Directing · geboren 1941-08-11 · Santiago, Chile

Patricio Guzmán

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.

Bekannt aus

• Heimweh nach den Sternen (2010) – Director
• Santiago, Italia (2018) – Self - Filmmaker
• Mond über Parador (1988) – Family Member
• Der Perlmuttknopf (2015) – Narrator (voice)
• Der Kampf um Chile (Teil 1/3): Der Aufstand der Bourgeoisie (1975) – Director
• Der Kampf um Chile (Teil 3/3): Die Macht des Volkes (1979) – Director
• Die Kordillere der Träume (2019) – Director
• Mi país imaginario (2022) – Self
• Salvador Allende (2004) – Self - Narrator (voice)
• Chile: la memoria obstinada (1997) – Self - Narrator (voice)
• Film: The Living Record of Our Memory (2022) – Self
• Le cas Pinochet (2001) – Director
• Capturing Reality (2008) – Self
• La rosa de los vientos (1983) – Director
• La cruz del sur (1992) – Director
• En nombre de Dios (1987) – Director
• Jose Maza, el viajero del cielo (2010) – Director
• La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin armas - Segunda parte: El golpe de estado (1976) – Director
• Das erste Jahr (1972) – Screenplay
• Chile, una galaxia de problemas (2010) – Director
• Oscar Saa, el técnico de las estrellas (2010) – Director
• Mentiras verdaderas (2011) – Self
• María Teresa y la enana marrón (2010) – Director
• Apuntes sobre la tortura y otras formas de diálogo (1968) – Director
• O Grande Irmão: O Dia que Durou 21 Anos 2 (2022) – Self
• Madrid (2002) – Director
• Isla de Robinson Crusoe (1999) – Director
• Astrónomos de mi barrio: Guillermo Fernández, Carlos Contreras (2010) – Director
• Mon Jules Verne (2005) – Director
• Pueblo en vilo (1995) – Director
• Invocación (2000) – Co-Director
• The battle of Chile (2008) – Director
• Der Kampf um Chile (2000) – Production Executive
• Luc Moullet (et Patricio Guzmán) à Manosque III (2012)
• Nas Asas da Pan Am (2020) – Himself
• Mimbre y Greda (1966) – Director
• Barriers of Solitude (1995) – Director
• Electro show (1966) – Director
• Viva la libertad (1965) – Director
• Los Jaivas en Sacsayhuamán (2000) – Editor