Alejandro Amenábar
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1972-03-31 (53 years old)
Place of Birth
Santiago de Chile, Chile
Also known As
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Alejandro Amenábar
Biography
Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos (born 31 March 1972) is a Spanish film director. Amenábar was born in Santiago, Chile to a Spanish mother and Chilean father, but the family moved to Spain just one year after his birth. He studied cinema at Madrid'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 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 in 2004 for Mar adentro ("The Sea Insi...
Acting
1995
as Waiter
1992
as Bosco
2006
as Man Looking at Statue (uncredited)
2009
as Reflejo espejo
Production
1997
as Director
1997
as Screenplay
1997
as Original Music Composer
2004
as Screenplay
2004
as Original Music Composer
2004
as Director
2004
as Producer
2001
as Writer
2001
as Director
2001
as Original Music Composer
1999
as Music
1996
as Director
1996
as Screenplay
1996
as Original Music Composer
2009
as Director
2009
as Writer
1992
as Writer
1992
as Director
1995
as Original Music Composer
1995
as Director
1995
as Writer
2015
as Screenplay
2015
as Director
1992
as Editor
1992
as Original Music Composer
2004
as Editor
1996
as Associate Producer
1998
as Music
2015
as Producer
2025
as Director
2025
as Music
2017
as Director
2017
as Writer
2019
as Director
2001
as Original Film Writer
2019
as Producer
2019
as Screenplay
2019
as Original Music Composer
1999
as Original Music Composer
2015
as Director
2015
as Screenplay
2025
as Writer
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