Amat Escalante

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Amat Escalante

Amat Escalante (left) with Victor Gaviria and Michel Lipkes, March 2009, Talent Campus, Guadalajara
Born Amat Escalante
28 February 1979
Barcelona, Spain
Occupation Film director, producer and screenwriter
Years active 2002 - present

Amat Escalante (born 28 February 1979 in Barcelona, Spain) is a Mexican director, producer and screenwriter known for his films Sangre and Los Bastardos.

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Escalante has spent the majority of his life in Guanajuato, Mexico, though he was born in Barcelona, Spain. He came back to Barcelona to study motion picture editing and sound at the Centre of Cinematographic Studies in Catalunya. Later on he studied at the International School of Film and Television in Cuba. In 2003, he received an award at the Berlin Film Festival for his short film Amarrados. His 2005 film Sangre was included in the section Un Certain Regard at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.[1] It was also presented at the Rotterdam Film Festival and the San Sebastian Film Festival.[2] He is a close friend and collaborator of Carlos Reygadas.

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