Alejandro Agresti
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Alejandro Agresti is an Argentine
film director and producer. He has become increasingly influential in the United States
and directed The Lake House
with top Hollywood actors Sandra Bullock
and Keanu Reeves
in 2006.
, the story of a young boy who dreams of becoming an astronaut while attempting to better the bewildering world around him. This internationally acclaimed feature earned Agresti the Silver Condor (Cóndor de Plata) by the Argentine Film Critics Association for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, Best Film and Special Jury Award at the Mar del Plata Film Festival, the Golden Calf for Best Director at the Nederlands Film Festival, and the Audience Award at the Newport International Film Festival.
Agresti's other films include El Viento se llevó lo que ("Wind with
the Gone"), Un mundo menos peor ("A Less Bad World"), El acto en cuestion ("The Act in Question") and Buenos Aires Vice Versa
.
El Viento se llevó lo qué tells the story of a Buenos Aires cab driver who goes to an isolated village where the only contact with the outside world is through movies. The film garnered the Golden Seashell at the San Sebastián Film Festival, a Silver Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival, two awards at the Havana Film Festival and a Golden Tulip at the Istanbul International Film Festival.
Agresti has also received several awards for his look at the urban makeup of his birthplace in Buenos Aires Vice Versa, including Best Screenplay and Best Editing from the Argentine Film Critics Association, the Special Jury Prize at the Havana Film Festival, and three awards from Argentina’s Mar del Plata International Film Festival. Un mundo menos peor ("A Less Bad World") premiered at the 2004 Venice Film Festival and was awarded the "Award of the City of Rome" Best Film prize.
Born in 1961, Agresti made his directorial debut while still a teenager with 1978’s El Zoológico y el cementerio, a short film he shot on weekends while working as a TV director in Buenos Aires. Longing to broaden his horizons, he immigrated to the Netherlands
, where he exhibited El Hombre que ganó la razón at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam in 1986.
After establishing himself in the Netherlands, he continued his burgeoning career with such projects as Love is a Fat Woman which won the Special Jury Prize at the 1988 Nederlands Film Festival and the Best New Director award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival, and Boda Secreta ("Secret Wedding") which won the Golden Calf for Best Film award at the Nederlands Film Festival, among other international awards.
Other popular Agresti films include La cruz
("The Cross"), the story about a film critic whose job loss precipitates a family crisis; the popular comedy A Night With Sabrina Love, the tale of a teenager who unexpectedly wins an evening with a famous porn star in a television contest; City Life, Luba, Figaro Stories, Everybody Wants to Help Ernest, A Lonely Race, Modern Crimes, and El Acto en cuestión ("The Act in Question"), which won more than a dozen international film awards.
In 2006, his film The Lake House was released.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
film director and producer. He has become increasingly influential in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and directed The Lake House
The Lake House (film)
The Lake House: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released in 2006.# "This Never Happened Before" - Paul McCartney# " Make You Mine" - The Clientele# "Time Has Told Me" - Nick Drake# "Ant Farm" - Eels...
with top Hollywood actors Sandra Bullock
Sandra Bullock
Sandra Annette Bullock is an Academy Award winning American actress and producer who rose to fame in the 1990s after roles in successful films such as Demolition Man, Speed, The Net, A Time to Kill, and While You Were Sleeping. She continued with films such as Miss Congeniality, The Lake House,...
and Keanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves
Keanu Charles Reeves is a Canadian actor. Reeves is perhaps best known for his roles in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Speed, Point Break and the science fiction-action trilogy The Matrix...
in 2006.
Career
Alejandro Agresti, is best known in the United States for the feature ValentínValentín
Valentín is a 2002 Argentine, French, Italian, Dutch, and Spanish drama film, written and directed by Alejandro Agresti. The film features Rodrigo Noya as Valentínand Carmen Maura as the grandmother...
, the story of a young boy who dreams of becoming an astronaut while attempting to better the bewildering world around him. This internationally acclaimed feature earned Agresti the Silver Condor (Cóndor de Plata) by the Argentine Film Critics Association for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, Best Film and Special Jury Award at the Mar del Plata Film Festival, the Golden Calf for Best Director at the Nederlands Film Festival, and the Audience Award at the Newport International Film Festival.
Agresti's other films include El Viento se llevó lo que ("Wind with
the Gone"), Un mundo menos peor ("A Less Bad World"), El acto en cuestion ("The Act in Question") and Buenos Aires Vice Versa
Buenos Aires Vice Versa
Buenos Aires Vice Versa is an Argentine and Dutch dramatic film, written and directed by Alejandro Agresti. The film was produced by Alejandro Agresti and Axel Harding, and co-produced by Emjay Rechsteiner....
.
