Guillermo Calderón is a Chilean

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, director, and

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. His plays have been produced at

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, and around the world. As a script writer, he has won different international awards for the best screenplay, such as the

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at the

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for ''The Count'' (2023), and the Platino Award for ''

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'' (2017)''.''

Biography

Calderón was born in

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in 1971. Growing up in Chile he studied acting at the Theater School of the

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. Calderón also attended the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theater in California, and receiving a master's degree in Film Theory at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

Career

Calderón's plays include: ''B, Clase, Diciembre, Escuela, Gold Rush, Kiss, Mateluna, Neva, Quake, Speech,'' and ''Villa.'' Calderón's screenplays include: * ''

Violeta Went to Heaven ''Violeta Went to Heaven'' ( es, Violeta se fue a los cielos) is a 2011 Chilean biopic about singer and folklorist Violeta Parra, directed by Andrés Wood. The film is based on a biography by Ángel Parra, Violeta's son with Luis Cereceda Ar ...

'' (2011), directed by

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. * ''El club'' (2015), directed by

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. This film was awarded with the

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at the

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. * ''

'' (2016), directed by

. Calderón's work won the Platino Award for the Best Screenplay (2017)''.'' The motion picture was nominated for the

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at the

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(2017). * ''

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'' (2019), directed by

. * '' Burning Patience'' (2022), directed by Rodrigo Sepúlveda. * '' El Conde'' (2023), directed by Pablo Larraín. The screenplay, co-written by Calderón and Larraín, was the recipient of the

at the

References

Guillermo Calderón's profile on the World Theatre Map
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