- Lucrecia Martel
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birthplace = Salta,Argentina
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occupation =Film Director , producer &screenwriter .
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footnotes =Lucrecia Martel (born
December 14 ,1966 inSalta, Argentina ) is afilm director ,screenplay writer , and producer. [imdb name|0551506]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. [ [http://www.mabuse.cl/1448/article-74875.html Poblete, Joel] . "Mabuse Film Magazine," "El cine argentino está muy vital," July 11, 2006.]
Biography
Martel studied at Avellaneda Experimental (AVEX) and then attended the National Experimentation Filmmaking School (ENERC) in
Buenos Aires . [ [http://www.festival-cannes.org/perso/index.php?langue=6002&personne=3165094 Cannes Film Festival] - bio and filmography at Cannes.]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." [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml;jsessionid=XT5YWS3SL104FQFIQMGCFFOAVCBQUIV0?xml=/arts/2001/10/04/bfsf4.xml "Telegraph"] . Film review of "La Ciénaga," October 2001.]
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.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 "Television
* "D.N.I." (1995), TV Series
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.Footnotes
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