In 1971, El Topo (1970) was released and became a cult classic, as did The Holy Mountain (1973). In 1975 he returned to France to begin work on a film that was never made: a colossal adaptation of Frank Herbert's "Dune", which was to star Orson Welles, Salvador Dalí and others, was to be scored by Pink Floyd, and which brought together the visionary talents of H.R. Giger, Dan O'Bannon, and 'Jean "Moebius' Giraud' (Giger and O'Bannon later collaborated on Alien (1979).) The project's financiers backed out, and "Dune" was eventually filmed by David Lynch. Jodorowsky's next film was 1979's Tusk (1980), a story of a young girl's friendship with an elephant, which quickly faded into obscurity. In the early 1980s he began working with Moebius and other artists on various comic strips, graphic novels and cartoons, and wrote several more books. He returned to film with 1989's Santa Sangre (1989), which was critically acclaimed and widely distributed. In 1990 he directed Omar Sharif and Peter O'Toole in the fantasy film The Rainbow Thief (1990). Throughout the 1990s he continued to produce cartoons with a variety of graphic artists and is reportedly to begin work on another film, the long-awaited "Sons Of El Topo", sometime in 2002 or 2003. Jodorowsky's wife Valerie and sons Brontis, Axel and Adan have all at times appeared in his films.- Director
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Patricio Guzmán was born on 11 August 1941 in Santiago, Chile. He is a director and writer, known for Nostalgia for the Light (2010), The Battle of Chile: Part I (1975) and The Southern Cross (1991).- Producer
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Pablo Larraín was born in Santiago, Chile. He is a director, writer and producer, known for Spencer (2021), Jackie (2016), El Club (2015), NO (2012), among others. Together with his brother Juan de Dios Larraín, they founded Fabula in 2004, one of the most prolific production companies in Latin America.- Director
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Born in 1974, Sebastián Lelio is one of the leading figures (along with Pablo Larraín, Andrés Wood and a few others) of the post-dictatorship Chilean cinema. After graduating from the "Escuela de Cine de Chile" in Santiago, Lelio started by making shorts (he made five from 1995 to 2003, as well as a documentary). From 2005 on, he directed four remarkable feature films, the first three very dark, the fourth one somewhat lighter, which all garnered awards in the festival circuit. The Sacred Family (2005) is kind of Chilean version of Pier Paolo Pasolini's Teorema (1968). It was followed by Navidad (2009), a drama of uncommon intensity focusing on three teenagers alienated from their families and The Year of the Tiger (2011), recounting the escape of an inmate during Chile's 2010 earthquake. Coming after this taught triptych, Gloria (2013) surprises by its peaceful tone. The amorous adventures of Gloria, a sixty-year-old office worker in Santiago, although not without tensions and bitterness, are less upsetting than what Lelio had filmed before. But whether dark or rosy, Lelio's cinema explores the Chilean society of today with the same acuteness.- Director
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Miguel Littin was born on 9 August 1942 in Palmilla, Colchagua, VI Region, Chile. He is a director and writer, known for La Última Luna (2005), Letters from Marusia (1975) and Jackal of Nahueltoro (1969). He has been married to Ely Menz since 1963. They have one child.- Director
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José Bohr was born on 3 September 1901 in Bonn, Germany. He was a director and producer, known for Luponini de Chicago (1935), Dreams of Love (1935) and Por mis pistolas (1938). He was married to Eva Limiñana. He died on 29 May 1994 in Oslo, Norway.- Producer
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Andrés Wood (1965, Chile). After studying economics at the University of Chile he left for New York, where he attended a film course. When he returned to Chile he made his first feature film 'Historias de fútbol' which was a box-office hit.- Director
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Silvio Caiozzi was born on 3 July 1944 in Santiago, Chile. He is a director and writer, known for Coronación (2000), Cachimba (2004) and La Luna en el Espejo (1990).- Director
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Helvio Soto was born on 21 February 1930 in Santiago, Chile. He was a director and writer, known for Erase un niño, un guerrillero, un caballo... (1967), El ABC del amor (1967) and Mundo mágico (1967). He died on 29 November 2001 in Santiago, Chile.- Director
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Aldo Francia was born on 30 August 1923 in Valparaíso, Chile. He was a director and writer, known for Ya no basta con rezar (1972), Valparaíso, mi amor (1969) and State of Siege (1972). He died in October 1996.- Director
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Patricio Kaulen was born on 8 April 1921 in Santiago, Chile. He was a director and writer, known for Largo viaje (1967), Encrucijada (1947) and La casa en que vivimos (1970). He died on 23 February 1999 in Santiago de Chile, Chile.- Editor
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Chilean writer-director and editor who studied philosophy and filmmaking at the University of Chile in the 1960s. Based in Paris since 1974, her documentaries and feature films tend to address Latin American gender politics but she is probably best known as the regular editor and collaborator of her late husband Raúl Ruiz (1941-2011) with whom she shared the Chilean Art Critics Circle's Bicentennial Award for cinema in 2010. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1988 and is often cited alongside Angelina Vázquez and Marilú Mallet as a key woman filmmaker of Chilean exile. A retrospective of her work as director was held at Stanford University in May 2008.- Director
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Gonzalo Justiniano was born on 20 December 1955 in Santiago de Chile, Chile. He is a director and writer, known for B-Happy (2003), Have You Seen Lupita? (2011) and Amnesia (1994).- Writer
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Born in Chillán, Chile in 1912, Davison worked in Hollywood as a comic actor in Spanish-language films for MGM (Así es la vida (1930) and La fuerza del querer (1930)) before MGM suspended production. He made his directorial debut in Argentina in 1937. He subsequently worked in Mexico and Spain, directing comedies such as El baño de Afrodita (1949) and sentimental dramas such as May God Forgive Me (1948), Un cuerpo de mujer (1949), Negro es mi color (1951) and Cabo de Hornos (1956).- Actor
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Pedro Sienna was born on 13 May 1893 in San Fernando, Colchagua, VI Region, Chile. He was an actor and director, known for El húsar de la muerte (1925), La última trasnochada (1925) and El hombre de acero (1917). He died on 10 March 1972 in Santiago, Chile.- Director
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He was the eighth son of Alfredo Delano and Emma Frederick. Born in Santiago, Chile, in 1909 he joined the Naval School but remained there for only one year, after purposely fracturing his nose in order to get out.
