Alejandro Amenábar

31.03.1972, Santiago de Chile

 

Director
Amenábar is a Spanish director, screenwriter and composer of film music. His mother was Spanish and his father Chilean. He moved to Madrid at the age of one. In 1996, he experienced his first success with the film Tesis (The Thesis). His next film, Abre los ojos (1977) achieved great success around the world. In 2001, its Hollywood remake, Vanilla Sky, was made starring Penelope Cruz, who appeared in the original as well. In 2001, he made his first film in English, The Others.
He is the director, screenwriter, and music composer of all of his films.

Filmography


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Films by this director

Thesis

(Tesis, Spain, 1996)

Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar
PHOTOGRAPHY: Hans Burmann
Synopsis:

Angela is writing her thesis on audiovisual violence. During her research, she uncovers a snuff film in which the violence is real and the “actors” are murdered during the shoot. Angela finds out that the film was made at her university. Terrified, she realizes that she might soon become the next victim. In 1996, this film won the Goya award in the categories of Best Film, Debutant Actress (Fele Martínez), Screenplay, Director, Editing, and Sound.

color, 125'

Open Your Eyes

(Abre los ojos, Spain, France, Italy, 1997)

Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar
PHOTOGRAPHY: Hans Burman
Synopsis:

In a dark room, a masked man tells his story to a psychiatrist. He used to be rich, handsome and known as a famous conqueror of women. One night he meets his friend’s girlfriend, Sofia, and falls in love for the first time. As Fate would have it, his former girlfriend’s jealousy costs him his face and her own life. He has been horribly disfigured forever… or has he?

color, 119'

The Others

(Los otros, Spain, USA, France, Italy, UK, 2001)

Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar
PHOTOGRAPHY: Javier Aguirresarobe
Synopsis:

This film is an atmospheric combination of a thriller and horror. The story takes place during WW II in a huge house inhabited by Grace and her two children, Anne and Nicholas. Grace’s husband fights in the war and she hasn’t heard any news about him for a long time. The two children are extremely sensitive to light and therefore the whole house is constantly in dark. Soon, strange things begin to happen…

color, 104'

The Sea Inside

(Mar adentro, Spain, France, Italy, 2004)

Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar
PHOTOGRAPHY: Javier Aguirresarobe
Synopsis:

Uoči projekcije filma u četvrtak, 30. rujna, uvodnu riječ održat će filmolog dr. sc. Tomislav Brlek. U dobi od 26 godina nekadašnji mornar Ramón Sampedro je pri skoku u more teško ozlijedio kralježnicu. Posljedica toga je njegova kvadriplegija, nepokretnost svih udova od vrata naniže, zbog čega je Ramón već nepunih trideset godina vezan za krevet. No on je i dalje osoba pri potpunoj svijesti, a okružen je nesebičnom skrbi većine ljudi oko sebe, ponajviše...

color, 126'

Agora

(Spain, Malta, Bulgaria, 2009)

Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar
PHOTOGRAPHY: Xavi Giménez
Synopsis:

U četvrtom stoljeću Nove ere Egiptom vlada Rimsko carstvo, a zemlju potresaju snažni religijski sukobi. Najveće kršćansko uporište u sukobima s poganstvom je Aleksandrijska knjižnica kojom ravna otmjena, mudra i iznimno obrazovana Hipatija. Porijeklom Grkinja, ona je kći znanstvenika i filozofa Teona, kojeg nadvisuje svojim znanjem, elokvencijom i mudrošću, kao i za ono doba vrlo naprednim razmišljanjima i stavovima. Dok se bori za očuvanje drevnih knjiga u kojima je...

color, 127'
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