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Lucrecia Martel

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Lucrecia Martel
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Born in 1966 in Salta in the North of Argentina,Lucrecia Martel settled down in Buenos Aires where she attended the ENERC (National Film School). She started by directing a few shorts among which Historias Breves I: Rey muerto (1995), which garnered several awards in the international film festival circuit. From 1995 to 1998, she made a series of documentaries for TV as well as a children's TV programme, hailed by the Argentinian press for its unusual dark humor. From 2001 until today, Lucrecia Martel has managed to make three very personal feature films, La Ciénaga (2001), The Holy Girl (2004) and La mujer sin cabeza (2008), in which she explores her favorite theme, troubled minds.
BornDecember 14, 1966
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BornDecember 14, 1966
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    • 37 wins & 26 nominations

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Lucrecia Martel
Lola Dueñas, Lucrecia Martel, and Daniel Gimenez
Lucrecia Martel
Lucrecia Martel
Lola Dueñas, Lucrecia Martel, and Daniel Gimenez

Known for

La mujer sin cabeza (2008)
La mujer sin cabeza
6.5
  • Director
  • 2008
La Ciénaga (2001)
La Ciénaga
7.0
  • Director
  • 2001
Daniel Giménez Cacho in Zama (2017)
Zama
6.7
  • Director
  • 2017
The Holy Girl (2004)
The Holy Girl
6.7
  • Director
  • 2004

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Director

  • Chocobar
    • Director
    • In Production
  • Camarera de Piso (2022)
    Camarera de Piso
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Terminal Norte (2021)
    Terminal Norte
    • Director
    • TV Special
    • 2021
  • AI (2019)
    AI
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Julieta Laso: Fantasmas
    • Director
    • Music Video
    • 2018
  • Daniel Giménez Cacho in Zama (2017)
    Zama
    • Director
    • 2017
  • Leguas (2015)
    Leguas
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2015
  • The Empty Classroom (2015)
    The Empty Classroom
    • Director
    • 2015
  • Muta (2011)
    Muta
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2011
  • 25 miradas, 200 minutos (2010)
    25 miradas, 200 minutos
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2010
  • Pescados (2010)
    Pescados
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2010
  • New Argirópolis (2010)
    New Argirópolis
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2010
  • La mujer sin cabeza (2008)
    La mujer sin cabeza
    • Director
    • 2008
  • La ciudad que huye (2006)
    La ciudad que huye
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2006
  • The Holy Girl (2004)
    The Holy Girl
    • Director
    • 2004
  • La Ciénaga (2001)
    La Ciénaga
    • Director
    • 2001

Writer

  • Chocobar
    • Writer
    • In Production
  • Camarera de Piso (2022)
    Camarera de Piso
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Terminal Norte (2021)
    Terminal Norte
    • Writer
    • TV Special
    • 2021
  • Daniel Giménez Cacho in Zama (2017)
    Zama
    • writer
    • 2017
  • Leguas (2015)
    Leguas
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Muta (2011)
    Muta
    • co-writer
    • Short
    • 2011
  • 25 miradas, 200 minutos (2010)
    25 miradas, 200 minutos
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 2010
  • New Argirópolis (2010)
    New Argirópolis
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2010
  • La mujer sin cabeza (2008)
    La mujer sin cabeza
    • writer
    • 2008
  • The Holy Girl (2004)
    The Holy Girl
    • written by
    • 2004
  • La Ciénaga (2001)
    La Ciénaga
    • Writer
    • 2001
  • Historias Breves 1 (1996)
    Historias Breves 1
    • Writer
    • 1996
  • Historias Breves I: Rey muerto (1995)
    Historias Breves I: Rey muerto
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 1995
  • No te la llevarás maldito (1989)
    No te la llevarás maldito
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 1989

Producer

  • Light Years (2017)
    Light Years
    • producer
    • 2017
  • La mujer sin cabeza (2008)
    La mujer sin cabeza
    • producer
    • 2008
  • D.N.I.
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 1995
  • No te la llevarás maldito (1989)
    No te la llevarás maldito
    • producer
    • Short
    • 1989

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    • December 14, 1966
    • Salta, Argentina
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    Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2002

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