Guillermo Amoedo

Guillermo Amoedo
Born	Guillermo Amoedo Schultze (1983-03-02) March 2, 1983 Montevideo, Uruguay
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter, film producer, film editor
Years active	2003 – present

Guillermo Amoedo Schultze (born 2 March 1983 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan director and screenwriter, working in Santiago, Chile since 2007.

Amoedo is the cowriter, with Nicolás López, of the films Que Pena Tu Vida (2010), Que Pena Tu Boda (2011), Que Pena Tu Familia (2012), Mis Peores Amigos (2013) and, with Eli Roth, of the films Aftershock (2012), The Green Inferno (2013) and Knock Knock (2015).

He has also written and directed the TV films El Crack (2011), La Leyenda de El Crack (2015) and the feature films Retorno (2010) and The Stranger (2014).

Amoedo received a Bachelor of Communication at the University of Montevideo and later graduated as a Master in Screenwriting at the Universidad de los Andes, where he now teaches practice writing classes.

Filmography

Feature films

• Qué pena tu familia (2012) - writer
• The Green Inferno (2013) - writer
• Mis Peores Amigos: Promedio Rojo el regreso (2013) - writer
• The Stranger (2014) - director, writer
• Knock, Knock (2015) - writer

Short films

• Memorias (2003) - director, writer
• Tercera Persona (2004) - director, writer
• La escafandra (2005) - director, writer
• El último globo (2006) - director, writer
• Qué pena tu vida (2010), writer
• Qué pena tu boda (2011), writer

Television films

• Retorno (2009) - director, writer
• El Crack (2011) - director, writer
• La Leyenda de El Crack (2015) - director, writer

Awards

Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival

Won, Blood Window Award to the Best Iberoamerican Film, "The Stranger" (2014)

Nominated, Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver, Official Fantàstic Panorama Selection, "Mis peores amigos: Promedio rojo el regreso" (2013)

Further reading

• Gorman, Howard (May 8, 2013). "Guillermo Amoedo Discusses Aftershock and The Green Inferno". Cinema Sauce. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
• "Guillermo Amoedo". Universidad de los Andes (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 17, 2014.

External links

• Guillermo Amoedo at IMDb