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Alejandro Amenábar

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Is the son of a Spanish mother and a Chilean father. His family moved back to Spain when he was 1 year old, and he grew up and studied in Madrid. He wrote, produced and directed his first short film La cabeza at the age of 19, and he was 23 when he directed his feature debut Tesis. His film Open Your Eyes was a huge success in Spain and was distributed worldwide... See full bio »

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Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos
in Santiago de Chile, Chile
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Filmography

Hide HideComposer (12 titles)
2005 Un viaje mar adentro (TV documentary)
 
2004/I The Sea Inside
 
2001 The Others
 
1999 Nobody Knows Anybody
 
1999 Butterfly
 
1998 Allanamiento de morada (short)
 
1997 Open Your Eyes
 
1996 Tesis
 
1996 The Making of 'Tesis' (TV documentary) (original score - uncredited)
 
1995 Luna (short)
 
1994 Al lado del Atlas
 
1992 Himenóptero (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (9 titles)
2009 Agora (written by)
 
2004/I The Sea Inside (screenplay)
 
2004 El soñador (short) (idea)
 
2001 Vanilla Sky (film "Abre Los Ojos")
 
2001 The Others (written by)
 
1997 Open Your Eyes
 
1996 Tesis (screenplay / story)
 
1995 Luna (short)
 
1992 Himenóptero (short)
 
Show ShowDirector (7 titles)
2009 Agora
 
2004/I The Sea Inside
 
2001 The Others
 
1997 Open Your Eyes
 
1996 Tesis
 
1995 Luna (short)
 
1992 Himenóptero (short)
 
Show ShowActor (6 titles)
2009 Spanish Movie
Reflejo espejo
 
2006 Films to Keep You Awake: Spectre (TV movie)
Man looking at statue (uncredited)
 
1999 Nobody Knows Anybody
Boy in the bar #1 (uncredited)
 
1997 Open Your Eyes
Laughing Guy in Disco Bathroom (uncredited)
 
1995 Luna (short)
Waiter
 
1992 Himenóptero (short)
Bosco
 
Show ShowProducer (4 titles)
2010 For the Good of Others (producer)
 
2004/I The Sea Inside (producer)
 
2004 El soñador (short) (producer)
 
1996 Tesis (associate producer)
 
Show ShowEditor (2 titles)
2004/I The Sea Inside
 
1992 Himenóptero (short)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
2001 The Others (orchestrator)
 
Show ShowThanks (8 titles)
2011/I Eva (the director wishes to thank)
 
2011 Blackthorn (thanks)
 
2011 Cousinhood (the director wishes to thank)
 
2009 Spanish Movie (thanks)
 
2009 Fat People (the director wishes to thank)
 
2006 Dark Blue Almost Black (thanks)
 
2003 Gris (short) (thanks)
 
2000 Torre (short) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (58 titles)
2013 Los Goya 27 edición (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Director
 
2012 The Late Great Eric Sykes (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2011-2012 Alaska y Mario (TV series)
Himself
– No sin mis amigas (2012) … Himself
– La boda (2011) … Himself
– Burger Party (2011) … Himself
 
2003-2011 Versión española (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #13.28 (2011) … Himself
– Episode #12.3 (2009) … Himself
– Los Otros (2005) … Himself
– La tía Tula (2003) … Himself
 
2011 Actrices (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– El futuro (2011) … Himself
 
2010 Gala 20 aniversario (TV movie)
Himself - Video
 
2009-2010 Días de cine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 March 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 18 February 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 15 October 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 8 October 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 21 May 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2010 The Fabulous Picture Show (TV series)
Himself
– Team Qatar (2010) … Himself
 
2008-2010 Cinema 3 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 February 2010 (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 10 October 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 23 May 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode dated 9 February 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2010 XXIV Premios Anuales de la Academia (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Original Screenplay & Nominee: Best Director
 
2010 Informe semanal (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Goyas entre rejas (2010) … Himself
 
2009 El disco del año 09 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2009 Taller Canal+ (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 November 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Continuarà... (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 October 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Ànima (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.20 (2009) … Himself
 
2005-2009 Buenafuente (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 October 2009 (2009) … Himself
– Episode #2.1 (2005) … Himself
 
