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Patricio Guzmán

Chilean film director · Chile · On the map · Directors · Born 1941 · age 85

Patricio Guzmán Lozanes is a Chilean documentary film director, screenwriter, director. He is most known for his film trilogy The Battle of Chile (1975-1979) and more recently for another trilogy; Nostalgia for the Light (2010), The Pearl Button (2015) and The Cordillera of Dreams (2019).

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A life in dates

2023National Award for Arts and Audiovisual Representation of ChileAward2022Goya Award for Best Ibero-American FilmAwardFilm: The Living Record of Our MemoryFilm, 20222019Honorary Doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne UniversityAwardThe Cordillera of DreamsFilm, 2019Director, Writer2016Lumière Award for Best DocumentaryAwardPlatino Award for Best DocumentaryAward2015Hot Docs Outstanding Achievement AwardAwardSilver Bear for Best ScreenplayAwardThe Pearl ButtonFilm, 2015Director, Writer2011Mentiras verdaderasSeries2010European Film Award for Best DocumentaryAwardAstronomers From My NeighborhoodFilm, 2010Director2008The battle of ChileSeries, Director2005My Jules VerneFilm, Director2002MadridFilm, Director, Writer2000La bataille du ChiliSeries, CreatorInvocaciónFilm, 2000Director1999Robinson Crusoe IslandFilm, Director, Writer1998Hot Docs Award for Best Canadian Feature DocumentaryAwardHot Docs Award for Best Political DocumentaryAward1995Barriers of SolitudeFilm, Director, Writer1988Moon Over ParadorFilm, Family Member1983The Compass RoseFilm, Director1975Prix du meilleur court métrage du syndicat français de la critique de cinémaAwardThe Battle of Chile: Part IFilm, 1975Director, Writer1968Apuntes sobre la tortura y otras formas de diálogoFilm, Director, Writer1965Viva la libertadFilm, Director1941Born11 August 1941

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Known for

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  • The Battle of Chile: Part I 1975
  • Nostalgia for the Light 2010
  • Santiago, Italia 2018
  • The Pearl Button 2015
  • Moon Over Parador 1988

Also in Deutsch

Filmography 37

75 credits on file

Television 3

Media & music

Photos 1

Awards

National Award for Arts and Audiovisual Representation of Chile2023
Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film2022
Honorary Doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne University2019
Lumière Award for Best Documentary2016
Platino Award for Best Documentary2016
Silver Bear for Best Screenplay2015
Hot Docs Outstanding Achievement Award2015
European Film Award for Best Documentary2010
Hot Docs Award for Best Political Documentary1998
Hot Docs Award for Best Canadian Feature Documentary1998
Prix du meilleur court métrage du syndicat français de la critique de cinéma1975

About this person

Country
Chile
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1941 · age 85

In the same film or series as Patricio

Roger Aaron BrownAlso in Moon Over Parador (1988)Fred KelemenAlso in Invocación (2000)Silvio TendlerAlso in Nas Asas da Pan Am (2020)