Alejandro Amenábar
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| - | '''Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos''' (born [[March 31]], [[1972]] in [[Santiago, Chile]]) is a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[film]] [[film director|director]]. Amenábar was born in [[Santiago de Chile|Santiago]], [[Chile]] in [[1972]], to a Spanish mother and Chilean father, but the family moved to [[Spain]] just one year after his birth. He studied cinema at [[Madrid]]'s [[Universidad Complutense]] but eventually dropped out. | + | '''Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos''' (°1972) is a Chilean-Spanish film director, screenwriter and composer. He has won nine [[Goya Award for Best Director|Goyas]]—including a [[Goya Award for Best Director]] for his 2001 film ''[[The Others (2001 film)|The Others]]''— two [[European Film Awards]] and one [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] for ''[[The Sea Inside]]'' among other honors. He has written (or co-written) the screenplays to all seven of his films and composed almost all of their soundtracks. |
| - | In addition to writing and directing his own films, Amenábar has maintained a notable career as a composer of film scores, including the [[Goya Awards|Goya]]-nominated score for José Luis Cuerda's ''[[La lengua de las mariposas]]''. | ||
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| - | Amenábar was awarded the Grand Prix of the Jury at the International [[Venice Film Festival]] in [[2004]] for ''[[Mar adentro]]'' ("The Sea Inside"), and in February [[2005]] the same film won the [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]. | ||
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| - | In February 2004, Amenábar [[coming out|came out]] to the Spanish [[List of LGBT publications|gay magazine]] ''[[Shangay Express]]''. | ||
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| - | ==Filmography== | ||
| - | ===Shorts=== | ||
| - | * ''[[Himenóptero]]'' (1992) | ||
| - | * ''[[Luna (1995 film)|Luna]]'' (1995) | ||
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| - | ===Full length films=== | ||
| - | * ''[[Tesis|Thesis (Tesis)]]'' (also known as ''Snuff'') (1996) | ||
| - | * ''[[Open Your Eyes (1997 film)|Open Your Eyes (Abre los ojos)]]'' (1997) | ||
| - | * ''[[The Others (2001 film)|The Others]]'' (2001) | ||
| - | * ''[[The Sea Inside|The Sea Inside (Mar adentro)]]'' (2004) | ||
| - | * ''[[Agora (film)|Agora]]'' (2009) | ||
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| - | ===Other works=== | ||
| - | * ''Al Lado del Atlas'' (1994) [Composer] | ||
| - | * ''Allanamiento de Morada'' (1998) [Composer] | ||
| - | * ''[[La lengua de las mariposas]]'' (1999) [Composer] | ||
| - | * ''Nadie conoce a Nadie'' (1999) [Composer] | ||
| - | * ''[[Vanilla Sky]]'' (2001) [Writer] | ||
| - | * ''El Soñador'' (2004) [Writer and producer] | ||
| - | * ''[[Un viaje mar adentro]]'' (television feature) (2005) [Director] | ||
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Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos (°1972) is a Chilean-Spanish film director, screenwriter and composer. He has won nine Goyas—including a Goya Award for Best Director for his 2001 film The Others— two European Film Awards and one Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for The Sea Inside among other honors. He has written (or co-written) the screenplays to all seven of his films and composed almost all of their soundtracks.
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