Patricio Guzmán Explained

Patricio Guzmán
Birthname:Patricio Guzmán Lozanes
Birth Date:11 August 1941
Birth Place:Santiago, Chile
Yearsactive:1964–present
Occupation:director, screenwriter, cinematographer, actor

Patricio Guzmán Lozanes (born August 11, 1941) is a Chilean documentary film director, screenwriter, director.[1] 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.[2] His 2015 film The Pearl Button screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.[3] He received a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay for his 2010 film Nostalgia for the Light.[4]

Filmography

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
1975French Syndicate of Cinema Critics AwardsBest Short FilmThe Battle of Chile
1998Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary FestivalBest Canadian Feature DocumentaryChile, Obstinate Memory[5]
1999Gemini AwardsBest Direction in a Documentary Program or Series
2004Goya AwardsBest DocumentarySalvador Allende
2006Pedro Sienna AwardsBest Feature Length Fiction, Animated, or Documentary Film
Best Direction
2010European Film AwardsBest DocumentaryNostalgia for the Light[6]
2011Writers Guild of America AwardsBest Documentary Screenplay
Altazor AwardsBest Direction - Documentary Film
Pedro Sienna AwardsBest Feature Length Documentary
2013News & Documentary Emmy AwardsBest Documentary[7]
Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form
2015Berlin International Film FestivalGolden BearThe Pearl Button[8]
Silver Bear for Best Script
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Competition
Fénix AwardsBest Documentary Film
Trajectory AwardHimself
2016César AwardsBest Documentary FilmThe Pearl Button[9]
Lumières AwardsBest Documentary[10]
Pedro Sienna AwardsBest Feature Length Documentary
Platino AwardsBest Documentary[11]
2019Cannes Film FestivalGolden EyeThe Cordillera of Dreams[12]
202045th César AwardsBest Documentary Film[13]
2022Goya AwardsBest Ibero-American Film[14]
Cannes Film FestivalGolden EyeMy Imaginary Country[15]
Jerusalem Film FestivalBest Documentary Film[16]
Platino AwardsBest Documentary[17]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Patricio Guzmán . 2024-07-11 . MUBI . en.
  2. Web site: 13th Moscow International Film Festival (1983) . 2013-02-03 . MIFF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131107141111/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1983 . November 7, 2013 .
  3. Web site: Berlinale 2015: Competition Complete . 28 January 2015 . berlinale.de.
  4. Web site: Writers Guild Awards: Complete Winners List. Fernandez. Jay A.. 19 February 2012. The Hollywood Reporter. 18 February 2019.
  5. "World's best documentaries honoured Filmmaker Allan King given first lifetime achievement award at fifth annual Hot Docs!". The Globe and Mail, March 23, 1998.
  6. Web site: Nominations for the 23rd European Film Awards. 2010-11-06. europeanfilmacademy.org. European Film Academy. 2010-11-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20101109024743/http://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/2010/11/06/nominations-for-the-23rd-european-film-awards/. 9 November 2010 . live.
  7. Web site: Guzmán's NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT Is Nominated for Two Emmy Awards. Cinematropical. 11 July 2013. 18 July 2021.
  8. Web site: THE AWARDS OF THE 65th BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. 18 July 2021.
  9. Web site: Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Gerard Depardieu Among France's Cesar Awards Nominees . The Hollywood Reporter.
  10. Web site: France's Lumiere Awards: 'Mustang' Takes Top Honors . 8 February 2016 . The Hollywood Reporter.
  11. Web site: Nominaciones 2016 . 20 August 2016 . es.
  12. Web site: Cannes' Golden Eye award goes to The Cordillera of Dreams and to For Sama . Cineuropa - the best of european cinema . 25 May 2019.
  13. Web site: Roman Polanski's 'An Officer and a Spy' Leads France's Cesar Awards Nominations. The Hollywood Reporter. 29 January 2020. 29 January 2020.
  14. Web site: Gajewski . Ryan . 2022-02-13 . Spain’s Goya Awards: Javier Bardem’s ‘The Good Boss’ Named Best Picture . 2023-07-25 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
  15. Web site: 2022-05-28 . Indian film All That Breathes wins top documentary award at Cannes 2022 . 2023-07-25 . The Indian Express . en.
  16. Web site: JFF 2022 Winners . 2023-07-25 . Jerusalem Film Festival . en.
  17. Web site: Huston-Crespo . Marysabel E. . 2023-04-22 . Ganadores Premios Platino 2023: la lista completa por categorías . 2023-07-25 . CNN . es.

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