In 1911 Jorge Delano was accepted into the "Instituto Nacional", the most prestigious school in Chile. In 1913, he commenced his studies of painting at the "Escuela de Bellas Artes" with Fernando Alvarez Sotomayor. In the same year, Delano wrote and filmed his first movie, "El Billete de Loteria" (he also acted in the movie, but under a pseudonym, in order to hide the fact that he had skipped class several times in order to film).
Coke began his professional career as a caricaturist in the "Diario Ilustrado", which became an opposition paper to the government of Arturo Alessandri Palma. Then he worked in the newspaper "La Nacion" until 1931, where he created one of his most important caricatures, "Juan Verdejo Larrain".
In 1929, he went to California, USA, with a scholarship given by the chilean government, to study sound cinematography techniques. He never received the scholarship money, so he supported his family by making art exhibits and acting as an extra.
He later returned to Chile, whee he filmed "La Calle del Ensueno" and then "Norte y Sur", the first movie with sound in South America.
In 1942, Delano hosted Walt Disney's visit to Chile, with whom he developed a close friendship. In the short "Saludos Amigos" by Walt Disney, "Pedrito" the plane carries a letter from Mendoza (Argentina) to Santiago, and the recipient is Jorge Delano.
In 1931, he founded along with Joaquin Blaya and Jorge Sanhueza, the political satire magazine, "Topaze", which was very well received by the public.
In 1964, he was given the National Prize fro Journalism. He published three books: "Yo Soy Tu", "Botica de Turnio y Kundalini", and "El Caballo Fatidico". He also portrayed Pedro Aguirre Cerda, Arturo Alessandri Palma, Carlos Balmaceda Saavedra, and Luis Barros Borgono.- Editor
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Pedro Chaskel was born on 2 August 1932 in Berlin, Germany. He was an editor and director, known for Venceremos (1970), Érase una vez (1966) and Colono en tierra de fuego (1999). He was married to Fedora Robles. He died on 20 February 2024 in Chile.- Producer
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Ricardo Larraín was born on 27 April 1957 in Santiago de Chile, Chile. He was a producer and director, known for La Frontera (1991), Pasos de baile (1997) and El entusiasmo (1998). He died on 21 March 2016 in Chile.- Director
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Alicia Scherson was born in 1974 in Santiago, Chile. She is a director and writer, known for Play (2005), Tourists (2009) and Il Futuro (2013).- Director
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Rolando Klein was born on 16 July 1942 in Santiago, Chile. He is a director and writer, known for Chac (1975).- Writer
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Naum Kramarenco was born on 19 March 1923 in Valparaiso, Chile. He was a writer and director, known for Regreso al silencio (1967), Deja que los perros ladren (1961) and Prohibido pisar las nubes (1970). He died on 3 October 2013 in Santiago, Chile.- Director
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Álvaro J. Covacevich is known for La revolución de las flores (1968), Morir un poco (1966) and Chile, el gran desafío (1973).- Director
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Matías Bize was born on 9 August 1979 in Santiago, Metropolitan Region, Chile. He is a director and writer, known for The Memory of Water (2015), About Crying (2006) and The Life of Fish (2010). He has been married to Constanza Varela since 25 August 2022.- Director
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Armando Parot is known for Petróleo chileno (1955).- Director
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Rafael Sánchez is known for El cuerpo y la sangre (1962), Las Callampas (1958) and Chile paralelo 56 (1964).- Director
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José Luis Sepúlveda is known for Crónica de un comité (2014), El pejesapo (2007) and Harley Queen (2019).- Writer
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Cristián Sánchez was born on 19 June 1951 in San Bernardo, Maipo, Metropolitan Region, Chile. He is a writer and director, known for La Promesa del Retorno (2020), Date una Vuelta en el Aire (2020) and El zapato chino (1979).- Director
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Documentary filmmaker, educator and activist pioneer of the new Chilean cinema which emerged in the Sixties. In addition to making many critical realist documentaries about Chilean culture and politics, he was founder and director of the Experimental Cinema section of the University of Chile and an inspiration and colleague to a generation of filmmakers. He and fellow documentarist Pedro Chaskel were awarded the Pablo Neruda Order of Merit in 2005.- Actor
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Carlos Flores del Pino was born in Talcahuano, Concepción, Chile in 1944. He is an actor, director, writer and professor. Has worked with films, documentaries and advertising. He arrived in Santiago in the 60s where he studied theater and cinema at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, later studied art at the Universidad de Chile. Started his career in 1969 working at the "Tercer Mundo" Production Company with Guillermo Cahn. Since 2014 he is director of the Festival de Cine Documental de Santiago, FIDOCS.- Actor
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Ignacio Agüero was born on 7 March 1952 in Santiago de Chile. He is an actor and director, known for One Hundred Children Waiting for a Train (1988), Sueños de hielo (1994) and I Never Climbed the Provincia (2019).- Director
