Alejandro Amenábar
- Writer
- Director
- Composer
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 and was
distributed worldwide. It was remade in Hollywood by Cameron Crowe as
Vanilla Sky (2001), starring Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz (also the star of the
original version) and Cameron Diaz. The Others (2001) is Amenábar's first English
language film.
