Juan J. Campanella
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Life and career
Campanella was born in Buenos AiresBuenos Aires
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, Argentina
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. He started studying engineering
Engineering
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, but dropped out in 1980 after four years at university. He would later remark that the decisive factor for this decision was watching All That Jazz
All That Jazz
All That Jazz is a 1979 American musical film directed by Bob Fosse. The screenplay by Robert Alan Aurthur and Fosse is a semi-autobiographical fantasy based on aspects of Fosse's life and career as dancer, choreographer and director. The film was inspired by Bob Fosse's manic effort to edit his...
on the very day he was going to apply for a fifth year. His debut as director was in 1979, with the short Prioridad nacional
Prioridad nacional
Prioridad nacional is a 1979 Argentine film....
. Campanella traveled to the United States
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and entered the Tisch School of the Arts
Tisch School of the Arts
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. Four years later, in 1984, his second film, Victoria 392, which marked the first of five collaborations with actor friend Eduardo Blanco
Eduardo Blanco (actor)
Eduardo Blanco is an Argentine actor best known for his roles in the trilogy of films directed by Juan José Campanella, his friend and frequent collaborator: El Mismo Amor, la Misma Lluvia , El Hijo de la Novia and Luna de Avellaneda .- Biography :Blanco started as a theater actor, most notably...
, as well as his first collaboration with screenwriter Fernando Castets, with whom he co-directed and co-wrote the film.
After graduating from NYU film school, Campanella went on to direct two American films: The Boy Who Cried Bitch
The Boy Who Cried Bitch
The Boy Who Cried Bitch is an independent film released in 1991 and directed by Juan Jose Campanella. It stars Harley Cross, Jason Biggs , Jesse Bradford and Karen Young.-Plot:...
in 1991 and Love Walked In
Love Walked In (1997 film)
Love Walked In is a 1997 American film noir drama/thriller film directed by Juan José Campanella, based on the novel Ni el Tiro del Final by Argentine novelist and political columnist José Pablo Feinmann.- Plot :...
in 1997.
In 1999, Campanella reunited once more with Castets to write El Mismo Amor, la Misma Lluvia
El Mismo Amor, la Misma Lluvia
El mismo amor, la misma lluvia is an Argentine and American romantic comedy film. It was directed by Juan José Campanella and written by Campanella and Fernando Castets...
, which starred actor friend Ricardo Darín
Ricardo Darín
Ricardo Darín is an Argentine actor, screenwriter and film director.Darín is one of the biggest movie stars in Argentina. He played a number of parts in TV series for several years where he became popular as a young leading actor...
(who had met Campanella 15 years before, abroad) and Eduardo Blanco. The formula would be repeated with two other films, in El Hijo de la Novia, 2001 (nominated for Oscar for best foreign language film in 2002) and in Luna de Avellaneda, 2004, all of which teamed Campanella and Castests as screenwriters, and Darín and Blanco as leading and supporting actor, respectively. Darín reprised the role of Campanella's leading man in the mystery film El secreto de sus ojos
El secreto de sus ojos
The Secret in Their Eyes is a 2009 Argentine crime thriller, directed by Juan José Campanella, based on Eduardo Sacheri's novel La Pregunta de Sus Ojos...
(2009), Campanella's fourth feature length movie to date, a movie which won the Academy Award for best foreign language film in 2010.
Campanella nowadays directs mostly TV series for American audiences (among them, House
House (TV series)
House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in...
, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...
, Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...
and 30 Rock
30 Rock
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). He holds Spanish
Spain
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citizenship since 2006.
Campanella has worked 5 times with Eduardo Blanco
Eduardo Blanco (actor)
Eduardo Blanco is an Argentine actor best known for his roles in the trilogy of films directed by Juan José Campanella, his friend and frequent collaborator: El Mismo Amor, la Misma Lluvia , El Hijo de la Novia and Luna de Avellaneda .- Biography :Blanco started as a theater actor, most notably...
, 4 times with Ricardo Darín
Ricardo Darín
Ricardo Darín is an Argentine actor, screenwriter and film director.Darín is one of the biggest movie stars in Argentina. He played a number of parts in TV series for several years where he became popular as a young leading actor...
and 2 times with Héctor Alterio. Campanella has also directed a number of acclaimed Argentine actors, including Norma Aleandro
Norma Aleandro
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, Alfredo Alcón, Ulises Dumont
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, Natalia Verbeke
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, Adrián Suar
Adrián Suar
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, Mercedes Morán
Mercedes Morán
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, Valeria Bertuccelli
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and Rodrigo de la Serna
Rodrigo de la Serna
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, as well as English-speaking actors Chris Meloni, Denis Leary
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, Adrien Brody
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, Justin Long
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, Vincent D'Onofrio
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, Tina Fey
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, Rachel Dratch
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, Hope Davis
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, Jay Hernandez
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, and Hugh Laurie
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.