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Claudio Di Girolamo was born on 31 October 1929 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for Dos mujeres en la ciudad (1990), El 18 de los García (1983) and Sexto A 1965 (1985).- Art Director
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Was married to Anna Maria Alberghetti, the opera and musical theater star and pitchwoman for Good Seasons salad dressing.
Has 2 daughters with Alberghetti. His second daughter is Pilar Guzman (age 34, born 1972), a food critic & lifestyle& home/garden columnist for the New York Times. Pilar graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree is English & Italian.- Director
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Charles Elsesser is known for Los testigos (1971), La sal del desierto (1972) and Don Camilo (1969).- Director
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Eugenio de Liguoro was born on 15 March 1899 in Naples, Italy. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Entre gallos y medianoche (1940), Sueña, mi amor (1946) and Ramayan (1922). He died on 30 June 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Director
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Alejandro Fernández Almendras is known for To Kill a Man (2014), Huacho (2009) and Much Ado About Nothing (2016).- Writer
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Cristián Jiménez was born in 1975 in Valdivia, Chile. He is a writer and director, known for Bonsái (2011), Family Life (2017) and El tesoro de los caracoles (2004).- Director
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José Luis Torres Leiva was born in 1975 in Chile. José Luis is a director and editor, known for El cielo, la tierra, y la lluvia (2008), El tiempo que se queda (2007) and Death Will Come and Shall Have Your Eyes (2019).- Director
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Fernando Balmaceda is known for Bienvenidos a Chile (1958), Colonización en Chile (1958) and Carbón (1965).- Writer
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Sebastián Silva was born on 9 April 1979 in Santiago, Metropolitan Region, Chile. He is a writer and director, known for Tyrel (2018), The Maid (2009) and Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus (2013).- Cinematographer
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Juan Carlos Bustamante is known for Historias de lagartos (1989), El vecino (2000) and La isla (1984).- Director
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Andrés Racz was born in 1948. He was a producer and director, known for Tendida mirando las estrellas (2004), Dulce patria (1984) and No me amenaces (1990). He died on 21 February 2011.- Writer
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Alberto Fuguet was born on 25 March 1964 in Santiago, Metropolitan Region, Chile. He is a writer and producer, known for For Rent (2005), Always Say Yes (2019) and Locaciones: Buscando a Rusty James (2013).- Director
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Andrés Waissbluth was born in 1973. He is a director and writer, known for Los debutantes (2003), 199 Tips to Be Happy (2008) and Un caballo llamado Elefante (2016).- Writer
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Antonio Skármeta was born in 1940 in Antofagasta, Chile. He is a writer and actor, known for Ardiente paciencia (1983), The Postman (1994) and No (2012).- Director
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He studies Architecture and Cinema and has made documentaries: Los puños frente al cañon, Residencia en la Tierra, Chile: donde comienza el dolor, Isabel Allende and the films of fiction Der Übergang (El Paso) and Die Kolonie (La Colonia). Educational of Latin American Cinema in the University Free of Berlin. Professor of Theory and Documental Realization of the International School of Cinema in San Antonio of the Bathrooms, Cuba. In 1995 he returns to Chile after a long exile. In 1997 their script la mirada desde el ciroc is selected for the Market of Projects of the Festival of Mannheim in Germany. In 1999 the documental Chile: la gerida abierta sobre el caso pinochet and writes La llama de dos cabezas infantil miniserie. In the 2000 he directs _Taxi para 3 (2001)_ that wins the Shell of Gold in the Festival of Cinema of San Sebastián 2001.- Producer
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Daniel de la Vega is known for Takilleitor (1998), País de octubre (1990) and Have You Seen Lupita? (2011).- Director
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Claudio Sapiaín was born on 5 February 1948 in Santiago de Chile, Chile. He was a director and writer, known for El hombre que imaginaba (1998), Eran unos que venían de Chile (1987) and Una vez más, mi país (1990). He died on 19 August 2010 in Puerto Varas, Chile.- Director
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Sebastián Alarcón was born on 14 January 1949 in Valparaiso, Chile. He was a director and writer, known for Noch nad Chili (1977), El fotógrafo (2002) and The Oppositionist (2019). He was married to Svetlana Kochetova and Vitalyevna Yakovleva. He died on 30 June 2019.- Director
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Sergio M. Castilla is known for Gringuito (1998), The Girl in the Watermelon (1994) and Te amo (made in Chile) (2001).- Director
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Born in 1957 in Concepción (Chile). In the late 70s she moved to Madrid to study Image Sciences at the Universidad Complutense, shortly afterwards obtaining Spanish nationality. In 1983, she started working in cinema and, having made several documentaries and art videos, set up home in 1994 in New York, where she directed her first feature film, Time's Up!, premiered at the Donostia-San Sebastián Film Festival in 2000 as part of Zabaltegi and with which she won several international awards.
