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In TV, they designed conceptual and innovative formats like ''Televisión Abierta'' (1999), ''Cupido'' (2000), ''Cuentos de terror'' (2001), ''Navegando con Fede'' (2002), and ''El Amante TV'' (2007), among others. They desgined, founded and directed the cultural TV channel [http://www.buenosaires.gov.ar/areas/com_social/ciudad_abierta/que_es_ciudad_abierta.php?menu_id=22531 ''Ciudad Abierta''] (2003) for the City of Buenos Aires, where they developed new concepts for mass communication. |
In TV, they designed conceptual and innovative formats like ''Televisión Abierta'' (1999), ''Cupido'' (2000), ''Cuentos de terror'' (2001), ''Navegando con Fede'' (2002), and ''El Amante TV'' (2007), among others. They desgined, founded and directed the cultural TV channel [http://www.buenosaires.gov.ar/areas/com_social/ciudad_abierta/que_es_ciudad_abierta.php?menu_id=22531 ''Ciudad Abierta''] (2003) for the City of Buenos Aires, where they developed new concepts for mass communication. |
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In the area of the feature films they started directing ''Enciclopedia'' (1998) and ''Yo Presidente'' (2006) <ref>''Yo, Presidente'' @ IMDB ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0476874/]''</ref>; a feature documentary film coproduced with journalist [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Majul Luis Majul] and Patagonik (Disney Films) that obtained the First Prize in the International Festival of Independent Cinema from Mexico and the Best Prize for Documentary Film at the Malaga Film Festival. <br />Two years later they directed ''El artista'' (2008)<ref>''El artista'' @ IMDB''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1248290/]''</ref> aka ''The Artist'', an [[Art house film|art-house film]] composed entirely by long tracking shots that questions where the limits are established between an artist and his work in the ambiguous world of [[contemporary art]]. coproduced between Aleph Media (Argentina), [[Cinecittà|Cinecittá]] and Istituto Luce (Italy), and received the Ibermedia (Spain) grant for film production |
In the area of the feature films they started directing ''Enciclopedia'' (1998) and ''Yo Presidente'' (2006) <ref>''Yo, Presidente'' @ IMDB ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0476874/]''</ref>; a feature documentary film coproduced with journalist [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Majul Luis Majul] and Patagonik (Disney Films) that obtained the First Prize in the International Festival of Independent Cinema from Mexico and the Best Prize for Documentary Film at the Malaga Film Festival. <br />Two years later they directed ''El artista'' (2008)<ref>''El artista'' @ IMDB''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1248290/]''</ref> aka ''The Artist'', an [[Art house film|art-house film]] composed entirely by long tracking shots that questions where the limits are established between an artist and his work in the ambiguous world of [[contemporary art]]. coproduced between Aleph Media (Argentina), [[Cinecittà|Cinecittá]] and Istituto Luce (Italy), and received the Ibermedia (Spain) grant for film production.<br />''El hombre de al lado'' (2009)<ref> |
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''El hombre de al lado'' @ IMDB ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1529252/]''</ref> aka ''The Man Next Door'', a story that exposes a clash between neighbors, and how these neighbors deal with their differences. The film was entirely shot at the [[Curutchet House|Casa Curutchet]] (Curutchet House), the only residential house designed and built by the genius Swiss-French architect [[Le Corbusier]] in the [[Americas]]. Their last cinematographic work, won the Best Argentine Feature Film prize at the 24º [[Mar del Plata]] Film Festival in Argentina, the Best Cinematography Award in the World Dramatic Competitiion at [[Sundance Film Festival|Sundance 2010]], and it was selected to participate at The Lincoln Center Film Society’s and MoMA’s prestigious [http://www.newdirectors.org/2010/ New Directors New Films 2010] in New York, USA. |
''El hombre de al lado'' @ IMDB ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1529252/]''</ref> aka ''The Man Next Door'', a story that exposes a clash between neighbors, and how these neighbors deal with their differences. The film was entirely shot at the [[Curutchet House|Casa Curutchet]] (Curutchet House), the only residential house designed and built by the genius Swiss-French architect [[Le Corbusier]] in the [[Americas]]. Their last cinematographic work, won the Best Argentine Feature Film prize at the 24º [[Mar del Plata]] Film Festival in Argentina, the Best Cinematography Award in the World Dramatic Competitiion at [[Sundance Film Festival|Sundance 2010]], and it was selected to participate at The Lincoln Center Film Society’s and MoMA’s prestigious [http://www.newdirectors.org/2010/ New Directors New Films 2010] in New York, USA. |
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Revision as of 17:28, 13 July 2010
Gastón Duprat (born December 8, 1969 ) and Mariano Cohn (born December 1, 1975) are TV and film directors and producers from Argentina. They initiated their career in TV in 1999, when they created and produced Televisión Abierta, an innovative and interactive TV show where the viewers created the content by requesting a cameraman to be delivered to their place to record a short anchor (less than a minute).
