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Patricio Guzmán
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Guzmán in 2010
Born
Patricio Guzmán Lozanes

(1941-08-11) August 11, 1941 (age 83)
Occupation director, screenwriter, cinematographer, actor
Years active 1964–present

Patricio Guzmán Lozanes (born August 11, 1941) is a Chilean documentary film 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).

Career

Guzmán also teaches documentary film classes in Europe and Latin America, and is the founder and director of the International Documentary Festival of Santiago (FIDOCS). He lives in France. His 1983 film The Compass Rose was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival. His 2015 film The Pearl Button screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. He received a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay for his 2010 film Nostalgia for the Light.

Filmography

  • La Tortura y otras formas de diálogo (1968)
  • El Paraíso ortopédico (1969)
  • Primer año (1971)
  • La Respuesta de octubre (1972)
  • La Batalla de Chile: La insurrección de la burguesía (1975)
  • La Batalla de Chile: El golpe de estado (1977)
  • La Batalla de Chile: El poder popular (1979)
  • Rosa de los vientos (1983)
  • En nombre de Dios (1987)
  • La Cruz del Sur (1992)
  • Pueblo en vilo (1995)
  • Chile, la memoria obstinada (1997)
  • La Isla de Robinson Crusoe (1999)
  • Invocación (2000)
  • Le Cas Pinochet (2001)
  • Madrid (2002)
  • Salvador Allende (2004)
  • Mon Jules Verne (2005) (TV)
  • Nostalgia for the Light (2010)
  • The Pearl Button (2015)
  • The Cordillera of Dreams (La Cordillera de los sueños) (2019)
  • My Imaginary Country (Mi país imaginario) (2022)

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
1975 French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Awards Best Short Film The Battle of Chile Won
2004 Goya Awards Best Documentary Salvador Allende Nominated
2006 Pedro Sienna Awards Best Feature Length Fiction, Animated, or Documentary Film Nominated
Best Direction Nominated
2010 European Film Awards Best Documentary Nostalgia for the Light Won
2011 Writers Guild of America Awards Best Documentary Screenplay Nominated
Altazor Awards Best Direction - Documentary Film Won
Pedro Sienna Awards Best Feature Length Documentary Won
2013 News & Documentary Emmy Awards Best Documentary Nominated
Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form Nominated
2015 Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear The Pearl Button Nominated
Silver Bear for Best Script Won
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Competition Won
Fénix Awards Best Documentary Film Nominated
Trajectory Award Himself Won
2016 César Awards Best Documentary Film The Pearl Button Nominated
Lumières Awards Best Documentary Won
Pedro Sienna Awards Best Feature Length Documentary Nominated
Platino Awards Best Documentary Won
2019 Cannes Film Festival Golden Eye The Cordillera of Dreams Won
2020 45th César Awards Best Documentary Film Nominated
2022 Goya Awards Best Ibero-American Film Won
Cannes Film Festival Golden Eye My Imaginary Country Nominated
Jerusalem Film Festival Best Documentary Film Won
Platino Awards Best Documentary Nominated

See also

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