Damián Szifron
| Damián Szifron | |
|---|---|
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Szifron in 2014 | |
| Born |
9 July 1975 Ramos Mejía, Argentina |
| Occupation | Film and television director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1992-present |
| Religion | Judaism[1] |
| Spouse(s) | María Marull |
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Damián Szifron (born 9 July 1975) is an Argentine film and television director and screenwriter, best known as the creator of the TV series Los Simuladores (2002),[2] and writer-director of Wild Tales (2014), the most successful film in the history of Argentina.[3]
Biography
Born to a Jewish family,[4] Szifron studied cinema with the theoric film writer Angel Faretta. Szifron was the writer and director of Hermanos y Detectives ("Brothers and Detectives"), the follow-up series to the hugely popular Los Simuladores ("The Pretenders"). Szifron's frequent collaborator, actor Diego Peretti, has appeared in the majority of Szifron's films since Punto Muerto (1998) up to Tiempo de Valientes, as well as starring in Los Simuladores. His 2014 film Wild Tales was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival,[5] and nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards.
Filmography
- El tren (1992) (Short film)
- Río de Culpas (1993) (Short film)
- Culpas (1994) (Short film)
- Oídos Sordos (1995) (Short film)
- Kan, el Trueno (1997) (Short film)
- Punto muerto (1998) (Short film)
- Los Últimos Días (1999) (Short film)
- El Fondo del Mar (2003)
- Tiempo de Valientes (2005)
- Wild Tales (2014)
- The Six Billion Dollar Man (2017)[6]
Television
- Los Simuladores (2002 - 2003) TV Series
- Hermanos & Detectives (2006) TV Series
References
- ↑ Goldmann, A.J. "Kafkaesque 'Wild Tales' Is Jewish Film from Argentina Inspired by Steven Spielberg." The Jewish Daily Forward. 19 June 2014. 28 February 2015.
- ↑ Damián Szifron at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ "Wild Tales", the most watched film La Nación (Spanish)
- ↑ The Jewish Journal: "Argentina’s very Jewish Oscar nominee" by Diego Melamed January 21, 2015
- ↑ "2014 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
- ↑ McClintock, Pamela (November 2, 2015). "Mark Wahlberg's 'Six Billion Dollor Man' Gets December 2017 Released Date". The Hollywood Reporter.
External links
- Damián Szifron at the Internet Movie Database
- Damián Szifron at Cinenacional.com (Spanish)