Filmography
- Prioridad nacionalPrioridad nacionalPrioridad nacional is a 1979 Argentine film....
(1979) - Victoria 392 (1984)
- The Boy Who Cried BitchThe Boy Who Cried BitchThe Boy Who Cried Bitch is an independent film released in 1991 and directed by Juan Jose Campanella. It stars Harley Cross, Jason Biggs , Jesse Bradford and Karen Young.-Plot:...
(1991) - Love Walked InLove Walked In (1997 film)Love Walked In is a 1997 American film noir drama/thriller film directed by Juan José Campanella, based on the novel Ni el Tiro del Final by Argentine novelist and political columnist José Pablo Feinmann.- Plot :...
(1997) - El mismo amor, la misma lluviaEl Mismo Amor, la Misma LluviaEl mismo amor, la misma lluvia is an Argentine and American romantic comedy film. It was directed by Juan José Campanella and written by Campanella and Fernando Castets...
(1999) - El hijo de la novia (2001)
- Luna de Avellaneda (2004)
- El secreto de sus ojosEl secreto de sus ojosThe Secret in Their Eyes is a 2009 Argentine crime thriller, directed by Juan José Campanella, based on Eduardo Sacheri's novel La Pregunta de Sus Ojos...
(2009, The Secret in Their Eyes) - Manuel BelgranoManuel Belgrano (film)Manuel Belgrano is an Argentine film, based on the life of the Argentine national hero Manuel Belgrano. It is being produced in the context of the Argentina Bicentennial, which raised the public interest in the May Revolution and the Argentine War of Independence. It is directed by Juan J....
(2011) - Metegol (2012)
Select TV work
- Lifestories: Families in CrisisLifestories: Families in CrisisLifestories: Families in Crisis is an American drama television series that premiered on HBO on August 1, 1992.-The show:Lifestories: Families in Crisis deals with major issues involving individuals, mostly teenagers and young adults. The stories usually ended with the real person on which the...
(Dead Drunk: The Kevin Tunell Story) (1993) - Upright Citizens BrigadeUpright Citizens BrigadeThe Upright Citizens Brigade is an improvisational comedy and sketch comedy group that emerged from Chicago's ImprovOlympic in 1990. The most recent incarnation consists of Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, and Matt Walsh...
(1998) - Strangers with CandyStrangers with CandyStrangers with Candy is a television series produced by Comedy Central. It first aired on April 7, 1999, and concluded its third and final season on October 2, 2000. Its timeslot was Sundays at 10 p.m....
(2000) - Culpables (2001)
- Law & Order: Criminal IntentLaw & Order: Criminal IntentLaw & Order: Criminal Intent is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it was also primarily produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and René Balcer, the series premiered on September 30, 2001, as the second spin-off of Wolf's successful crime drama...
(2002) - EdEd (TV series)Ed is an NBC television program co-produced by David Letterman's Worldwide Pants Incorporated, NBC Productions, and Viacom Productions that aired from 2000 to 2004....
(2002) - Dragnet (2003)
- Law & Order: Special Victims UnitLaw & Order: Special Victims UnitLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural television drama series set in New York City, where it is also primarily produced...
(2000–Present) - Six Degrees (2006)
- 30 Rock30 Rock30 Rock is an American television comedy series created by Tina Fey that airs on NBC. The series is loosely based on Fey's experiences as head writer for Saturday Night Live...
(2006) - Vientos de AguaVientos de aguaVientos de agua is a 2006 cult Argentine- Spanish mini TV series created by Juan José Campanella. The drama traces a Spaniard's emigration to Argentina in the 1930s, and, years later, his son's return to modern-day Spain....
(2006) - House MDHouse (TV series)House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in...
(2007–2010) - Recordando el Show de Alejandro Molina (2011)
- El hombre de tu vida (2011)
Awards
- 2009 Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign FilmGoya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign FilmThe Goya Award for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film is one of the Goya Awards, Spain's principal national film awards.-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-Awards by nation:-References:**...
for El secreto de sus ojosEl secreto de sus ojosThe Secret in Their Eyes is a 2009 Argentine crime thriller, directed by Juan José Campanella, based on Eduardo Sacheri's novel La Pregunta de Sus Ojos... - 2009 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language FilmAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language FilmThe Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
for El secreto de sus ojosEl secreto de sus ojosThe Secret in Their Eyes is a 2009 Argentine crime thriller, directed by Juan José Campanella, based on Eduardo Sacheri's novel La Pregunta de Sus Ojos...