Lucas Vignale

Lucas Alejandro Vignale (23 September 199714 June 2026) was an Argentine director and screenwriter. He was best known for co-writing and co-directing the 2026 coming-of-age drama film The River Train along with Lorenzo Ferro.

Life and career Vignale was born in Buenos Aires on 23 September 1997. He attended and graduated from Fundación Universidad del Cine. He collaborated with Trueno, Nicki Nicole, Duki, J Balvin, Wos, and Bizarrap, and won a Gardel Award in 2022, and was nominated for another one in 2024.

In 2023, Vignale signed with Underwonder Content, a content production company. In 2024, he co-wrote and co-directed the short film La Pasión along with Ferro, for which he and Ferro received the Stimulus Award for Argentine Cinema from the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema for the short film. In 2026, his feature coming-of-age drama debut, The River Train, also co-directed with Ferro, premiered at the 76th Berlin International Film Festival. The helicopter the group were flying in collided with a second aircraft in mid-air, resulting in their deaths along with the helicopters' two pilots. Vignale was 28 years old.

Short film Gaspi: Camino a la Velada (2025) – co-directed with Gaspi La vuelta de Gaspi (2024) – co-directed with Gaspi La Pasión (2024) – co-directed with Lorenzo Ferro