Concerned about the world and curious to learn about other realities, Cecilia Barriga has lived in Chile, Madrid, New York and Havana. In fact, travelling is a constant part of her work, which encompasses several genres. Her most important documentaries for the prizes they have won are La herida de mi ojo (1994), shot in Cuba, Pekin no fue un sueño (1995), shot in China, El camino de Moisés (2004), shot in Spain, and Ni locas ni terroristas (2005), presented at the Donostia-San Sebastián Festival as part of the Rebels and Untamed retrospective. One of her more outstanding experimental and videoart productions is Meeting Two Queens, a cult work taken to several contemporary art museums throughout the world. She is currently working on her second feature film, El viento que regresa, and on the documentary Asia donde vienes... Hacia donde voy...- Director
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Rodrigo Sepúlveda is known for Aurora (2014), My Tender Matador (2020) and Así es esta historia (1998).- Director
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Director, screenwriter and producer of feature films and series in Chile, Germany and the U.S. Gustavo came to fame with his gritty, critically acclaimed thriller Johnny 100 Pesos which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 1994, screened at TIFF that same year, and received numerous awards and rave reviews across the world. It was released theatrically in the United States and went on to become an international hit in Latin America, Europe and Asia. The film was the Chilean submission to the "Best Foreign Language Film" category at the 1994 Academy Awards, the Oscar; as well as the Chilean submission for the Spanish Goya. Gustavo started his film career in Germany writing and directing the English language picture The voice, starring Jon Finch, Suzanna Hamilton, Ian Dury Uwe Ochsenknecht, Richy Müller. He went on to direct the theatrically released and HBO Premiere action thriller Diplomatic Siege starring Darryl Hannah, Tom Berenger and Peter Weller; and the USA Network Premiere Instinct to kill, a thriller starring Marc Dacascos based in the best-selling novel The perfect husband, by Lisa Gardner. He wins the prestigious Altazor award for his TV movies Balmaceda, and Prat reaches record audience in Chile. Directs and produces the 10 episodes series Cobre, winner of the prestigious Chilean CNTV financing award. President of the Jury at the Latin American Cinema Award at the Sundance Film Festival 1999; and in 2018 he is a member of the Jury of the Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival. His feature film Johnny 100 Pesos - 20 Years and A Day Later, a sequel to his successful 1993 "Johnny 100 Pesos", was theatrically released in Chile in 2017 and sold around the world since 2018. In 2023 he directs, writes, and produces his latest feature film, the drama El Vacío /The Emptiness.- Director
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Pepe Maldonado is known for Hay algo allá afuera (1990), Buscando a la señorita Hyde (2003) and Ghosts.- Producer
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Mariano Andrade was born on 31 October 1955 in Vina del Mar, Chile. He is a producer and director, known for Valparaíso (1994), Antonia (2001) and Rojo Intenso (2006).- Director
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Alejo Álvarez was born in 1917 in Chile. He was a director and actor, known for Cómo aman los chilenos (1984), Tierra quemada (1968) and La hechizada (1950). He died on 3 February 2002.- Director
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Luis R. Vera Director, producer, writer and professor of ommunications. As a consequence of the military blow, he is forced to abandon the country and he takes refuge in Peru and then in Rumania where the Máster obtains an Address of Cinema and Television for the University of Bucarest. Forbidden of entering in Chile, he begins their third exile in Sweden in 1979. From 1980 he has written, directed and produced 38 film shorts for Cinema and TV. Among the films, An Accomplished Fact (1986), Consuelo (1988) and Miss Ameriguá (1994) stand out. Bastardos en el paraíso (2000) has been included in the Official Selection of such cinema festivals as Montreal, Chicago, Mar de Plata , New Delhi and Sao Paulo.- Director
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Arnaldo Valsecchi was born on 3 November 1940 in Bergamo, Italy. He is a director and writer, known for La rubia de Kennedy (1995), Calzones Rotos (2018) and Heredia & asociados (2005).- Production Manager
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Leo Kocking was born on 18 January 1951 in Santiago, Chile. Leo is a production manager and cinematographer, known for Miss Bolero (1994), La estación del regreso (1988) and The Secret of the Ice Cave (1989).- Director
