Lucrecia Martel

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Lucrecia Martel

Born: December 14, 1966 (age 40),
Salta, Argentina.
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Occupation: Film Director, Producer,
and Screenplay Writer.

Lucrecia Martel (born December 14, 1966 in Salta, Argentina) is a film director, screenplay writer, and producer.[1]

According to film critic Joel Poblete, who writes for Mabuse, a cinema magazine, Lucrecia Martel is one of the members of the so-called "New Argentina Cinema" which began c. 1998.[2]

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[edit] Biography

Martel studied at Avellaneda Experimental (AVEX) and then attended the National Experimentation Filmmaking School (ENERC) in Buenos Aires.[3]

Yet, because one of the film schools she attended closed for lack of funds, she maintains she was self-taught. Martel said, "I watched movies, I read books, I wrote. I was a free mind, because I had to be."[4]

She directed a number of short films between 1988 and 1994. The award winning short film Rey Muerto (Dead King) (1995) was part of Historias Breves I (Brief Tales I).

Her debut film La Ciénaga received several international awards, and The Holy Girl was selected for competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2004.

She was a member of the Cannes Film Festival Feature Films Jury in 2006.

[edit] Filmography

  • El 56 (1988)
  • Piso 24 (1989)
  • Besos rojos (1991)
  • Rey muerto (1995) (short)
  • La Ciénaga (2001) aka The Swamp
  • La Niña santa (2004), aka The Holy Girl

[edit] Television

  • D.N.I. (1995), TV Series

[edit] Awards

Wins

Nominations

  • Berlin International Film Festival: Golden Berlin Bear; for La Ciénaga; 2001.
  • Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor; Best Director, Best Original Screenplay; for La Ciénaga; 2002.
  • Cannes Film Festival: Golden Palm; for La Niña santa; 2004.

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Lucrecia Martel at the Internet Movie Database
  2. ^ Poblete, Joel. Mabuse Film Magazine, "El cine argentino está muy vital," July 11, 2006.
  3. ^ Cannes Film Festival - bio and filmography at Cannes.
  4. ^ Telegraph. Film review of La Ciénaga, October 2001.

[edit] External links

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