About

Known credits:
40
Birthday:
1942-08-09
Place of birth:
Palmilla, O'Higgins, Chile
Website:
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Miguel Littín

Overview

Miguel Ernesto Littín Cucumides is a Chilean film director, screenwriter, film producer and novelist. Miguel Littín directed the most popular Chilean film of all times, El Chacal de Nahueltoro (1969) becoming a figure of the New Latin American Cinema.

In México he directed several films. Letters from Marusia, based on a miners strike in Chile. Letters from Marusia was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. El Recurso del Método (Long Live the President) based on the Alejo Carpentier's book El Recurso del método (Reasons of State) a co-production with Mexico,France and Cuba. The Widow of Montiel with Geraldine Chaplin based on a Gabriel García Márquez short story. Then he went to Nicaragua to do Alsino and the Condor, based the novel Alsino by Pedro Prado. In 1981 he was a member of the jury at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival.

He moved to Spain in 1984, Littín decided to enter Chile clandestine to do a documentary that showed the condition of the country under the Pinochet's regime. It was made the subject of Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez's book Clandestine in Chile: The Adventures of Miguel Littin.

He eventually returned to Chile where he continued to make films, among them Tierra del Fuego based on the adventures of Julius Popper an explorer and Dawson, Isla 10, about a group of political prisoners sent to Dawson's island during Pinochet's regime. Littín was the mayor of his home town in the center valley, Palmilla in 1992-94 and re-elected for the period 1996-2000.

His films Actas de Marusia and Alsino and the Condor were nominated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Best Film in a Foreign Language. Alsino and the Condor won the Golden Prize at the 13th Moscow International Film Festival.

His 2005 film The Last Moon was entered into the 27th Moscow International Film Festival.

Known for

Acting
2018 Santiago, Italia Actor Self - Filmmaker 61
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1987 Lorca: Death of a Poet Actor Fernando de los Ríos 68
Fair
1967 Érase un niño, un guerrillero, un caballo… Actor N/A
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1965 El Analfabeto Actor N/A
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1965 Ana Actor N/A
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Directing
2014 Allende in His Maze Directing Director 59
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2009 Dawson Isla 10 Directing Director 58
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2005 La última luna Directing Director 58
Average
2004 El duelo Directing Director N/A
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2000 Tierra del fuego Directing Director 58
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1999 Cinco marineros y un ataúd verde Directing Director N/A
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1994 Los náufragos Directing Director 58
Average
1990 Sandino Directing Director 59
Average
1986 Chile: A Genral Record Directing Director 59
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1982 Alsino and the Condor Directing Director 58
Average
1979 La viuda de Montiel Directing Director 59
Average
1978 The Recourse to the Method Directing Director 59
Average
1975 Letters from Marusia Directing Director 58
Average
1973 You Speak of Chile: What Allende Said Directing Director 58
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1973 The Promised Land Directing Director 58
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1971 Compañero Presidente Directing Director 59
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1970 Jackal of Nahueltoro Directing Director 59
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1965 Por la tierra ajena Directing Director N/A
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1964 Yo tenía un camarada Directing Assistant Director 59
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Writing
2014 Allende in His Maze Writing Writer 59
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2009 Dawson Isla 10 Writing Screenplay 58
Average
2005 La última luna Writing Writer 58
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2004 El duelo Writing Writer N/A
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1999 Cinco marineros y un ataúd verde Writing Writer N/A
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1994 Los náufragos Writing Screenplay 58
Average
1990 Sandino Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1982 Alsino and the Condor Writing Writer 58
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1979 La viuda de Montiel Writing Writer 59
Average
1978 The Recourse to the Method Writing Writer 59
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1975 Letters from Marusia Writing Writer 58
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1973 The Promised Land Writing Screenplay 58
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1970 Jackal of Nahueltoro Writing Writer 59
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1965 Por la tierra ajena Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
2009 Dawson Isla 10 Production Executive Producer 58
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2005 La última luna Production Executive Producer 58
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