Patricio Guzmán

Patricio Guzmán
Patricio Guzmán
	Guzmán in 2010
Born	Patricio Guzmán Lozanes; August 11, 1941 (age 82); Santiago, Chile
Occupation(s)	director, screenwriter, cinematographer, actor
Years active	1964–present
Website	www.patricioguzman.com

Patricio Guzmán Lozanes (born August 11, 1941) is a Chilean documentary film director. He is most known for his film trilogy The Battle of Chile (1975-1979) and more recently for another trilogy; Nostalgia for the Light (2010), The Pearl Button (2015) and The Cordillera of Dreams (2019).

Career[edit]

Guzmán also teaches documentary film classes in Europe and Latin America, and is the founder and director of the International Documentary Festival of Santiago (FIDOCS). He lives in France. His 1983 film The Compass Rose was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival.^[1] His 2015 film The Pearl Button screened in the main competition section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.^[2] He received a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay for his 2010 film Nostalgia for the Light.^[3]

Filmography[edit]

La Tortura y otras formas de diálogo (1968)
El Paraíso ortopédico (1969)
Primer año (1971)
La Respuesta de octubre (1972)
La Batalla de Chile: La insurrección de la burguesía (1975)
La Batalla de Chile: El golpe de estado (1977)
La Batalla de Chile: El poder popular (1979)
Rosa de los vientos (1983)
En nombre de Dios (1987)
La Cruz del Sur (1992)
Pueblo en vilo (1995)
Chile, la memoria obstinada (1997)
La Isla de Robinson Crusoe (1999)
Invocación (2000)
Le Cas Pinochet (2001)
Madrid (2002)
Salvador Allende (2004)
Mon Jules Verne (2005) (TV)
Nostalgia for the Light (2010)
The Pearl Button (2015)
The Cordillera of Dreams (La Cordillera de los sueños) (2019)
My Imaginary Country (Mi país imaginario) (2022)

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
1975	French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Awards	Best Short Film	The Battle of Chile	Won
2004	Goya Awards	Best Documentary	Salvador Allende	Nominated
2006	Pedro Sienna Awards	Best Feature Length Fiction, Animated, or Documentary Film		Nominated
2006	Pedro Sienna Awards	Best Direction		Nominated
2010	European Film Awards	Best Documentary	Nostalgia for the Light	Won	^[4]
2011	Writers Guild of America Awards	Best Documentary Screenplay		Nominated	^[3]
	Altazor Awards	Best Direction - Documentary Film		Won
	Pedro Sienna Awards	Best Feature Length Documentary		Won
2013	News & Documentary Emmy Awards	Best Documentary		Nominated	^[5]
2013	News & Documentary Emmy Awards	Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form		Nominated	^[5]
2015	Berlin International Film Festival	Golden Bear	The Pearl Button	Nominated	^[6]
		Silver Bear for Best Script		Won
		Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Competition		Won
	Fénix Awards	Best Documentary Film		Nominated
	Fénix Awards	Trajectory Award	Himself	Won
2016	César Awards	Best Documentary Film	The Pearl Button	Nominated	^[7]
	Lumières Awards	Best Documentary		Won	^[8]
	Pedro Sienna Awards	Best Feature Length Documentary		Nominated
	Platino Awards	Best Documentary		Won	^[9]
2019	Cannes Film Festival	Golden Eye	The Cordillera of Dreams	Won	^[10]
2020	45th César Awards	Best Documentary Film		Nominated	^[11]
2022	Goya Awards	Best Ibero-American Film		Won	^[12]
	Cannes Film Festival	Golden Eye	My Imaginary Country	Nominated	^[13]
	Jerusalem Film Festival	Best Documentary Film		Won	^[14]
	Platino Awards	Best Documentary		Nominated	^[15]

References[edit]

^ "13th Moscow International Film Festival (1983)". MIFF. Archived from the original on November 7, 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-03.
^ "Berlinale 2015: Competition Complete". berlinale.de. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
^ ^a ^b Fernandez, Jay A. (19 February 2012). "Writers Guild Awards: Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
^ "Nominations for the 23rd European Film Awards". europeanfilmacademy.org. European Film Academy. 2010-11-06. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
^ "Guzmán's NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT Is Nominated for Two Emmy Awards". Cinematropical. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
^ "THE AWARDS OF THE 65th BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL" (PDF). Retrieved 18 July 2021.
^ "Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Gerard Depardieu Among France's Cesar Awards Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter.
^ "France's Lumiere Awards: 'Mustang' Takes Top Honors". The Hollywood Reporter. 8 February 2016.
^ "Nominaciones 2016" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2016.
^ "Cannes' Golden Eye award goes to The Cordillera of Dreams and to For Sama". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
^ "Roman Polanski's 'An Officer and a Spy' Leads France's Cesar Awards Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
^ Gajewski, Ryan (2022-02-13). "Spain's Goya Awards: Javier Bardem's 'The Good Boss' Named Best Picture". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
^ "Indian film All That Breathes wins top documentary award at Cannes 2022". The Indian Express. 2022-05-28. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
^ "JFF 2022 Winners". Jerusalem Film Festival. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
^ Huston-Crespo, Marysabel E. (2023-04-22). "Ganadores Premios Platino 2023: la lista completa por categorías". CNN (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-07-25.

External links[edit]

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[Moscow1983-1] "13th Moscow International Film Festival (1983)". MIFF. Archived from the original on November 7, 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-03.

[Berlin-2] "Berlinale 2015: Competition Complete". berlinale.de. Retrieved 28 January 2015.

[WGA-3] Fernandez, Jay A. (19 February 2012). "Writers Guild Awards: Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 February 2019.

[4] "Nominations for the 23rd European Film Awards". europeanfilmacademy.org. European Film Academy. 2010-11-06. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-06.

[5] "Guzmán's NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT Is Nominated for Two Emmy Awards". Cinematropical. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2021.

[6] "THE AWARDS OF THE 65th BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL" (PDF). Retrieved 18 July 2021.

[7] "Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Gerard Depardieu Among France's Cesar Awards Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter.

[8] "France's Lumiere Awards: 'Mustang' Takes Top Honors". The Hollywood Reporter. 8 February 2016.

[9] "Nominaciones 2016" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2016.

[10] "Cannes' Golden Eye award goes to The Cordillera of Dreams and to For Sama". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

[11] "Roman Polanski's 'An Officer and a Spy' Leads France's Cesar Awards Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.

[12] Gajewski, Ryan (2022-02-13). "Spain's Goya Awards: Javier Bardem's 'The Good Boss' Named Best Picture". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2023-07-25.

[13] "Indian film All That Breathes wins top documentary award at Cannes 2022". The Indian Express. 2022-05-28. Retrieved 2023-07-25.

[14] "JFF 2022 Winners". Jerusalem Film Festival. Retrieved 2023-07-25.

[15] Huston-Crespo, Marysabel E. (2023-04-22). "Ganadores Premios Platino 2023: la lista completa por categorías". CNN (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-07-25.

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