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Pablo Perelman is known for Archipiélago (1992), A Painting Lesson (2011) and Imagen latente (1987).- Director
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Ricardo Carrasco was born on 28 April 1960 in Santiago de Chile. He is a director and cinematographer, known for Negocio Redondo (2001), Family Holiday (2014) and The Mask of Bauta (2012).- Director
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Cristián Galaz, born in Santiago de Chile 1958. Studied philosophy at the University of Chile for 4 years. In 1986 accredited Journalist at the Catholic University of Chile. Since 1986 he participates in TV analizis as general editor and documentary filmmaker with more than 50 journalistic and documentary productions. In 1990 he was one of the founders of the Film and TV producer New Image. Work in the area of Video Clip with prominent musicians and bands such as "the Prisoners" ( Jorge González) "La Ley, Inti-Illimani, La Sociedad, Illapu, Carlos Cabezas and the Spanish duo Ella Fitzgerald. He received two nominations for the MTV Awards in 1989 by train south, the musical group The Prisoners and 1996: The Duel, the musical group The Law In 1991 he founded Zebra Productions, aimed at the realization of Advertising Film directing to date more than 200 commercials. It is during 1993 that directs and co-produces its short film "There is a man on the moon". In 1999 filmed and premiered "The Chacotero Sentimental" (sentimental teaser), The Movie, tell stories based on anonymous calls from listener to a radio program. 2000 he founded and edits the journal Magazine "The End film", he was director for two years until its closure. 1999, he joined forces with other filmmakers to create a new Multi gremial Media Platform for the benefit of new upcoming filmmakers bringing together all organizations related to cinema and audiovisual in Chile, primarily to advance the creation of legislation to promote the national film development. He chairs the organization for three years. Currently develops her professional work as a writer and Film director.- Director
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Boris Quercia is known for Sex with Love (2003), Los 80 (2008) and L.S.D. (2000). He was previously married to Carmen Gloria Sota.- Director
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Jorge Olguín is a pioneering filmmaker in the fantasy genre in Chile, a graduate of the Film School at the University of Arts and Social Sciences, ARCIS. In 2000, while still a film student, he directed his first movie, "Ángel negro", with a budget of $25,000. The film was a success in theaters and was later acquired by HBO. His second feature film, "Sangre eterna" (2002), received international acclaim for its special effects and continues to be one of the genre's biggest successes in Chile. He then directed and co-produced "Caleuche, the call of the sea" (2012), co-produced by Miravista Brasil (Disney), followed by the release of the first Chilean feature film shot in 3D, "Gritos del bosque" (2014). In 2017, he directed and produced the animated horror series for children "Cuenta la leyenda," which has become a phenomenon on YouTube with episodes garnering over 50 million views. In 2019, he directed and produced "La casa", a horror feature film that premiered at the Mar del Plata Film Festival and in Chilean theaters. It was acquired by the American company Epic Pictures. He recently released his new feature film "Análogos", a science fiction drama starring senior citizens, which has received awards at international festivals and was released in Chilean theaters in January 2024, earning praise from critics and specialized media.- Producer
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Patricio Valladares (Chilean, born 17 July 1982) is a Chilean director, screenwriter, editor and producer. Known for his work in genre cinema Valladares has directed numerous features throughout the years. In 2011, he directed the "En las Afueras DE la Ciudad" (Hidden in the Woods). Based a true story, the film made its world appearance at Fantasia Film Festival before touring the globe with appearances at London's "Film 4 FrightFest" and Belgium's "Razor Reel" among others. Epic Pictures Group is currently handling sales and distribution. This film caught the attention actor Michael Biehn who would later produce the English language remake through his production company. WTFilms is handling worldwide sales, with the movie set for a release in 2016 in numerous territories.
In 2014 Patricio directed "Toro Loco: Sangriento" a Chilean action, dark comedy flick shot entirely in Spanish. The world premiere was held at Morbido Film Fest at Mexico. Event Film is currently handling sales and distribution.
In 2015 he shot three features in English, all of which are currently in post production. These are: Downhill (shot in Chile), an experimental horror/thriller. WTFilms serves as worldwide sales agent.
