Sergio Teubal

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1969.

 

Director
He started his career as a theater actor, and despite earning a degree in management he never worked in that profession. After a job with Air France and travelling the world for three years, he went to London in 1996 to study directing for film and theatre. Returning home in 1999, he started directing commercials for the production company Film Planet. A few years later, he opened the Argentinean office of the production company Metropolis Films. In addition to many promotional films and music videos, he directed a short documentary La Musica del Delta (2005). After two short feature films To Daddy (A Papa, 2009) and Who Is Echegoyen? (Quin es Echegoyen?, 2010), The Finger (El Dedo, 2010) was his feature-length debut.

Filmography


Films by this director

The Finger

(El dedo, Argentina, 2010)

Directed by: Sergio Teubal
PHOTOGRAPHY: Cristian Cottet
Synopsis:

One finger is about to stir up the whole pot in the village of Cerro Colorado. After officially becoming a town, its inhabitants must elect a mayor. The ambitious Don Hidalgo starts to campaign, convinced of his inevitable victory. When his political rival Baldomero is found dead, the elections are up in the air, as the population is now 500, one less from that which is required to maintain the status as an actual town. Baldomero’s brother Florencio saves the dead man’s finger in a jar, determin...

digital, color, 93 min
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