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Alejandro Amenabar
Birth at
31 March 1972
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Alejandro Amenabar, full name Alejandro Fernando Amenabar Cantos. Born in Santiago, Chile, on March 31, 1972, the family was forced to flee to Spain because of the political conflict. In 1990, Alejandro Amenabar entered the university in the department of computer science, but the young man did not like the exact sciences. He was much more interested in cinema. In 1991, Alejandro Amenabar was awarded the Independent Association of Non-Professional Filmmakers Award. This award brought him the short
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Alejandro Amenabar, full name Alejandro Fernando Amenabar Cantos. Born in Santiago, Chile, on March 31, 1972, the family was forced to flee to Spain because of the political conflict.
In 1990, Alejandro Amenabar entered the university in the department of computer science, but the young man did not like the exact sciences. He was much more interested in cinema.
In 1991, Alejandro Amenabar was awarded the Independent Association of Non-Professional Filmmakers Award. This award brought him the short film “Head”. In this film, as in his other works, he acted immediately as a director, composer, scriptwriter and actor.
The first full-length film
Thesis (1996) brought 21-year-old Amenabar critical acclaim and seven statuettes of the Spanish film award Goya. He became rich and famous overnight. The next creation, the movie.
"Open your eyes" (1997), was the "forerunner" of the Hollywood drama "Vanilla Sky": the famous actor Tom Cruise bought the script from Amenabara, and later starred in this film.
The creative alliance with Tom Cruise didn’t end there. English-language film by Amenabar
Others" (2001) was produced by him. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival. The result is a worldwide recognition of talent and eight film awards at home.
He was one of the first to raise the issue of euthanasia. Picture
The sea is inside (2004) starring Javier Bardem is based on the true story of a paralyzed man. The film was awarded a special prize at the Venice Film Festival, and a year later - the Oscar for best foreign film.
All the works of the Spanish director are surreal. Alejandro Amenabar sticks to his style and continues to discover new and new facets of the amazing art of cinema.