Juan Pablo Rebella

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Juan Pablo Rebella (Montevideo, 1974 - July 5, 2006) was a Uruguayan film director and screenwriter.

He attended the Catholic University of Uruguay where he studied social communication, it was here that he started to direct short films and his collaboration with fellow student Pablo Stoll first began. After graduating in 1999 he and Stoll started work on their first feature film, 25 Watts (2001), it went on to win several international awards: Best Feature Film Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, Best 1st Feature Film Award at La Habana Film Festival, FIPRESCI Award and Best Male Actor Award at the Independent Film Festival Buenos Aires.
In 2004 Rebella and Stoll released their second feature film Whisky, which was a surprise hit at the Cannes Film Festival opening to much acclaim, winning the Regard Original Award. Whisky also won the Sundance/NHK International Filmmakers Award for Latin-America.
Rebella also acted in the short film 8 horas, released in 2006.

On July 5th, 2006 Rebella committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. His body was discovered in his Montevideo apartment, by his girlfriend and Pablo Stoll.