ALEJANDRO AMENáBAR

'Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos' (born March 31, 1972 in Santiago, Chile) is a Spanish film director, widely considered one of the most important Spanish directors working today.
Amenábar was born in Santiago, Chile in 1972, to a Spanish mother and Chilean father, but the family moved to Spain just one year after his birth. He studied cinema at Madrid's Universidad Complutense but eventually dropped out.
In addition to writing and directing his own films, Amenábar has maintained a notable career as a composer of film scores, including the Goya-nominated score for José Luis Cuerda's ''La lengua de las mariposas''.
Amenábar was awarded the Grand Prix of the Jury at the International Venice Film Festival in 2004 for ''Mar adentro'' ("The Sea Inside"), and in February 2005 the same film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
In February 2004, Amenábar came out to the Spanish gay magazine ''Shangay Express''.^[1]

Contents

Filmography

References

External links

Filmography

★ ''Himenóptero'' - 1992

★ ''Luna'' - 1995

★ ''Tesis'' ("Thesis," also known as ''Snuff'') - 1996

★ ''Abre los ojos'' ("Open your Eyes") 1997

★ ''The Others'' - 2001

★ ''Mar adentro'' ("The Sea Inside") - 2004

★ ''Un viaje mar adentro'' (television feature) - 2005

References

1. Alejandro Amenábar: "No me importa reconocer que soy gay"

External links

★ Official website

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★ A monographic article in Spanish about Amenabar's films

★ Discography at SonyBMG Masterworks