Guillermo Amoedo Explained

Guillermo Amoedo
Birth Date:March 2, 1983
Birth Place:Montevideo,
Occupation:Film director, screenwriter, film producer, film editor
Birthname:Guillermo Amoedo Schultze
Yearsactive:2003 – present

Guillermo Amoedo Schultze (born 2 March 1983 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan director and screenwriter, working in Santiago, Chile since 2007.

Amoedo is the cowriter, with Nicolás López, of the films Que Pena Tu Vida (2010), Que Pena Tu Boda (2011), Que Pena Tu Familia (2012), Mis Peores Amigos (2013) and, with Eli Roth, of the films Aftershock (2012), The Green Inferno (2013) and Knock Knock (2015).

He has also written and directed the TV films El Crack (2011), La Leyenda de El Crack (2015) and the feature films Retorno (2010) and The Stranger (2014).

Amoedo received a Bachelor of Communication at the University of Montevideo and later graduated as a Master in Screenwriting at the Universidad de los Andes, where he now teaches practice writing classes.

Filmography

Feature films

YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
2009RetornoAlso editor and executive producer
2011Qué pena tu boda
2012Qué pena tu familia
2013The Green Inferno
Mis Peores Amigos: Promedio Rojo el regreso
2014The StrangerAlso associate producer
2015Knock, Knock
2017Hazlo Como Hombre
The Inhabitant
2018No Estoy Loca
2019Dulce Familia
2022Me Vuelves Loca

Short films

YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
2003Memorias
2004Tercera PersonaAlso editor
2005La EscafandraAlso executuce producer
2006El Último GloboAlso cinematographer
2013The Fourth Houseman

Television

YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
2011El CrackTV movie
Co-directed with Nicolás López
2012Que Pena Tu SerieTV series
12 episodes
2015La Leyenda de El CrackTV movie
2019Tu Parte del TratoTV series
8 episodes

Webseries

YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
2011El CrackCo-directed with Nicolás López
2013Se Venden
2016Hola Sandra

Awards

Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival
  • Won, Blood Window Award to the Best Iberoamerican Film, "The Stranger" (2014)
  • Nominated, Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver, Official Fantàstic Panorama Selection, "Mis peores amigos: Promedio rojo el regreso" (2013)

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