- Juan Pablo Rebella
Juan Pablo Rebella (born
Montevideo , 1974 - diedJuly 5 ,2006 ) was anUruguay anfilm director andscreenwriter .Fact|date=February 2007He 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 studentPablo Stoll first began.Fact|date=February 2007After 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 theRotterdam International Film Festival , Best 1st Feature Film Award at theHavana Film Festival , and theFIPRESCI Award and Best Male Actor Award at the Independent Film Festival Buenos Aires.Fact|date=February 2007In 2004 Rebella and Stoll released their second feature film "Whisky", at the
Cannes Film Festival and opened to critical acclaim, winning the Regard Original Award.Fact|date=February 2007"Whisky" also won the
Sundance Film Festival 's NHK International Filmmakers Award for Latin-America.Fact|date=February 2007Rebella also acted in the short film "
8 horas ", released in 2006.Fact|date=February 2007On
July 5 , 2006 Rebella committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. His body was discovered in his Montevideo apartment, by his girlfriend andPablo Stoll .Fact|date=February 2007External links
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* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1822757,00.html Guardian obituary] .
* [http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2006/07/06/obituarios/1152206147.html Another obituary]
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