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Santiago Amigorena

b. 1962

Argentine-French screenwriter, film producer, film director and actor

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Born 1962. Santiago Amigorena is an Argentine and French writer, film producer, film director, screenwriter, painter and film actor.

Santiago Amigorena (; born 15 February 1962) is an Argentine screenwriter, film producer, film director and writer.

In 2007, he was nominated at the Mar del Plata Film Festival for Best Film with A Few Days in September.

Family and personal life In 2003, he married actress Julie Gayet, but they divorced in 2006.

Literary work Une enfance laconique (1998), P.O.L Une jeunesse aphone : les premiers arrangements (2000), P.O.L Une adolescence taciturne : le second exil (2002), P.O.L Le Premier Amour (2004), P.O.L 1978 (2009), P.O.L La Première Défaite (2012), P.O.L Des jours que je n'ai pas oubliés (2014), P.O.L Mes derniers mots (2015), P.O.L Les Premières Fois (2016), P.O.L Le Ghetto intérieur (2019), P.O.L Winner of the "Prix des libraires de Nancy" - Le Point, 201911 Folio Booksellers' Prize, 2021 Selected for the Prix Goncourt, Prix Renaudot, Prix Médicis 2019 Il y a un seul amour (2020), Stock Le Premier Exil (2021), P.O.L Selected for the Prix Médicis, 2021

Filmography

Director and screenwriter A few days in September (2006) Another Silence (2011) Les enfants rouges (2014)

Screenwriter La Jalousie, by Christophe Loizillon (1989) Jean Galmot, adventurer, by Alain Maline (1990) Maigret et la maison du juge (TV movie), by Bertrand Van Effenterre (1992) Les gens normaux n'ont rien d'exceptionnel, by Laurence Ferreira Barbosa (1993) Maigret et les caves du Majestic (TV movie), by Claude Goretta (1993) Le Fils du requin, by Agnès Merlet (1993) Le Péril jeune, by Cédric Klapisch (1994) Quand les étoiles rencontrent la mer, by Raymond Rajaonarivelo (1996) Kini and Adams, by Idrissa Ouedraogo (1997) Le Silence de Rak, by Christophe Loizillon (1997) After sex, by Brigitte Roüan (1997) La voie est libre, by Stéphane Clavier (1998) Tokyo Eyes, by Jean-Pierre Limosin (1998) La révolution sexuelle n'a pas eu lieu, by Judith Cahen (1999) Rien à faire, by Marion Vernoux (1999) Peut-être, by Cédric Klapisch (1999) Regarde-moi (en face), by Marco Nicoletti (2000) Bon plan, by Jérôme Lévy (2000) Tu ne marcheas jamais seul, by Gilles Chevallier (2001) Ma caméra et moi, by Christophe Loizillon (2002) The Wolf of the West Coast, by Hugo Santiago (2002) Not for, or Against, by Cédric Klapisch (2002) Upside Down, by Juan Diego Solanas (2012) Ce qui nous lie, by Cédric Klapisch (2017) Si tu voyais son coeur, by Joan Chemla (2017) Someone, Somewhere, by Cédric Klapisch (2019) Gloomy Eyes by Fernando Maldonado & Jorge Tereso (2019) Last Words by Jonathan Nossiter based on Santiago Amigorena's book "Mes derniers mots" (2020) Rise by Cédric Klapisch (2022)

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
Lycée Rodin
Awards
Prix François-Mauriac

Family & relationships

Spouse
Julie Gayet
Partner
Juliette Binoche

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Santiago Amigorena?

Argentine-French screenwriter, film producer, film director and actor

When was Santiago Amigorena born?

Santiago Amigorena was born on 15 February 1962 in Buenos Aires.

What is Santiago Amigorena's occupation?

Santiago Amigorena is a writer, film producer, film director, screenwriter, painter and film actor.

What nationality is Santiago Amigorena?

Santiago Amigorena is Argentine and French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Santiago Amigorena

· Wikidata: Q1762914

· DBpedia: Santiago Amigorena

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