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    2026-09-15

    1941-08-1185 years, 2 months, and 26 days old

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    Place of birth:

    Santiago, Chile

    Adult:

    No

    Gender:

    Male

    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.

    Images Gallery

    Best Credits: 12

    Title
    Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
    Self
    7.8
    2022-08-12
    1.2516
    Moon Over Parador
    Family Member
    5.9
    1988-09-09
    1.5078
    O Grande Irmão: O Dia que Durou 21 Anos 2
    Self
    9
    2022-09-08
    0.4721
    My Imaginary Country
    Self
    6.7
    2022-05-20
    1.2275
    Chile: Obstinate Memory
    Self - Narrator (voice)
    7.4
    1997-02-25
    0.6452
    Salvador Allende
    Self - Narrator (voice)
    7
    2004-09-08
    1.5239
    The Pearl Button
    Narrator (voice)
    6.933
    2015-10-15
    1.0705
    Luc Moullet (et Patricio Guzmán) à Manosque III
    0
    2012-11-03
    2.0179
    Capturing Reality
    Self
    6.333
    2008-11-01
    0.5774
    Santiago, Italia
    Self - Filmmaker
    7.2
    2018-12-06
    1.2548
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