El Viento se llevó lo qué tells the story of a Buenos Aires cab driver who goes to an isolated village where the only contact with the outside world is through movies. The film garnered the Golden Seashell at the San Sebastián Film Festival, a Silver Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival, two awards at the Havana Film Festival and a Golden Tulip at the Istanbul International Film Festival.
Agresti has also received several awards for his look at the urban makeup of his birthplace in Buenos Aires Vice Versa, including Best Screenplay and Best Editing from the Argentine Film Critics Association, the Special Jury Prize at the Havana Film Festival, and three awards from Argentina’s Mar del Plata International Film Festival. Un mundo menos peor ("A Less Bad World") premiered at the 2004 Venice Film Festival and was awarded the "Award of the City of Rome" Best Film prize.
Born in 1961, Agresti made his directorial debut while still a teenager with 1978’s El Zoológico y el cementerio, a short film he shot on weekends while working as a TV director in Buenos Aires. Longing to broaden his horizons, he immigrated to the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, where he exhibited El Hombre que ganó la razón at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam in 1986.
After establishing himself in the Netherlands, he continued his burgeoning career with such projects as Love is a Fat Woman which won the Special Jury Prize at the 1988 Nederlands Film Festival and the Best New Director award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival, and Boda Secreta ("Secret Wedding") which won the Golden Calf for Best Film award at the Nederlands Film Festival, among other international awards.
Other popular Agresti films include La cruz
La cruz (film)
La cruz is a 1997 Argentine drama film directed by Alejandro Agresti. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Norman Briski - Alfredo* Mirta Busnelli - Eloisa* Carlos Roffé - Pablo...
("The Cross"), the story about a film critic whose job loss precipitates a family crisis; the popular comedy A Night With Sabrina Love, the tale of a teenager who unexpectedly wins an evening with a famous porn star in a television contest; City Life, Luba, Figaro Stories, Everybody Wants to Help Ernest, A Lonely Race, Modern Crimes, and El Acto en cuestión ("The Act in Question"), which won more than a dozen international film awards.
In 2006, his film The Lake House was released.
Filmography
As Director:- The Lake HouseThe Lake House (film)The Lake House: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released in 2006.# "This Never Happened Before" - Paul McCartney# " Make You Mine" - The Clientele# "Time Has Told Me" - Nick Drake# "Ant Farm" - Eels...
(2006) - Mundo menos peor, Un (2004) /A Less Bad World
- ValentínValentínValentín is a 2002 Argentine, French, Italian, Dutch, and Spanish drama film, written and directed by Alejandro Agresti. The film features Rodrigo Noya as Valentínand Carmen Maura as the grandmother...
(2002) - Una noche con Sabrina LoveUna noche con Sabrina LoveUna noche con Sabrina Love is an Argentine, Spanish, Italian, French, and Dutch film, released in 2000 and written and directed by Alejandro Agresti...
(2000) / A Night with Sabrina Love - El Viento se llevó lo que (1998) / Wind with the Gone
- La cruzLa cruz (film)La cruz is a 1997 Argentine drama film directed by Alejandro Agresti. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Norman Briski - Alfredo* Mirta Busnelli - Eloisa* Carlos Roffé - Pablo...
(1997) - Día para siempre, Un (1997)
- Buenos Aires Vice VersaBuenos Aires Vice VersaBuenos Aires Vice Versa is an Argentine and Dutch dramatic film, written and directed by Alejandro Agresti. The film was produced by Alejandro Agresti and Axel Harding, and co-produced by Emjay Rechsteiner....
(1996) - El Acto en cuestión (1994) / The Act in Question
- Hexagon (1994) (segment "Tegenbeweging": music composed by Theo VerbeyTheo Verbey-Biography:Theo Verbey first achieved recognition for his orchestral arrangement of Alban Berg's Piano Sonata, Op. 1, a piece he orchestrated in 1984 while still a student. He studied at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague where he graduated in 1986. His principle composition teachers were Peter...
) - Modern Crimes (1992)
- A Lonely Race (1992)
- Everybody Wants to Help Ernest (1991)
- Figaro Stories (1991)
- Luba (1990)
- City Life (1990)
- Boda secreta (1989) / Secret Wedding
- El Amor es una mujer gorda (1987) / Love Is a Fat WomanLove Is a Fat WomanLove Is A Fat Woman is a 1987 Argentine drama film directed and written by Alejandro Agresti.-Release:The film premiered in Argentina on 12 April 2001...
- Hombre que ganó la razón, El (1986)
- Neutrónica explotó en Burzaco, La (1984)
- Espectros de la recoleta, Los (1981)
- Tú sabes mi nombre (1981)
- Araña, La (1980)
- Sola (1979)
- Zoológico y el cementerio, El (1978)