About

Known credits:
26
Birthday:
1945-05-21
Place of birth:
Santiago, Chile
Website:
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Carmen Castillo

Overview

Born in Santiago de Chile, she worked at La Moneda Palace with Salvador Allende. After the death of her partner, Miguel Enriquez, at the hands of the military, Carmen Castillo, who was pregnant and injured, was expelled from Chile and came to France as a political refugee.

She has directed numerous documentaries for television, especially for the French channels TF1 and FR3 and for the Franco-German Arte. The first was Los muros de Santiago (1983), which was followed by Estado de guerra: Nicaragua (1984). La Flaca Alejandra (1993) won the Golden FIPA at Cannes, in addition to other awards in Geneva, Monte Carlo, San Francisco and New York.

She then directed La verdadera leyenda del Subcomandante Marcos (1995), Inca de oro (1996), El bolero, una educación amorosa (1999), First Prize at the Annecy Festival, Viaje con la cumbia por Colombia (2000), María Félix, la inalcanzable (2000), El Camino del Inca (2001), El astronomo y el indio (2002), First Prize at the Paris Scientific Film Festival, José Saramago, el tiempo de una memoria (2003), Mísia, la voz del fado (2003) and El país de mi padre (2004), Second Prize Fidocs in Santiago de Chile.

He also directed the fiction feature film series for Arte Tierras extranjeras, between 1994 and 1999.

Carmen Castillo's most recent work is Calle Santa Fé (2007), which was presented in Cannes' Un Certain Regard and will be shown at this year's San Sebastian Film Festival in the Zabaltegi section. She has also written the scripts for Inca de oro and Color Habana, which have already been completed, and those for Hasta luego and La montaña azul, which are in pre-production.

Carmen Castillo has also published several books, including Un día de octubre en Santiago (1980), Ligne de fuite (1987) and Santiago/Paris, el vuelo de la memoria (2000), with Mónica Echeverría.

Known for

Acting
2018 Santiago, Italia Actor Self - Filmmaker 61
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2007 Calle Santa Fe Actor Self 59
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1994 The Skinny Alejandra Actor Herself 59
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Directing
2019 La embajada Directing Director 59
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2017 Cuba en suspens Directing Director N/A
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2015 We Are Alive Directing Director 59
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2010 Pour tout l'or des Andes Directing Director 59
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2007 Calle Santa Fe Directing Director 59
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2004 El País de mi padre Directing Director N/A
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2002 El camino del inca Directing Director N/A
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2002 El astrónomo y el indio Directing Director N/A
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2001 Inasible María Félix Directing Director 59
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1996 Inca de Oro Directing Director N/A
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1995 La véridique légende du sous-commandant Marcos Directing Director N/A
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1994 The Skinny Alejandra Directing Director 59
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1985 État de guerre, Nicaragua Directing Director N/A
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Le boléro, une éducation amoureuse Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2018 Hoy y no mañana Writing Script Consultant N/A
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2017 Cuba en suspens Writing Screenplay N/A
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2015 We Are Alive Writing Writer 59
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2010 Pour tout l'or des Andes Writing Screenplay 59
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2007 Calle Santa Fe Writing Writer 59
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2004 Salvador Allende Writing Other 59
Average
2001 Inasible María Félix Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1994 The Skinny Alejandra Writing Writer 59
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Crew
2019 Harley Queen Crew Thanks 59
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