2009 El hormiguero (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 5 October 2009 (2009) … Himself - Guest
 
2009 Viva la muerte! Autopsie du nouveau cinéma fantastique espagnol (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Miradas 2 (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 May 2009 (2009) … Himself
 
2008 XXII Premios Anuales de la Academia (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Picture
 
2007 El orfanato llega a Hollywood (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2007 Cartelera (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 October 2007 (2007) … Himself
– Episode dated 6 October 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2005-2007 Corazón de... (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 September 2007 (2007) … Himself
– Episode dated 29 September 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2007 Penélope, camino a los Oscar (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 XXI Premios Anuales de la Academia (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Director
 
2006 Aquí hay tomate (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 June 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 XX premios Goya (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Cinematography (also archive footage)
 
1996-2005 Magacine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 30 September 2005 (2005) … Himself (uncredited)
– Episode dated 11 March 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 March 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 25 February 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 18 February 2005 (2005) … Himself
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2005 49º premis Sant Jordi de cinematografía (TV special)
Himself
 
2005 Caiga quien caiga (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 April 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 March 2005 (2005) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 February 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 IX edición de los 'Premios de la música' (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 La noche de los Oscar (TV movie)
Himself
 
2005 The 77th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Foreign Language Film
 
2005 The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Un viaje mar adentro (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special documentary)
Himself - Winner: Best Foreign Language Film
 
2004 The 2004 European Film Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
2004 Cada día (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 October 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 Silenci? (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.1 (2004) … Himself
 
2004 ...Amb Manel Fuentes (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 September 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
1996-2004 Lo + plus (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 September 2004 (2004) … Himself
– Episode dated 7 March 1996 (1996) … Himself
 
2004 La mirada crítica (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 September 2004 (2004) … Himself
 
2003 XVII premios Goya (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best Film
 
2002 La noche con Fuentes y Cía (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 October 2002 (2002) … Himself
 
2002 XVI premios Goya (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Director & Best Screenplay - Original
 
2001 Gala de la hispanidad 2001 (TV movie)
Himself
 
2001 Stracult 2 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 September 2001 (2001) … Himself
 
2001 A Look Inside: The Others (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 La gran ilusión (TV series)
Himself
– Tesis (2000) … Himself
 
2000 XIV premios Goya (TV special)
Himself - Presenter: Best New Director
 
1999 XIII premios Goya (TV special)
Nominee: Best Director
 
1998 XII premios Goya (TV special)
Himself- Presenter: Best New Actress & Actor
 
1997 La mandrágora (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 December 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
1997 41 premis Sant Jordi de cinematografia (TV special)
Himself
 
1997 Los Goya, premios de cine (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1997 XI premios Goya (TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best New Director and Best Screenplay - Original
 
1996 43º edición de los premios Ondas (TV movie)
Himself - Winner: Best Director
 
1996 The Making of 'Tesis' (TV documentary)
Himself (as Alejandro Amenabar)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (10 titles)
2010 Spanish Hollywood (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 España, plató de cine (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 53 premis Sant Jordi de cinematografia (TV special)
Himself
 
2009 Buscando a Penélope (TV movie)
Himself
 
2008 Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2007 Casting: El camino del éxito (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2006 La imagen de tu vida (TV series)
 
2005 El cine en las venas (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2005 Magacine (TV series)
 
2005 Cinema mil (TV series)
 

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Open Your Eyes -- A former womanizer, disfigured in a car crash, has trouble distinguishing dreams from reality. Agora -- A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hopes of pursuing freedom while also falling in love with his master, the famous female philosophy professor and atheist Hypatia of Alexandria.=
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Personal Details

Other Works:

2002: Directed an advertisement for El Corte Inglés starring Nicole Kidman.

Publicity Listings:

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Official Sites:

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Alternate Names:

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

In Hollywood you always feel a bit like a hake. The publicists march people up and down in front of you and they interview you ... You feel like the turbot and the sea-bream go by, and you're the hake. See more »

Trivia:

His favorite directors are Steven Spielberg, James Cameron and Stanley Kubrick. See more »

Star Sign:

Aries