About

Known credits:
35
Birthday:
1980-07-12
Place of birth:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Website:
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Luis Ortega

Overview

Luis Ortega was born in Buenos Aires in 1980. In 1999, at the age of nineteen, he directed his first feature film, Caja Negra, which received multiple international awards and launched him as one of the most promising and innovative filmmakers in Argentina. Since then, he developed a filmography with a strong signature, becoming one of the most daring and attractive voices in the independent Latin American scene, including Monobloc, Dromómanos and Lulú. In 2015, he wrote and directed Historia De Un Clan, a widely popular and critically acclaimed eleven-episode series. In 2016, he also directed the first two episodes of the successful series El Marginal.

Known for

Acting
2022 Macadam Actor 59
Average
2011 Nocturnos Actor N/A
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2011 The Dirty Saints Actor Cielo 58
Average

Directing
2024 Kill the Jockey Directing Director 59
Average
2020 Salomé Directing Director N/A
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2018 El Angel Directing Director 66
Fair
2016 Lulú Directing Director 59
Average
2015 Historia de un clan Directing Director 72
Good
2013 Ludmila en Cuba Directing Director N/A
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2012 Dromómanos Directing Director 59
Average
2011 Damn Summer Directing Director 58
Average
2011 The Dirty Saints Directing Director 58
Average
2005 Monobloc Directing Director 58
Average
2002 Black Box Directing Director 58
Average
Siempre es de noche Directing Director N/A
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la nueva de luis Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2024 Kill the Jockey Writing Writer 59
Average
2020 Salomé Writing Writer N/A
N/A
2018 El Angel Writing Screenplay 66
Fair
2016 Lulú Writing Writer 59
Average
2015 Historia de un clan Writing Writer 72
Good
2013 Ludmila en Cuba Writing Writer N/A
N/A
2012 Dromómanos Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2011 Damn Summer Writing Writer 58
Average
2011 The Dirty Saints Writing Writer 58
Average
2005 Monobloc Writing Writer 58
Average
2002 Black Box Writing Writer 58
Average

Production
2024 Kill the Jockey Production Producer 59
Average
2005 Monobloc Production Post Producer 58
Average
Luca Prodan Production Producer N/A
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Camera
2012 Dromómanos Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
2002 Black Box Camera Camera Operator 58
Average
2002 Black Box Camera Director of Photography 58
Average

Crew
2019 Atenas Crew Thanks 59
Average
2019 Lluvia de jaulas Crew Thanks 59
Average