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Alejandro Amenábar
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 Thesis (1996). His film Open Your Eyes (1997) was a huge success in Spain...
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2021
La Fortuna
(TV Series) (6 episodes) (filming)
- Episode #1.6
(2021)
- Episode #1.5
(2021)
- Episode #1.4
(2021)
- Episode #1.3
(2021)
- Episode #1.2
(2021)
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Short / TV commercial for Estrella Damm - Director See more »Official Sites:
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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:
He didn't finish his university studies due to one 4th grade subject, "Film writing". The last name of the professor who kept failing him is Castro, and that also the last name of the evil professor in his first long movie, Thesis (1996). Amenábar claims he used the last name inadvertedly at first, it was the university people who noticed the coincidence and asked him to change it. In the end he ... See more »Star Sign:
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