Early steps
Gastón and Mariano met during a regional experimental video festival in Buenos Aires back in 1993, where Gastón was a member of the jury and Mariano was in competition with his video Un día más en la tierra. They began exchanging ideas after the event and started to work on new projects. They have been creative and business partners since then. In the fields of experimental film and video they have created more than twenty works that have been seen in movie theaters, art-house venues and museums around the world. Some of the reknown titles are: Cámara de sombra (1990), Circuito (1993), Venimos llenos de Tierra (1996), Hectárea (1998), Soy Francisco López (2000), 20/12 (2001) and Hágalo usted mismo (2002)
Television
In TV, they designed conceptual and innovative formats like Televisión Abierta (1999), Cupido (2000), Cuentos de terror (2001), Navegando con Fede (2002), and El Amante TV (2007), among others. They desgined, founded and directed the cultural TV channel Ciudad Abierta (2003) for the City of Buenos Aires, where they developed new concepts for mass communication.
Film
In the area of the feature films they started directing Enciclopedia (1998) and Yo Presidente (2006) [1]; a feature documentary film coproduced with journalist Luis Majul and Patagonik (Disney Films) that obtained the First Prize in the International Festival of Independent Cinema from Mexico and the Best Prize for Documentary Film at the Malaga Film Festival.
Two years later they directed El artista (2008)[2] aka The Artist, an art-house film composed entirely by long tracking shots that questions where the limits are established between an artist and his work in the ambiguous world of contemporary art. coproduced between Aleph Media (Argentina), Cinecittá and Istituto Luce (Italy), and received the Ibermedia (Spain) grant for film production.
El hombre de al lado (2009)[3] aka The Man Next Door, a story that exposes a clash between neighbors, and how these neighbors deal with their differences. The film was entirely shot at the Casa Curutchet (Curutchet House), the only residential house designed and built by the genius Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier in the Americas. Their last cinematographic work, won the Best Argentine Feature Film prize at the 24º Mar del Plata Film Festival in Argentina, the Best Cinematography Award in the World Dramatic Competitiion at Sundance 2010, and it was selected to participate at The Lincoln Center Film Society’s and MoMA’s prestigious New Directors New Films 2010 in New York, USA.
Awards by film
| Year | Film | Award |
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| 2007 | Yo, Presidente | First Prize in the International Festival of Cinema Independent from Mexico Best Prize Documentary Movie at the Malaga Film Festival |
| 2008 | El artista | Best Movie and Best Script at the International Festival of Bursa, Turkey The Audience Award at the Cinémas d'Amérique Latine Festival in Toulouse, France Best New Directors award at the 15th Lleida Film Festival, Spain |
| 2009 | El hombre de al lado | Best Argentine Feature Film prize at the 24º Mar del Plata Film Festival, Argentina Best Cinematography Award in the World Dramatic Competition at Sundance 2010, USA Official Slate at The Lincoln Center Film Society’s and MoMA’s prestigious New Directors New Films 2010 in New York, USA Best Directors and Best Actors at the 16th Lleida Film Festival, Spain |
External links
Gastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn at the Internet Movie Database
Gastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn at Cinenacional.com