Amat Escalante
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 Amat Escalante (left) with Victor Gaviria and Michel Lipkes, March 2009, Talent Campus, Guadalajara |
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| 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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[edit] Biography
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.
[edit] Filmography
- Los Bastardos (2008), direcror, producer, screenwriter
- Sangre (2005), direcror, producer, screenwriter
- The Legend of Pete Jones (2005), cinematographer
- Amarrados (2002), producer
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Sangre". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4282964/year/2005.html. Retrieved 2009-12-12.
- ^ BioStars - Amat Escalante
[edit] External links
- IMDB - Amat Escalante
- Review of Los bastardos (Spanish)
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