Alejandro Amenbar
| Alejandro Amenabar | |
| Birth | 31 March 1972 (1972-03-31) (age 38) Santiago, Chile  Chile |
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| Nationality |  Spanish |
| Occupation (s) | Director , screenwriter , producer |
| Notable Films | Tesis , Open your eyes , Others , Mar adentro |
| Website | (Es) alejandroamenabar.org |
Alejandro Amenabar is a director , screenwriter , writer , editor , actor , producer and composer Spanish born on 31 March 1972 in Santiago, Chile.
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Biography
He was born in Chile in 1972 of a mother Spanish , and a father of Chile. A year after his birth, his parents flee the country following the coup of Augusto Pinochet. He grew up in Madrid , where he enrolled at the Faculty of Science. But he abandoned his studies and devoted himself to his greatest passion: cinema. At age 19 he directed his first short film, La cabeza. In 1996 , his first feature film Tesis , who takes the world of snuff movies in the background, wins first major commercial success. The film caused a sensation at Berlin Film Festival where he opened the following year and won seven Goya Awards including those of Spanish cinema's best film , best "new director" and best original screenplay.
In 1997, he made eye opener , a science fiction film carried by a psychological intrigue. The work was hailed by international critics and several prizes at international festivals, including Berlin and Tokyo , Tom Cruise buys rights to adapt and produce a remake , Vanilla Sky , in which he plays the main role which allows Amenbar shooting his next film, a fantastic work produced by the American star and performed by his then-wife: Nicole Kidman. The Others (The Others and Los otros Spanish), Spanish-American coproduction, is a new global success.
In February 2004 he revealed his homosexuality in a Spanish magazine . In 2005, his film Mar adentro which tells the story of the sailor and writer quadriplegic Ramon Sampedro , received the Oscar for best foreign film after being crowned in Venice , the Golden Globes and Goya , where he received 14 awards (out of 15 nominations ).
In 2009 , he staged Agora , an epic movie based on the life of the Greek mathematician and philosopher Hypatia with Rachel Weisz in the lead role.
Filmography
Director
| Year | Title | Notes | Amenabar is | Awards |
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| 1992 | Himenptero | Short Film | Director, writer, composer, actor | |
| 1995 | Luna | Short Film | Director, writer, composer, actor | |
| 1996 | Tesis | Director, writer, composer, producer |
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| 1997 | Open your eyes (Abre los ojos) | Director, writer, composer, actor | ||
| 2001 | The Others (The Others) | Director, writer, composer, orchestrator |
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| 2004 | Mar adentro | Director, writer, composer, producer |
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| 2009 | Agora (Agora) | Director, screenwriter |
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No director
| Year | Title | Amenabar is |
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| 1994 | Al lado del Atlas of Guillermo Fernndez Groizard | Composer |
| 1999 | Nadie conoce a nadie of Mateo Gil | Composer, actor |
| 1999 | Language butterflies of Jos Luis Cuerda | Composer |
| 2001 | Vanilla Sky by Cameron Crowe | Scriptwriter |
| 2004 | El Soador of skar Santos Gmez | Contributor idea, producer |
Acknowledgements
Generics contain the following films thanks to Amenabar:
Bibliography
- Mara Asuncin Gmez and Santiago Juan-Navarro (trans. Vincenot Emmanuel and Elizabeth Navarro), Alejandro Amenbar, Filmmakers, coll. "Camera Incognita" (No. 1), Montreuil, 2002, 94 p. ( ISBN 2-9517957-0 - X ) Notes
- Pricelist gleaned by the film site Internet Movie Database
- Abre los ojos , Homecinema, 26/05/2002
- (es) Alejandro Amenbar: "No me import reconocer que soy gay" , Radio Cooperativa, 2004-08-31, accessed July 11, 2010.
External Links
- (Es) Website
- (En) / (en) Alejandro Amenabar on the Internet Movie Database - more complete version in English
- (En) Alejandro Amenabar on Screenrush
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