Patricio Guzmán

Patricio Guzmán Lozanes is a Chilean documentary film director, screenwriter, director. He is most known for his film trilogy The Battle of Chile and more recently for another trilogy; Nostalgia for the Light, The Pearl Button and The Cordillera of Dreams.

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Career

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

Filmography

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