Lucrecia Martel
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| Born | December 14, 1966 , 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. The Holy Girl was selected for competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2004 and The Woman Who Lost Her Head was selected for competition at Cannes in 2008.
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
- La mujer sin cabeza (2008), aka The Woman Who Lost Her Head
[edit] Television
- D.N.I. (1995), TV Series
[edit] Awards
Wins
- Havana Film Festival: Coral Best Short Film; for Rey muerto; 1995.
- Sundance Film Festival: NHK Award; for La Ciénaga, (Latin America); 1999.
- Uruguay International Film Festival: First Work Award - Special Mention; for La Ciénaga; 2001.
- Toulouse Latin America Film Festival: French Critics' Discovery Award; Grand Prix; for La Ciénaga; 2001.
- Havana Film Festival: Best Director; Grand Coral - First Prize; for La Ciénaga; 2001.
- Berlin International Film Festival: Alfred Bauer Award; for La Ciénaga; 2001.
- Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor; Best First Film; for : La Ciénaga; 2002.
- Clarin Entertainment Awards: Clarin Award Film Best Director; for La Niña santa; 2004.
- São Paulo International Film Festival: Critics Award - Honorable Mention; for La Niña santa; 2004.
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
- ^ Lucrecia Martel at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Poblete, Joel. Mabuse Film Magazine, "El cine argentino está muy vital," July 11, 2006.
- ^ Cannes Film Festival - bio and filmography at Cannes.
- ^ Telegraph. Film review of La Ciénaga, October 2001.
[edit] External links
- Lucrecia Martel at cinenacional.com (Spanish).
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