The Ghosts of Garip, part horror, part found footage shot in location in Istanbul, Turkey. Moonrise Pictures is the sales agent. Lastly, he directed Fade in Bulgaria Nightmare with On Elm Street star, Robert Englund. These three features were produced by Loris Curci and written by Barry Keating.- Writer
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At age 19, López wrote and directed his first feature film: 'Promedio Rojo,' a teen comedy that Quentin Tarantino called, "The funniest movie of the year." 'Promedio Rojo' was a box-office smash in Chile and it was selected in Tokyo, SXSW, LA Film Festival. López's second feature, the sci-fi comedy 'Santos' (2008) was produced by Telecinco Cinema ('Pan's Labyrinth', 'The Orphanage') and praised by Alejandro Jodorowsky. Santos won the Special Jury Prize at Fantastic Fest. He wrote and directed the highest grossing Chilean film of 2010: Que Pena tu vida (SXSW 2011), the romantic comedy inspired a successful trilogy: Que pena tu boda (2011), and Que pena tu familia (2012). 'Aftershock' (2013) was López's first English language film, produced by his company Sobras Int. and starring Eli Roth. The movie made it's debut at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and was released by Dimension Films. López produced and co-wrote Eli Roth's 'The Green Inferno" (2013) and the Sundance selected Knock Knock (2014), starring Keanu Reeves and directed by Eli Roth. In 2013 he produced the vampire thriller: 'The Stranger', directed by his co-writer Guillermo Amoedo (Fantastic Fest 13) In 2013, he directed and wrote: 'Mis Peores Amigos', sequel to his first film 'Promedio Rojo'. He co-wrote, produced and presented the highest grossing chilean film of 2014, 'Fuerzas Especiales'. In 2016, he directed and wrote the smash hit comedy 'Sin Filtro', that's actually being remade in 11 countries including China, Mexico and India. In 2017 he will release two comedies directed by him: 'Hazlo como hombre' and 'No estoy loca'. He also created the label Purgatorio with his production partner Miguel Asensio Llamas to produce genre films with Latin elements, 'Madre', directed by Aaron Burns is the first one.- Director
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The term "Latin American action cinema" may sound contradictory to many, even almost utopian; or at least that is how it seemed until the arrival of Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, who since his first film, "Kiltro", and throughout an extensive filmography, has given a fair place to genre cinema in our region. His cinema draws from many sources: martial arts, superheroes in "Mirageman", or exploitation flicks in "Mandrill" or "Bring me the Head of the Machine Gun Woman". But these films go beyond mere tribute; They are also due to the characteristics and idiosyncrasies of his country. A reinterpretation of certain elements closer to the Latin American feeling. This is how Díaz Espinoza's universe - one of cool criminals, fierce fighters, and women at arms - becomes one that operates under his own rules, a genre on its own. A talent worth discovering under a flurry of kicks and punches or a hail of bullets.- Director
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Alex Bowen was born in 1967 in Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, V Region, Chile. He is a producer and director, known for Mi mejor enemigo (2005), Esa No Soy Yo (2015) and Campo minado, nadie vuelve intacto (2000).- Director
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Documentary filmmaker, scriptwriter and producer born in 1964 in Santiago, Chile. In 2000, he founded alongside Daniela Bunster The Documentary Production Company "Surreal Películas de la Realidad". He has directed and produced independent documentaries like The Desert Train (1995), Nema problema (2001), Ultraman (2004) and Kawase-san (2010), among others, all presented and awarded at major Chilean and international festivals such as FIDMarseille, IDFA, It's All True, DocumentaMadrid and Miami, among others. Leighton has created and directed 10 series and has filmed in more than 40 countries around the world. In April 2005, the VII Buenos Aires Independent Cinema Festival of Argentina (BAFICI), made a tribute and a retrospective about his audiovisual work. In Chile he has received the Altazor Prize for the Arts as 'Best Television Director in six opportunities. In 2007, the Chilean Senate awarded him with the "Medal of Honor" for his work in television, and in 2010 the Circle of Art Critics gave him the "Bicentennial Award" for his outstanding career.- Writer
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León Errázuriz was born in 1968 in Chile. He is a writer and director, known for Mala Leche (2004), Huaiquimán y Tolosa (2006) and The Goatherd (2009).- Director
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Rodrigo Ortuzar Lynch was born on 17 September 1960 in Santiago, Chile. He is a director and producer, known for El Principe Rojo (2023), Los 33 and Mujeres Infieles (2004).- Producer
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Francisca Schweitzer is known for Paréntesis (2005) and Las niñas (2007).- Director
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Gonzalo Lira was born on 29 February 1968 in Burbank, California, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Secuestro (2005), Soldier of Fortune (2000) and The Ralph Retort Killstream Postmortem (2018). He died on 12 January 2024 in Ukraine.- Cinematographer
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Percy Matas was born on 17 September 1940. He is a director and producer, known for Les transplantés (1975), Cortázar, Capital Rayuela (1985) and Diálogos de exiliados (1975).- Director
