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Patricio Guzmán
Santiago, Chile
Patricio Guzmán Lozanes (August 11, 1941 – September 15, 2026) was a Chilean documentary and feature film director, and screenwriter. He is most known for his film trilogy The Bat…
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Patricio Guzmán Lozanes (August 11, 1941 – September 15, 2026) was a Chilean documentary and feature film director, and screenwriter. He is most known for his film trilogy The Battle of Chile (1975–1979) and more recently for another trilogy; Nostalgia for the Light (2010), The Pearl Button (2015) and The Cordillera of Dreams (2019). Guzmán also taught documentary film classes in Europe and Latin America, and was the founder and director of the International Documentary Festival of Santiago (FIDOCS). He lived in France. His 1983 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. Guzmán died from cardiorespiratory arrest on September 15, 2026, at a hospital in Paris. He was 85.
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2022
O Grande Irmão: O Dia que Durou 21 Anos 2
Movie Self
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2022
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
Movie Self
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2022
My Imaginary Country
Movie Self
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2020
Nas Asas da Pan Am
Movie Himself
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2019
The Cordillera of Dreams
Movie Director
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2018
Santiago, Italia
Movie Self - Filmmaker
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2015
The Pearl Button
Movie Narrator (voice)
- 2012
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2011
Mentiras verdaderas
TV show Self
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2010
Nostalgia for the Light
Movie Director
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2010
José Maza, Sky Traveller
Movie Director
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2010
Oscar Saa, Technician of the Stars
Movie Director
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2010
María Teresa and the Brown Dwarf
Movie Director
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2010
Chile, a Galaxy of Problems
Movie Director
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2010
Astronomers From My Neighborhood
Movie Director
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2008
The battle of Chile
TV show Director
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2008
Capturing Reality
Movie Self
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2005
My Jules Verne
Movie Director
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2004
Salvador Allende
Movie Self - Narrator (voice)
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2002
Madrid
Movie Director
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2001
The Pinochet Case
Movie Director
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2000
La bataille du Chili
TV show Production Executive
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2000
Invocación
Movie Co-Director
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2000
Los Jaivas en Sacsayhuamán
Movie Editor
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1999
Robinson Crusoe Island
Movie Director
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1997
Chile: Obstinate Memory
Movie Self - Narrator (voice)
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1995
Pueblo en vilo
Movie Director
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1995
Barriers of Solitude
Movie Director
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1992
The Southern Cross
Movie Director
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1988
Moon Over Parador
Movie Family Member
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1987
En nombre de Dios
Movie Director
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1983
The Compass Rose
Movie Director
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1979
The Battle of Chile: Part III
Movie Director
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1976
The Battle of Chile: Part II
Movie Director
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1975
The Battle of Chile: Part I
Movie Director
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1972
The First Year
Movie Screenplay
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1968
Apuntes sobre la tortura y otras formas de diálogo
Movie Director
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1966
Electro show
Movie Director
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1966
Mimbre y Greda
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1965
Viva la libertad
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