Lucrecia Martel

About Lucrecia Martel

Who is it?: Director, Writer, Producer
Birth Day: December 14, 1966
Birth Place:  Salta, Argentina, Argentina
Alma mater: ENERC
Occupation: Film director, producer and screenwriter

Lucrecia Martel

Lucrecia Martel was born on December 14, 1966 in  Salta, Argentina, Argentina, is Director, Writer, Producer. Born in 1966 in Salta in the North of Argentina,Lucrecia Martel settled down in Buenos Aires where she attended the ENERC (National Film School). She started by directing a few shorts among which Historias Breves I: Rey muerto (1995), which garnered several awards in the international film festival circuit. From 1995 to 1998, she made a series of documentaries for TV as well as a children's TV programme, hailed by the Argentinian press for its unusual dark humor. From 2001 until today, Lucrecia Martel has managed to make three very personal feature films, La Ciénaga (2001), La niña santa (2004) and La mujer sin cabeza (2008), in which she explores her favorite theme, troubled minds.
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Popular As Lucrecia Martel
Occupation Director
Age 58 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born December 14, 1966 ( Salta, Argentina, Argentina)
Birthday December 14
Town/City  Salta, Argentina, Argentina
Nationality Argentina

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Lucrecia Martel’s zodiac sign is Capricorn. According to astrologers, Capricorn is a sign that represents time and responsibility, and its representatives are traditional and often very serious by nature. These individuals possess an inner state of independence that enables significant progress both in their personal and professional lives. They are masters of self-control and have the ability to lead the way, make solid and realistic plans, and manage many people who work for them at any time. They will learn from their mistakes and get to the top based solely on their experience and expertise.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Lucrecia Martel was born in the Year of the Horse. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Horse love to roam free. They’re energetic, self-reliant, money-wise, and they enjoy traveling, love and intimacy. They’re great at seducing, sharp-witted, impatient and sometimes seen as a drifter. Compatible with Dog or Tiger.

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Biography/Timeline

1988

Martel directed a number of short films between 1988 and 1994. The award winning short film Rey Muerto (Dead King) (1995) was part of Historias Breves I (Brief Tales I).

1998

According to film critic Joel Poblete, who writes for Mabuse, a cinema magazine, Lucrecia Martel is one of the members of the so-called "New Argentine Cinema" which began c. 1998.

2004

Her debut feature film La Ciénaga received several international awards, and was voted the greatest Latin American film of the decade in a poll of New York area film critics, programmers and industry professionals. The Holy Girl was selected for competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and ranked ninth in the same poll, while The Headless Woman was selected for competition at Cannes in 2008 and ranked eighth. Additionally, James Quandt of Artforum declared The Headless Woman as "one of the great films of the decade."

2006

Martel was a member of the Cannes Film Festival Feature Films Jury in 2006.

2017

In 2017 Zama premiered at the 74th Venice International Film Festival. Martel's last work is an adaptation of Antonio di Benedetto's eponymous novel starring Daniel Giménez Cacho. The film received widespread acclaim from critics and was also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and the New York Film Festival.

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