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Marcela Said is a Franco-Chilean director and screenwriter. She studied Philosophy of Art in Chile and also has a Master's degree in Media and Languages from the University of La Sorbonne. After four political documentary films, including El Mocito, which was screened at the Berlinale Forum in 2011, she directed her first feature film "The Summer of Flying Fish", premiered at the Directors' Fortnight in 2013. Los Perros, her second feature film, is selected for the Cannes Critics' Week in 2017. Los Perros has won many prizes, including "Horizontes Latinos" in San Sebastian, the Jury Prize in Biarritz, Best Film in Calcutta, Best Screenplay in Cairo, and was running for the Best Latino American Movie GOYA prize.- Director
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Carmen Luz Parot is known for Estadio Nacional (2003), El derecho de vivir en paz (1999) and This Is Cristina (2019).- Director
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Angelina Vázquez is known for Presencia lejana (1982), Fragmentos de un diario inacabado (1983) and Mami (2014).- Director
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Elena Varela López is known for Newen Mapuche, la fuerza de la gente de la tierra (2011) and Resistencia Film Fest (2011).- Director
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Carmen Castillo is known for Calle Santa Fe (2007), La flaca Alejandra (1994) and La embajada (2019). She was previously married to Pierre Devert.- Director
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Marilú Mallet was born in 1944 in Santiago, Chile. She is a director and writer, known for La cueca sola (2003), Il n'y a pas d'oubli (1975) and Chers Nonagénaires (2009).- Producer
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Since its beginnings, the documentary work of the duo Bettina Perut and Iván Osnovikoff has stood out for the risk and creativity of its themes, treatments and points of view. With eight feature films to their credit, their poetic journey is full of turning points and mutations that have accompanied the technological and cultural transformations of their time, challenging the most stable and conservative premises of what is understood as documentary cinema. Their work has gone from a very physical and gestural first register linked to the lightening of the cameras and the voyeuristic impulse, present in films such as "CHI-CHICHI LE-LE-LE MARTÍN VARGAS DE CHILE" (2000) or "UN HOMBRE APARTE", which in turn emphasized the performative dimension of their protagonists (the boxer Martín Vargas in the former, and a fantasy manager in the latter); towards a visual stylization that began with the exercise of inverted ethnography "WELCOME TO NEW YORK" (2006), found a hinge in the ethical exploration of the field (and its limit) in "NOTICIAS" (2009), and reaches a climax in "SURIRE" (2015), a documentary about a salt flat in the altiplano where landscape, nature, animals and humans, are observed from a gaze that combines the sensory with materiality. Rather than conclusions, Perut + Osnovikoff's documentaries raise questions, interrogate the limits and common senses. This is the case, for example, of their two entries on social memory, on the one hand "EL ASTUTO MONO PINOCHET CONTRA LA MONEDA DE LOS CERDOS" (2004), where groups of schoolchildren represent the military coup through improvised acting, combining play and parody, telling us about a conflictive present that inhabits the bodies, an issue that they emphasized even more in "LA MUERTE DE PINOCHET" (2011), a "social fresco" around the day of Pinochet's death. Although their work has been discussed and even marginalized from some circuits, his proposal has done nothing but grow and open to new avenues, understanding documentary film as both a plastic and social exploration.- Director
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Since its beginnings, the documentary work of the duo Bettina Perut and Iván Osnovikoff has stood out for the risk and creativity of its themes, treatments and points of view. With eight feature films to their credit, their poetic journey is full of turning points and mutations that have accompanied the technological and cultural transformations of their time, challenging the most stable and conservative premises of what is understood as documentary cinema.
Their work has gone from a very physical and gestural first register linked to the lightening of the cameras and the voyeuristic impulse, present in films such as "CHI-CHICHI LE-LE-LE MARTÍN VARGAS DE CHILE" (2000) or "UN HOMBRE APARTE", which in turn emphasized the performative dimension of their protagonists (the boxer Martín Vargas in the former, and a fantasy manager in the latter); towards a visual stylization that began with the exercise of inverted ethnography "WELCOME TO NEW YORK" (2006), found a hinge in the ethical exploration of the field (and its limit) in "NOTICIAS" (2009), and reaches a climax in "SURIRE" (2015), a documentary about a salt flat in the altiplano where landscape, nature, animals and humans, are observed from a gaze that combines the sensory with materiality.
Rather than conclusions, Perut + Osnovikoff's documentaries raise questions, interrogate the limits and common senses. This is the case, for example, of their two entries on social memory, on the one hand "EL ASTUTO MONO PINOCHET CONTRA LA MONEDA DE LOS CERDOS" (2004), where groups of schoolchildren represent the military coup through improvised acting, combining play and parody, telling us about a conflictive present that inhabits the bodies, an issue that they emphasized even more in "LA MUERTE DE PINOCHET" (2011), a "social fresco" around the day of Pinochet's death.
