Pablo Vierci

Pablo Vierci is a Uruguayan journalist, author, and screenwriter.

1972 Andes Plane crash Vierci was born in Carrasco, Montevideo, Uruguay. He attended, and was the school “scribe” Roberto Canessa He was also part of the rugby team while a student at Stella Maris College. His work on that project eventually led to his 2008 book which retells the events of the Andes plane crash through the perspectives of the survivors three decades later. It also offers full oral histories of each of the 16 survivors. Filmmaker J. A. Bayona adapted this book into the 2023 Spanish film Society of the Snow. Beyond the Society (Más allá de la sociedad) is an upcoming 2026 three-part Netflix documentary series created by J. A. Bayona and Carlos Torres featuring interviews with the survivors, relatives of the deceased, and the actors from Society of the Snow. It will also include interviews with the authors Piers Paul Read and Pablo Vierci and the filmmakers Frank Marshall and J. A. Bayona.

Works Originally published in Spanish in 2008 as La Sociedad de la Nieve: Por Primera Vez Los 16 Sobrevivientes Cuentan la Historia Completa. Originally published in Spanish as Cómo un accidente aéreo en los Andes inspiró mi vocación para salvar vidas.

Additional works 1979, Los tramoyistas 1984, Pequeña historia de una mujer 1987, Detrás de los árboles 2004, 99% asesinado 2010, De Marx a Obama 2011, Artigas La Redota 2012, El desertor 2014, Ellas 5 2018, El fin de la inocencia

Awards 2003: Citi Journalistic Excellence Award.