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Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos (born March 31, 1972 in Santiago, Chile
Santiago, Chile

Santiago , is the Capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of 520 m Above mean sea level....
) is a Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
-Chilean
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
 film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
. Amenábar was born in Santiago, Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
 in 1972, to a Spanish mother and Chilean father, but the family moved to Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 just one year after his birth. He studied cinema at Madrid
Madrid

Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
's Universidad Complutense but eventually dropped out.

In addition to writing and directing his own films, Amenábar has maintained a notable career as a composer of film scores, including the Goya
Goya Awards

The Goya Awards, known in Spanish language as los Premios Goya, are Spain's main national film awards, considered the Spanish equivalent to the American Academy Awards....
-nominated score for José Luis Cuerda's La lengua de las mariposas.

Amenábar was awarded the Grand Prix of the Jury at the International Venice Film Festival
Venice Film Festival

The Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the Lido di Venezia, Venice, Italy....
 in 2004 for Mar adentro
Mar adentro

The Sea Inside is a 2004 in film film by the Spain/Chilean film director Alejandro Amen?bar. It is based on the real-life story of Ram?n Sampedro , a Spain ship mechanic left quadriplegic after a diving accident....
 ("The Sea Inside"), and in February 2005 the same film won the Academy Award
Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers....
 for Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

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.

In February 2004, Amenábar came out
Coming out

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 to the Spanish gay magazine
List of LGBT publications

The following is a list of publications aimed at the lesbian, Gay , bisexuality, transgender demographic by country....
 Shangay Express.


ábar is currently shooting an epic film called Ágora
Agora (film)

Agora is an upcoming historical drama film directed by Alejandro Amen?bar, written by Amen?bar and Mateo Gil, and starring Rachel Weisz and Max Minghella....
 which he wrote with Mateo Gil
Mateo Gil

Mateo Gil Rodr?guez is a Spain screenplay writer and film director....
.






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Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos (born March 31, 1972 in Santiago, Chile
Santiago, Chile

Santiago , is the Capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of 520 m Above mean sea level....
) is a Spanish
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
-Chilean
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
 film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
. Amenábar was born in Santiago, Chile
Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow coastal strip wedged between the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean....
 in 1972, to a Spanish mother and Chilean father, but the family moved to Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
 just one year after his birth. He studied cinema at Madrid
Madrid

Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
's Universidad Complutense but eventually dropped out.

In addition to writing and directing his own films, Amenábar has maintained a notable career as a composer of film scores, including the Goya
Goya Awards

The Goya Awards, known in Spanish language as los Premios Goya, are Spain's main national film awards, considered the Spanish equivalent to the American Academy Awards....
-nominated score for José Luis Cuerda's La lengua de las mariposas.

Amenábar was awarded the Grand Prix of the Jury at the International Venice Film Festival
Venice Film Festival

The Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the Lido di Venezia, Venice, Italy....
 in 2004 for Mar adentro
Mar adentro

The Sea Inside is a 2004 in film film by the Spain/Chilean film director Alejandro Amen?bar. It is based on the real-life story of Ram?n Sampedro , a Spain ship mechanic left quadriplegic after a diving accident....
 ("The Sea Inside"), and in February 2005 the same film won the Academy Award
Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers....
 for Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Award, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ....
.

In February 2004, Amenábar came out
Coming out

Coming out, or commonly "coming out of the closet," describes the usually voluntary public revealing of a person's sexual orientation and/or gender identity....
 to the Spanish gay magazine
List of LGBT publications

The following is a list of publications aimed at the lesbian, Gay , bisexuality, transgender demographic by country....
 Shangay Express.

Filmography

  • Himenóptero (1992)
  • Luna (1995)
  • Thesis (Tesis)
    Tesis

    Tesis is a 1996 in film Cinema of Spain. The feature debut of director Alejandro Amen?bar, and written by him and Mateo Gil, it won seven 1997 Goya Awards , including the award for Best Film....
     (also known as Snuff) (1996)
  • Open Your Eyes (Abre los ojos) (1997)
  • The Others
    The Others (2001 film)

    The Others is a 2001 in film psychological Horror film film by the Spain/Chilean film director Alejandro Amen?bar, starring Nicole Kidman, and in part based on Henry James' classic, The Turn of the Screw....
     (2001)
  • The Sea Inside (Mar adentro) (2004)
  • Un viaje mar adentro (television feature) (2005)
  • Agora
    Agora (film)

    Agora is an upcoming historical drama film directed by Alejandro Amen?bar, written by Amen?bar and Mateo Gil, and starring Rachel Weisz and Max Minghella....
     (2009)


Future projects

Amenábar is currently shooting an epic film called Ágora
Agora (film)

Agora is an upcoming historical drama film directed by Alejandro Amen?bar, written by Amen?bar and Mateo Gil, and starring Rachel Weisz and Max Minghella....
 which he wrote with Mateo Gil
Mateo Gil

Mateo Gil Rodr?guez is a Spain screenplay writer and film director....
. The film is set in Roman Egypt and is based on the life of a slave who falls in love with his master, philosophy professor Hypatia of Alexandria
Hypatia of Alexandria

Hypatia of Alexandria was a Greeks scholar from Alexandria in Ancient Egypt, considered the first notable woman in mathematics, who also taught philosophy and astronomy....
. Amenábar was actually approached to direct the live action Dragonball
Dragonball (film)

Dragonball Evolution is an upcoming 2009 in film American live-action film adaptation of the Dragon Ball media franchise being produced by 20th Century Fox....
 film but turned it down.

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