Although their work has been discussed and even marginalized from some circuits, his proposal has done nothing but grow and open to new avenues, understanding documentary film as both a plastic and social exploration.- Director
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Niles Atallah was born in 1978 in the USA. He is a director and cinematographer, known for Rey (2017), Lucía (2010) and Vitanuova (2023).- Director
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Marialy Rivas is a Chilean director. Her work includes two feature films, "Joven y Alocada" and "Princesita," three short films, "Blokes," "Melody," and "Desde Siempre," commercials, music videos, and several episodes for TV shows such as HBO's "Perry Mason" and BBC's "The Jetty."
Her work has been selected in festivals worldwide, including Cannes, Sundance, Berlinale, Toronto International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, San Sebastian, Stockholm Film Festival, Havana, and Bafici.
She has received several awards, such as Best Screenplay in the International Competition at Sundance 2012, Maguey Award at San Sebastian 2012, and Best Vanguard Film at Bafici for "Joven y Alocada"; Best Short Film at San Francisco Film Festival and Miami Film Festival for "Blokes" and Best Film at Raindance for Princesita among others.
She has also directed more than 500 advertising campaigns, including President Michelle Bachelet's presidential campaign in 2005. That same year, she was elected "Best Advertising Director" in the Ojo de Iberoamerica.
Marialy Rivas is a Sundance Alumni; she has attended two of its prestigious and exclusive programs: Screenwriters Lab in 2012 and Sundance Music and Sound Design Lab at Skywalker Sound in 2015.
She obtained international funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, awarded by Sundance, to make her short film "Melody." NYTimes then selected this short film for their online series Opdocs. She has also won several grants from the Chilean government to produce and shoot her movies ("Blokes," "Joven y Alocada," and "Princesita"). Marialy's films have been produced by Fábula, a production company led by Pablo and Juan de Dios Larraín, renowned Latin American producers, winners of the Oscar for Best Foreign Film with "Una Mujer Fantástica."- Actor
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Adelqui Migliar was born on 5 August 1891 in Concepción City, Concepción, Biobío, Chile. He was an actor and director, known for Ambición (1939), The Inseparables (1929) and The Apache (1925). He died on 6 August 1956 in Santiago, Chile.- Writer
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Edgardo Viereck is known for Mi Famosa Desconocida (2000), Schop Sui (2010) and Gente decente (2004).- Producer
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Dominga Sotomayor was born in 1986 in Chile. She is a producer and director, known for Too Late to Die Young (2018), Thursday Till Sunday (2012) and Correspondence (2020).- Actor
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Born Luis Vitalino Grandón Toledo in Concepción, Chile. In 1984, he moved to Stockholm, Sweden and studied Video Production in the ABF Institute in Stockholm, then he established Toledo Productions, making family documentaries to the Chilean colony and working as cameraman in MariaNorr Clinic south of Stockholm. Luis is not a professional actor, has started at 50 worked in some Chilean and international productions. "For me two minutes on the screen, make me feel like Al Pacino, I love movies".
As a teen, parents Margarita and Luis take him to the movies to see the classics. He has a younger brother Ricardo and sisters Alejandra and Elizabeth. Married with journalist Alejandra Gutierrez, have a daughter Catalina Grandón Gutierrez. Luis is known for being a truly fan of British author Ian Fleming and his character James Bond and his love for the Chilean cinematography.- Actor
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Juan Pérez Berrocal was born on 25 May 1898 in Malaga, Spain. He was an actor and director, known for Una canción de amor (1930), Canta y no llores, corazón (1925) and Verguenza (1928). He died on 31 January 1988 in Santiago, Chile.- Director
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Born Gabriela Teresa Bussenius Vega (1887-1975) was a writer, screenwriter, editor and film director. His father Luis Bussenius was a german engineer and his mother Teresa Vega was chilean. Married Salvador Giambastiani one of the pionners of cinema in Chile had 2 children. She was the first woman to direct a silent film in Chile La agonía de Arauco (1917) that was released on April 26, 1917 at the Unión Central theater and Alhambra cinema. After the death of her husband in 1929 she does not direct again. Gabriela Bussenius died in a forgotten nursing home in 1975.- Director
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Alberto Santana was born in 1897 in Iquique, Tarapacá, Chile. He was a director and writer, known for Bajo la cruz del sur (1947), Yo perdí mi corazón en Lima (1933) and Corazón de huaso (1923). He died on 13 January 1966 in Santiago, Chile.- Director
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Juan Pablo Ternicier is known for 03:34 Terremoto en Chile (2011), Sapo (2018) and Fuck the Police (2021). He was previously married to Loreto Aravena.- Director
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Christian Barbe is known for Pequeña paloma blanca (2003), I'm Authentic (2005) and Tribulation (2007).- Director
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Marco Enríquez-Ominami was born on 12 June 1973 in Santiago, Metropolitan Region, Chile. He is a director and writer, known for Bienvenida Casandra (1996), La vida es una lotería (2002) and Chile, los héroes están fatigados (2002). He has been married to Karen Doggenweiler since 7 December 2003. They have one child.- Cinematographer
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Sebastián Moreno is known for The City of Photographers (2006), Sergio Larrain, el instante eterno (2022) and Habeas Corpus (2015).