Lucía Puenzo

Lucía Puenzo (born 28 November 1976, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine author, screenwriter and film director. She is the daughter of the Oscar-winning film director, producer, and screenplay writer, Luis Puenzo.

Early life Puenzo studied literature at the University of Buenos Aires and proceeded to attend the ENERC, film school of the National Film Institute from Argentina (INCAA), where she graduated. She has done work with feature films, documentary films and mini series.

Career Puenzo began her career in the film industry as a screenwriter; her first work being The Whore and the Whale (2002). She also wrote the screenplay for the film Through Your Eyes (2007), which was based on the short story "Cinismo", by the Argentine writer Sergio Bizzio. Within the same year, Puenzo made her debut as a director with the film, XXY (2007). She frames these stories through the innocence of a child's gaze. Through this practice, she attempts to resist heteronormative models of development.

As a director, she is strongly influenced by silent films. Although her work features sound, she makes an effort to not solely rely on dialogue if a scene can be told with a look. She has stated that the two novels were not written with film adaptation in mind, and instead adaptation began years later. El Niño Pez did not begin to be adapted until XXY was in the editing stage. Additionally, Puenzo was featured in issue 113 of Granta Magazine, The Best of Young Spanish-Language Novelists.

Filmography Historias cotidianas (2000) - Screenplay The Whore and the Whale (2004) - Screenplay Los invisibles (2005) A través de tus ojos (2006) Through Your Eyes (2007) - Screenplay XXY (2007) - Director, Screenplay The Fish Child (2009) - Director, Screenplay The German Doctor (2013) - Director, Screenplay Cromo (2015) - TV series Pepita the Gunslinger (2026)

Awards and nominations XXY (2007) - 2008 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards and 2008 2008 Goya award The German Doctor - 2nd Unasur Cine International Film Festival - Best Director and 35th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema