Uruguayan-Argentine film director
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| Born | Israel Adrián Caetano
1969 (age 55–56)
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| Occupation(s) | film director, producer, screenwriter |
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Israel Adrián Caetano (born 1969 inMontevideo,Uruguay), known asAdrián Caetano, is anUruguayanfilm director,producer andscreenwriter.
He's often credited asAdrián Caetano.[1] He works mainly in thecinema of Argentina and at times, he obtains funding for his films inEurope. He lives inBuenos Aires, Argentina.
At age of sixteen, his family moved toCórdoba, Argentina. When he was older, he shot several short videos includingVisite Carlos Paz, andCalafate.
In 1995, Caetano won a prize in a script contest he entered. The money won allowed him to film the shortDown Hill (Cuesta abajo), his first work filmed in35mm.Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes (1998, co-directed with Bruno Stagnaro) followed. The film was well received at the various film festivals where it screened.
In 1996, Caetano won a Media ArtsFellowship, funded by theRockefeller Foundation inNew York City.[2]
Caetano also directs television commercial and programs.[3]
In 2005, Caetano returned toUruguay to shoot the mini-seriesUruguayos Campeones for television.[4]
New Argentine cinema
[edit]Film criticManohla Dargis, writing for theLos Angeles Times, calls Caetano "a leading figure in the new Argentine cinema." She notes that Caetano's first feature, the 1998 release ofPizza, Beer, Cigarettes, helped jump-start a "New Argentine Cinema."[5]
His first full-length film,Bolivia (2001) was well received by film critics, even though it took three years to produce the film due to budget constraints.
His filmChronicle of an Escape, the true story of four men who narrowly escaped death at the hands of Argentina's military death squads during the 1970s, was released in 2006. The film was a major box office success in Argentina, and was screened at the2006 Cannes Film Festival[6] and theToronto International Film Festival.[7] It has won and been nominated for numerous awards.
- Peces chicos (1999) (documentary)
- La Cautiva (2001) (digital beta)
- Tumberos (2002) (mini series), a.k.a.Tombers
- Disputas (2003) (mini series), a.k.a.Catfight
- Uruguayos Campeones (2005) (mini series)
- Lo que el tiempo nos dejó (2010)
Wins
- Clarin Entertainment Awards: Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Film, forCrónica de una fuga, 2006.
- Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor; Best Screenplay, Adapted, Israel Adrián Caetano, 2003.
- Rotterdam International Film Festival: KNF Award, Israel Adrián Caetano, forBolivia, 2002.
- Havana Film Festival: Special Jury Prize,A Red Bear, 2002.
- Cannes Film Festival: Young Critics Award Best Feature, Israel Adrián Caetano, forBolivia, 2001.
- London Film Festival:FIPRESCI Prize, Israel Adrián Caetano, for its direct, sentimental treatment of one of the most important social questions facing urban societies everywhere, forBolivia, 2001.
- Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival: Made in Spanish Award, Israel Adrián Caetano, forBolivia, 2001.
- Argentine Film Critics Association Awards: Silver Condor, Best First Film, forPizza, birra, faso, 1999.
- Fribourg International Film Festival:FIPRESCI Prize, Israel Adrián Caetano and Bruno Stagnaro, for a first feature by two young directors who dramatise with force and without sentimentality the predicament of the teenage marginals of Argentina; andGrand Prix, forPizza, birra, faso, 1998.
- Gramado Film Festival: Golden Kikito, Best Director, Best Film, Best Screenplay, forPizza, birra, faso 1998. Shared with Bruno Stagnaro.
- ^Israel Adrián Caetano at theInternet Movie Database.
- ^Media Arts Fellowships web site.
- ^Cinema TropicalArchived March 20, 2007, at theWayback Machine,Bolivia, about the director section.
- ^Levy, EmanuelArchived 2016-03-03 at theWayback Machine. Profile of Israel Adrián Caetano.
- ^Dargis, Manohla.Los Angeles Times, film review, June 6, 2003.
- ^"Festival de Cannes: Chronicle of an Escape".festival-cannes.com. Archived fromthe original on 2011-08-22. Retrieved2009-12-13.
- ^Deming, Mark.Allmovie, film review.
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