Patricio Guzmán
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 11, 1941
- Died
- September 15, 2026 (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- Santiago, Chile
Biography
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.
Known For
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Filmography
My Imaginary Country
Movie · Director
The Cordillera of Dreams
Movie · Director
The Pearl Button
Movie · Director
Nostalgia for the Light
Movie · Director
Chile, a Galaxy of Problems
Movie · Director
Oscar Saa, Technician of the Stars
Movie · Director
José Maza, Sky Traveller
Movie · Director
María Teresa and the Brown Dwarf
Movie · Director
Astronomers From My Neighborhood
Movie · Director
The battle of Chile
TV · Director · 4 eps
My Jules Verne
Movie · Director
Salvador Allende
Movie · Director
Madrid
Movie · Director
The Pinochet Case
Movie · Director
Invocación
Movie · Co-Director
Robinson Crusoe Island
Movie · Director
Chile: Obstinate Memory
Movie · Director
Barriers of Solitude
Movie · Director
Pueblo en vilo
Movie · Director
The Southern Cross
Movie · Director
En nombre de Dios
Movie · Director
The Compass Rose
Movie · Director
The Battle of Chile: Part III
Movie · Director
The Battle of Chile: Part II
Movie · Director
The Battle of Chile: Part I
Movie · Director
The First Year
Movie · Director
Apuntes sobre la tortura y otras formas de diálogo
Movie · Director
Mimbre y Greda
Movie · Director
Electro show
Movie · Director
Viva la libertad
Movie · Director