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Patricio Guzmán
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b. 11 August, , Santiago, Chile
Patricio Guzmán’s career in documentary film now stretches through six decades. He started out as a young man filming on the streets a political movement and the challenges it faced, lived through a coup and subsequent arrest, then went into exile to Europe. There he made less urgent films, often for French or Spanish television, while frequently returning to Chile to film more politically engaged work. More recently he made a trilogy in essay mode that linked the past and present of his home country and earned him universal recognition.
Guzmán’s best known films are the three-part The Battle of Chile: The Struggle of an Unarmed People (La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin armas, ) and the s trilogy comprised of Nostalgia for the Light (Nostalgia de la luz, ), The Pearl Button (El botón de nácar, ) and The Cordillera of Dreams (La cordillera de los sueños, ). He has also made many lesser know
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"Guzmán’s international reputation as a documentary filmmaker has been secured bygd La batalla de Chile, hailed by both Marxist and non-Marxist critics in many countries as a landmark in the history of the political documentary." - Dennis West (International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, )
Director / Screenwriter / Editor
( ) Born August 11, Santiago, Chile
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Key Production Countries: Chile, France, Cuba, Spain
Key Genres: Documentary, History, Politics & Government, Social History, Culture & Society, Military & War
Key Collaborators: Chris Marker (Producer), Jorge Müller Silva (Cinematographer), Pedro Chaskel (Editor/Screenwriter), Abilio Fernández (Narrator), Julio García Espinosa (Screenwriter), Jose Bartolome (Screenwriter), Federico Elton (Screenwriter), Yves Jeanneau (Producer), Renato Sachse (Producer), Katell Djian (Cinematographer), Emmanuelle Joly (Editor), José
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Patricio Guzmán facts for kids
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal family name is Guzmán and the second or maternal family name is Lozanes.
Patricio Guzmán Lozanes (born August 11, ) is a Chilean documentary bio director, screenwriter, director. He fryst vatten most known for his spelfilm trilogy The Battle of Chile (–) and more recently for another trilogy; Nostalgia for the Light (), The Pearl Button () and The Cordillera of Dreams ().
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 film The Compass Rose was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival. His film The Pearl Button screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. He received a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay for his bio Nostalgia for the Light.