León Errázuriz (born in 1968 in

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...

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) is a filmmaker now based in Los Angeles, USA. He is earned a degree in at the

Catholic University of Chile The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC Chile; ) is a traditional private university based in Santiago, Chile. It is one of the thirteen Catholic universities existing in Chilean university system and one of the two pontifical univers ...

1991, and also studied for a few years at the

Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos The National School of Film Arts ( or ENAC) is a public film school part of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City. It was influenced by the ''Nouvelle Vague'' and by the First Contest of Experimental Film organized in Mexico ...

of the

UNAM The National Autonomous University of Mexico (, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countries. It also has 34 ...

Mexican film school. Back in Chile he directed many commercials spots and his first feature film ''Mala Leche'' in late 2004, winning the Horizons Award at the 52

San Sebastián International Film Festival The San Sebastián International Film Festival ( SSIFF; , ) is an annual FIAPF A category film festival held in the Spain, Spanish city of Donostia, Donostia-San Sebastián in September, in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Countr ...

Awards

Altazor Awards The Altazor Award of the National Arts or simply Altazor, is a Chilean award which is awarded annually. The winners are chosen by the own creators and performers of the arts. They were established in 1958, but were not awarded until 1999. The a ...

: ''Best Director Drama Television'' with '' Huaquimán y Tolosa'' - 2007 * New York LaCinemaFe: ''Honorable Mention'' with '' Mala leche'' - (35mm,100 minutes) - 2005 *

Gramado Film Festival The Gramado Film Festival () is an international film festival held annually in the Brazilian city of Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, since 1973. In 1992, the festival began to award Latin American films produced outside of Brazil. It is the biggest ...

: ''Nominated'' with '' Mala leche'' - (35mm,100 minutes) -2005 * Festival Cinesul Brasil: ''Won'' with '' Mala leche'' - (35mm,100 minutes) -2005 *

: ''Won Horizons Awards with Mala leche''(35mm,100 minutes)- 2004 * 1999–2003 in two occasions he obtained awards from ACHAP (Chilean National Association of Advertising)

Filmography as director

* 2010 - ''Letter of Consuelo'' / a historical TV film about Land Reform in Chile (1971–1973) ( Chilevision) * 2010 - ''Free Falling Atacama'' / Feature Film (Director, Script, Editio

* 2009 - ''The Goatherd'' / Feature Film (Director, Script, Edition) * 2007 - ''

Caméra Café ''Caméra Café'' is a French-born format of comedy television series exported around the world. Two movie spin-offs have been made in France under the titles of ''Espace détente'' and ''Le Séminaire''. It was originally a French television show ...

'' / Director Pilot Chile / Serie TV ( 4K) * 2007 - ''Che Kopete la película''/ Feature Film (Director). * 2006 - '' Huaiquimán y Tolosa'' private detectives (Police comedy) / Serie TV ( canal 13) (director, original idea) * 2004 - '' Mala Leche'' / Feature Film (Director, script, executive production, editing) With his production company, Cine FX, he co-produced ''Paraíso B'' (2002), ''

Sexo con amor ''Sexo con Amor'' (''Sex with Love'') is a 2003 Chilean sex comedy film written, directed and co-starred by Boris Quercia. Starring Sigrid Alegría, Álvaro Rudolphy, Patricio Contreras, María Izquierdo, and Quercia, the film focuses on ...

'' (2003), ''Jemeaux'' (2003) y Huaiquimán y Tolosa Investigadores privados / Serie TV (2006).

Awards

Filmography as director

References

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